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Edwin Booth Willis was an award-winning motion picture set designer and decorator. Willis worked exclusively at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios for his entire career. During his career as a set designer Willis worked on over 600 separate productions. The Internet Movie Database lists his 577 film credits as set decorator, 163 credits as interior decorator and 24 credits as art director. Edwin B. Willis was nominated for the Academy Award in his profession 32 times, in certain years receiving multiple nominations. Willis won the Oscar on eight occasions. He was born in Decatur, Illinois and died of cancer in Hollywood, in 1963. He was survived by his sister, Verna B. Willis, Film Editor for MGM Studios, and niece, Ouida L. Burchfield, hat designer, and designer of Christmas decor sold nationally. Wikipedia [ - ]

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Edwin Booth Willis was an award-winning motion picture set designer and decorator. Willis worked exclusively at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios for his entire career. During his career as a set designer Willis worked on over 600 separate productions. The Internet Movie Database lists his 577 film credits as set decorator, 163 credits as interior decorator and 24 credits as art director. Edwin B. Willis was nominated for the Academy Award in his profession 32 times, in certain years receiving multiple nominations. Willis won the Oscar on eight occasions. He was born in Decatur, Illinois and died of cancer in Hollywood, in 1963. He was survived by his sister, Verna B. Willis, Film Editor for MGM Studios, and niece, Ouida L. Burchfield, hat designer, and designer of Christmas decor sold nationally. Wikipedia

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Edwin Booth Willis (28 January 1893 – 26 November 1963) was an award-winning motion picture set...

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Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT A Wicked Woman	Associate Art Director
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Student Tour	Associate Art Director
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Outcast Lady	Associate Art Director
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Last of the Pagans	Associate Art Director
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Shadow of Doubt	Associate Art Director
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT The Bishop Misbehaves	Associate Art Director
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT The Casino Murder Case	Associate Art Director
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Vanessa: Her Love Story	Associate Art Director
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Whipsaw	Associate Art Director
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Here Comes the Band	Associate Art Director
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1/28/1893

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Decatur

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Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Verna B. Willis

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Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Naomi Agnes Willis	1922	1930	Marriage	-

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11/26/1963

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Cancer

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Year	Award	Award Nominee	Nominated work	Notes/Description
Edit Delete View CVT 1957	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	William A. Horning Gene Allen Richard Pefferle	Les Girls	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1957	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	William A. Horning Urie McCleary Hugh Hunt	Raintree County	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1956	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons Hans Peters E. Preston Ames F. Keogh Gleason	Lust for Life	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1954	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons E. Preston Ames F. Keogh Gleason	Brigadoon	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1953	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons Urie McCleary Jack D. Moore	Young Bess	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1953	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons E. Preston Ames Edward Carfagno Gabriel Scognamillo F. Keogh Gleason Arthur Krams Jack D. Moore	The Story of Three Loves	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1953	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons Paul Groesse Arthur Krams	Lili	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1952	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons Paul Groesse Arthur Krams	The Merry Widow	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1950	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons Paul Groesse Richard Pefferle	Annie Get Your Gun	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1943	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons Paul Groesse Hugh Hunt	Madame Curie	-
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Year	Award category	Award winner	Winning work	Ceremony	Notes/Description
Edit Delete View CVT 1956	-	Cedric Gibbons Malcolm Browne F. Keogh Gleason	Somebody Up There Likes Me	-	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1949	-	Paul Groesse Jack D. Moore	Little Women	-	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1941	Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color	Urie McCleary Cedric Gibbons	Blossoms in the Dust	14th Academy Awards	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1944	Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White	Paul Huldschinsky William Ferrari Cedric Gibbons	Gaslight	17th Academy Awards	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1946	Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color	Paul Groesse Cedric Gibbons	The Yearling	19th Academy Awards	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1949	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	Jack D. Moore Paul Groesse Cedric Gibbons	Little Women	22nd Academy Awards	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1951	Academy Award for Best Art Direction	F. Keogh Gleason E. Preston Ames Cedric Gibbons	An American in Paris	24th Academy Awards	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1952	Academy Award for Art Direction-Set Decoration (B/W)	F. Keogh Gleason Edward Carfagno Cedric Gibbons	The Bad and the Beautiful	25th Academy Awards	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1953	Academy Award for Art Direction-Set Decoration (B/W)	Hugh Hunt Edward Carfagno Cedric Gibbons	Julius Caesar	26th Academy Awards	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1956	Academy Award for Art Direction-Set Decoration (B/W)	F. Keogh Gleason Malcolm Brown Cedric Gibbons	Somebody Up There Likes Me	29th Academy Awards	-
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