Background
Best was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute.
Best was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute.
Chouinard Art Institute.
She taught school briefly before going to work for the Western Costume Company in 1926. She later moved to United Costumers. When that company was purchased by Warner Brothers in 1936, she was given a position in the studio"s wardrobe department.
Her first film as a costume designer was Silver River (1948).
She was nominated in 1956 for Giant, in 1960 for Sunrise at Campobello, and in 1965 for The Greatest Story Ever Told, the same year she retired. Best died on June 14, 1997 in Toluca Lake, California of a heart ailment.