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Edith Head Biography (1897-1981)

Original name, Edith Claire Posener; born October 28, 1897, in San Bernardino, CA; died of myelobibrosis myeloid, a bone marrow disease, October 24 (somesources say October 26), 1981, in Hollywood, CA; married Charles Head, 1923 (divorced, 1923 or, according to some sources, 1938); married Wiard B. Ihnen (a film set designer), 1940 (died, c. 1978).

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

October 28, 1897

San Bernadino, California, United States

Death Details

October 24, 1981

Hollywood, California, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Work; Costume Designer
• Peter Pan, Paramount, 1924.
• The Golden Bed, 1925.
• (With Howard Greer) The Wanderer, 1925.
• Mantrap, Paramount, 1926.
• Wings, Paramount, 1927.
• The Saturday Night Kid, Famous Players/Paramount, 1929.
• The Virginian, Paramount, 1929.
• The Wolf Song, Paramount, 1929.
• Along Came Youth, Paramount, 1930.
• Follow the Leader, Paramount, 1930.
• Only the Brave, Paramount, 1930.
• The Santa Fe Trail, Paramount, 1930.
• The Big Broadcast of 1932, Paramount, 1932.
• A Farewell to Arms, Paramount, 1932.
• He Learned About Women, Paramount, 1932.
• Hot Saturday, Paramount, 1932.
• Love Me Tonight, Paramount, 1932.
• The Sign of the Cross, Paramount, 1932.
• Two Kinds of Women, Paramount, 1932.
• Under-Cover Man, Paramount, 1932.
• Cradle Song, Paramount, 1933.
• Crime of the Century, Republic, 1933.
• Duck Soup, Parmount, 1933.
• Gambling Ship, Paramount, 1933.
• Hello, Everybody, Paramount, 1933.
• I'm No Angel, Paramount, 1933.
• She Done Him Wrong, Paramount, 1933.
• Sitting Pretty, Paramount, 1933.
• Strictly Personal, Paramount, 1933.
• White Woman, Paramount, 1933.
• Ladies Should Listen, Paramount, 1934.
• Little Miss Marker, Paramount, 1934.
• Many Happy Returns, Paramount, 1934.
• The Notorious Sophie Lang, Paramount, 1934.
• The Pursuit of Happiness, Paramount, 1934.
• She Loves Me Not, Paramount, 1934.
• The Witching Hour, Paramount, 1934.
• You Belong to Me, Paramount, 1934.
• The Big Broadcast of 1936, Paramount, 1935.
• Car 99, Paramount, 1935.
• The Crusades, Paramount, 1935.
• Father Brown, Detective, Paramount, 1935.
• Four Hours to Kill, Paramount, 1935.
• The Glass Key, Paramount, 1935.
• Here Comes Cookie, Paramount, 1935.
• Hold 'em, Yale, Paramount, 1935.
• The Last Outpost, Paramount, 1935.
• The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Paramount, 1935.
• Man on the Flying Trapeze, Paramount, 1935.
• Men without Names, Paramount, 1935.
• Mississippi, Paramount, 1935.
• People Will Talk, Paramount, 1935.
• Peter Ibbetson, Paramount, 1935.
• Ruggles of Red Gap, Paramount, 1935.
• Stolen Harmony, Paramount, 1935.
• Two for Tonight, Paramount, 1935.
• Wings in the Dark, Paramount, 1935.
• The Accusing Finger, Paramount, 1936.
• The Big Broadcast of 1937, Paramount, 1936.
• Border Flight, Paramount, 1936.
• College Holiday, Paramount, 1936.
• Collegiate, Paramount, 1936.
• Early to Bed, Paramount, 1936.
• Hollywood Boulevard, Paramount, 1936.
• The Jungle Princess, Paramount, 1936.
• Lady Be Careful, Paramount, 1936.
• The Milky Way, Paramount, 1936.
• Murder with Pictures, Paramount, 1936.
• Poppy, Paramount, 1936.
• The Return of Sophie Land, Paramount, 1936.
• Rhythm on the Range, Paramount, 1936.
• Rose Bowl, Paramount, 1936.
• The Texas Rangers, Paramount, 1936.
