biography
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Beaton, Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1904–80)
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| biography:
| Photographer and designer, born in London, UK. He studied at Cambridge, and became an outstanding photographer of fashion and high-society celebrities, including royalty. He also designed scenery and costumes for many ballet, operatic, theatrical, and film productions, including My Fair Lady and Gigi. His publications include My Royal Past (1939), The Glass of Fashion (1959), and The Magic Image (1975), and he also wrote several volumes of autobiography (1961–78). He was knighted in 1972. |
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