Cecil Beaton was an English photographer, diarist and stage and costume designer, born in Hampstead, London. He photographed fashion for Vogue and society figures, film stars and the royal family, including the coronation portraits of Queen Elizabeth II. During the Second World War he photographed the Blitz and the war in North Africa and Asia for the Ministry of Information. His designs for the films Gigi and My Fair Lady won Academy Awards, and the National Portrait Gallery holds many of his portraits.
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Fashion and society photographer and designer; My Fair Lady
- Born
- 14 January 1904, Hampstead, Greater London
- Died
- 18 January 1980, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire
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