Laure Lourié

Laure Lourié
Born
Laure Mathilde Ortíz de Zárate

(1911-08-09)9 August 1911
Montpellier, France
Died13 January 2001(2001-01-13) (aged 89)
Portland, Oregon, US
Other namesLaure Ferren[1]
Laure de Zarate[2]
OccupationCostume designer
Years active1936–1969
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1931; div. 1938)​

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(m. 1940; died 1991)​
FatherManuel Ortíz de Zárate
FamilyPinto family

Laure Lourié (née Ortíz de Zárate; 9 August 1911 – 13 January 2001) was a French costume designer active in interwar France and postwar Hollywood.[3][4]

Biography

Laure Mathilde Ortíz de Zárate was born on 9 August 1911 in Montpellier to Manuel Ortíz de Zárate, a Chilean painter, and Jadwiga Piechowska[a] (1885–1944), a Polish painter.[4][5][6][7] Lourié was the granddaughter of the composer Eliodoro Ortíz de Zárate (1865–1953), and was a member of the Pinto family through her paternal grandmother.[8][9] Lourié was the niece of the painter Julio Ortiz de Zárate.[8][10]

Before entering the film industry Lourié worked as a secretary to Hélène Oettingen.[4]

Personal life

From 1931 to 1938, Lourié was married to John Ferren, an American artist and educator.[1][4] On 28 December 1940[b], Lourié married Eugène Lourié, a French–Russian filmmaker, in Bormes-les-Mimosas.[5]

On 13 January 2001 Lourié died at her home in Portland, Oregon aged 89.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1936 Les bas-fonds Costume designer [4]
1937 Yoshiwara Costume designer [4]
1938 La Bête Humaine Costume designer [4]
1939 Sans lendemain Costume designer [4]
1940 L'or du Cristobal Costume designer [4]
1945 The Song of Bernadette Technical advisor Credited as Laure de Zarate [2]
1947 The Exile Gowns for Maria Montez Credited as Laure Lourie [11]
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac Technical advisor Credited as Laure de Zarate. Released 1951 [12]
1953 The Diamond Queen Costume designer Credited as Laure de Zarate [13]
1964 Le journal d'une femme de chambre Costume designer Uncredited [4]
1965 Crack in the World Costume designer Credited as Laure de Zarate [14]
Battle of the Bulge (film) Costume designer Credited as Laure de Zarate [15]
1968 Custer of the West Costume designer Credited as Laure de Zarate [16]
1969 Krakatoa, East of Java Costume designer Credited as Laure de Zarate [17]

Notes

  1. ↑ Francized as Edwige Piechowska
  2. ↑ Also cited as 1941.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Ferren papers, 1927–1969". Archives of American Art. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 "The Song of Bernadette (1945)". AFI CATALOG. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Laure Lourié (née Ortiz de Zárate)". National Portrait Gallery Collections. London: National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "LAURE DE ZARATE LOURIÉ". Le Monde (in French). Paris, France. 10 February 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Laura Lourie, No 513440". Declarations of Intention For Citizenship, 1/19/1842 – 10/29/1959; US District Court For the Southern District of New York; (Roll 644) Declarations of Intention For Citizenship, 1842–1959 (No 512901–513900). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The National Archives at Philadelphia. 1942.
  6. ↑ Klüver, Billy (1999). A Day with Picasso. MIT Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-0-262-61147-3.
  7. ↑ Idmhand, Fatiha. "Manuel ORTÍZ de ZÁRATE : le compagnon de Montparnasse". Musée Picasso Paris (in French). Paris, France. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Manuel Ortíz de Zárate". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Eliodoro Ortiz de Zárate (1865–1953)". Antología de la Canción de Arte Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Alberto Hurtado University. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "Julio Ortíz de Zárate". Fundación Casa de los Diez (in Spanish). Santiago Chile: Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "The Exile (1947)". AFI CATALOG. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "Cyrano de Bergerac (1951)". AFI CATALOG. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "The Diamond Queen (1953)". AFI CATALOG. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Crack in the World (1965)". AFI CATALOG. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Battle of the Bulge (1965)". AFI CATALOG. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "Custer of the West (1968)". AFI CATALOG. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)". AFI CATALOG. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
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