Moidele Bickel (6 March 1937 in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

– 16 May 2016 in

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) was a German

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

. She was also known by the name Bernadette Vilard.

Early life

She was born in Munich, Germany and began her career in as a costume designer in Frankfurt.

Career

Bickel began her career as a costume designer at the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt am Main. In 1970, Bickel moved to Berlin to provide the costumes for Peter Stein's productions for 22 years. She first worked with Stein at the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer and from 1981 on the

Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz The Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz (Theatre on Lehniner Square) is a famous theatre in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, located on the Kurfürstendamm boulevard. It is a conversion of the ''Universum'' cinema, built according to plans designe ...

. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work in the film '' Queen Margot'' (1994).

Death and legacy

She died on 16 May 2016 in Berlin.

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* 1937 births 2016 deaths Best Costume Design BAFTA Award winners German costume designers Women costume designers {{Germany-film-bio-stub