Known for Costume & Make-Up
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phyllis Dalton, MBE, (born 16 October 1925) is a British costume designer known for her work on Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Oliver!, The Princess Bride, Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing. She has received two Academy Awards, a BAFTA and an Emmy for her designs.
Born
October 16, 1925
Died
January 9, 2025 (age 99)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Filmography
37 films


Dead Again
1991 · 1h 47m
country: United States
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.


The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A historical recreation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command Officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German government.


Henry V
1989 · 2h 17m
country: United Kingdom
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.


Magic Moments
1989 · 1h 45m
country: United States
A successful magician is approached to do a TV special, which he has not done before. He and the beautiful producer of the show fall in love with each other, much to the disappointment of her possessive guardian (who is the person she works for). He sets out to wreck their happiness.


The Princess Bride
1987 · 1h 39m
country: United States
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.


The Last Days of Patton
1986 · 2h 26m
country: United States
Gen. George S. Patton now works a desk job for the U.S. military after World War II. In the midst of dealing with the difficulty of adapting to his dramatic change of lifestyle, Patton is involved in an auto wreck that leaves him in critical condition. While his body fails him, Patton introspectively reminisces about his relationship with his spouse, Beatrice; his childhood; and his days on the WWI battlefields.


Strong Medicine
1986 · 3h
country: Unknown
TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.


A Private Function
1984 · 1h 36m
country: United Kingdom
In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.


The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982 · 1h 42m
country: United Kingdom
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimodo's guardian, the archdeacon of the cathedral, and a poor street poet. But Esmeralda's in love with a handsome soldier. When a mob mistakes her for a witch, it's up to Quasimodo to rescue her and claim sanctuary for her in the cathedral.


The Awakening
1980 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.


The Mirror Crack'd
1980 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.


Eagle's Wing
1979 · 1h 51m
country: United Kingdom
Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the stallion Eagle's Wing in antebellum Mexico, meeting marauded stagecoach travelers and garrisoned Mexicans along the way.


Voyage of the Damned
1976 · 2h 35m
country: United Kingdom
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.


The Message
1976 · 2h 58m
country: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.


Fragment of Fear
1970 · 1h 34m
country: United Kingdom
Reformed drug addict Tim Brett (David Hemmings) is vacationing in Italy with his aunt. When she is murdered, he tries to investigate. Soon his whole life spins out of control.


Oliver!
1968 · 2h 33m
country: United Kingdom
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.


Doctor Zhivago
1965 · 3h 20m
country: Italy
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.


Lord Jim
1965 · 2h 34m
country: United Kingdom
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.


Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · 3h 48m
country: United Kingdom
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.


Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961 · 1h 22m
country: United Kingdom
It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores. But when a gang of cut-throats, led by the infamous Black John (Bernard Lee) begins to lure ships onto the rocks of Smugglers Bay, and murdering their crews for the sake of loot, the fishermen begin to fear for their livelihoods. In desperation, they appeal to the local magistrate Squire Trevenyan (Peter Cushing).


John Paul Jones
1959 · 2h 6m
country: Spain
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.


Island in the Sun
1957 · 1h 59m
country: United States
A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.


Zarak
1956 · 1h 39m
country: United Kingdom
A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.


Passage Home
1955 · 1h 42m
country: United Kingdom
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.


One Good Turn
1955 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do


Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953 · 1h 22m
country: United Kingdom
After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becomes enough of a nuisance to George I to be outlawed, and hunted by the English


Scrooge
1951 · 1h 26m
country: United Kingdom
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.