• Thirteen Hours by Air, Paramount, 1936.
• Three Cheers for Love, Paramount, 1936.
• Till We Meet Again, Paramount, 1936.
• Too Many Parents, Paramount, 1936.
• Wedding Present, Paramount, 1936.
• Wives Never Know, Paramount, 1936.
• Woman Trap, Paramount, 1936.
• Arizona Mahoney, Paramount, 1937.
• Artists and Models, Paramount, 1937.
• The Barrier, Paramount, 1937.
• The Big Broadcast of 1938, Paramount, 1937.
• Blonde Trouble, Paramount, 1937.
• Blossoms on Broadway, Paramount, 1937.
• Borderland, Paramount, 1937.
• Born to the West, Paramount, 1937.
• Bulldog Drummond Comes Back, Paramount, 1937.
• Bulldog Drummond Escapes, Paramount, 1937.
• Bulldog Drummond's Revenge, Paramount, 1937.
• Clarence, Paramount, 1937.
• The Crime Nobody Saw, Paramount, 1937.
• Daughter of Shanghai, Paramount, 1937.
• A Doctor's Diary, Paramount, 1937.
• Double or Nothing, Paramount, 1937.
• Easy Living, Paramount, 1937.
• Ebb Tide, Paramount, 1937.
• Exclusive, Paramount, 1937.
• Forlorn River, Paramount, 1937.
• Girl from Scotland Yard, Paramount, 1937.
• The Great Gambini, Paramount, 1937.
• Her Husband Lies, Paramount, 1937.
• Hideaway Girl, Paramount, 1937.
• Hills of Old Wyoming, Paramount, 1937.
• Hold 'em, Navy, Paramount, 1937.
• Hopalong Rides Again, Paramount, 1937.
• Hotel Haywire, Paramount, 1937.
• Interns Can't Take Money, Paramount, 1937.
• John Meade's Woman, Paramount, 1937.
• King of Gamblers, Paramount, 1937.
• The Last Train from Madrid, Paramount, 1937.
• Let's Make a Million, Paramount, 1937.
• Love on Toast, Paramount, 1937.
• Make Way for Tomorrow, Paramount, 1937.
• Midnight Madonna, Paramount, 1937.
• Mind Your Own Business, Paramount, 1937.
• Mountain Music, Paramount, 1937.
• Murder Goes to College, Paramount, 1937.
• Night Club Scandal, Paramount, 1937.
• A Night of Mystery, Paramount, 1937.
• North of the Rio Grande, Paramount, 1937.
• On Such a Night, Paramount, 1937.
• Outcast, Paramount, 1937.
• Partners in Crime, Paramount, 1937.
• Rustler's Valley, Paramount, 1937.
• She Asked for It, Paramount, 1937.
• She's No Lady, Paramount, 1937.
• Sophie Lang Goes West, Paramount, 1937.
• Souls at Sea, Paramount, 1937.
• Texas Trail, Paramount, 1937.
• This Way Please, Paramount, 1937.
• Thrill of a Lifetime, Paramount, 1937.
• Thunder Trail, Paramount, 1937.
• True Confession, Paramount, 1937.
• Turn Off the Moon, Paramount, 1937.
• Waikiki Wedding, Paramount, 1937.
• Wells Fargo, Paramount, 1937.
• Wild Money, Paramount, 1937.
• All Women Have Secrets, Paramount, 1938.
• Arkansas Traveler, Paramount, 1938.
• Arrest Bulldog Drummond, Paramount, 1938.
• Artists and Models Abroad, Paramount, 1938.
• Back Door to Heaven, Paramount, 1938.
• Bar 20 Justice, Paramount, 1938.
• Beachcomber, Paramount, 1938.
• Beau Geste, Paramount, 1938.
• Booloo, Paramount, 1938.
• Boy Trouble, Paramount, 1938.
• Buccaneer, Paramount, 1938.
• Bulldog Drummond in Africa, Paramount, 1938.
• Bulldog Drummond's Bride, Paramount, 1938.
• Bulldog Drummond's Peril, Paramount, 1938.
• Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police, Paramount, 1938.
• Cafe Society, Paramount, 1938.
• Campus Confessions, Paramount, 1938.
• Cassidy of Bar 20, Paramount, 1938.
• Cat and the Canary, Paramount, 1938.
• Cocoanut Grove, Paramount, 1938.
• College Swing, Paramount, 1938.
• Dangerous to Know, Paramount, 1938.
• Death of a Champion, Paramount, 1938.
• Disbarred, Paramount, 1938.
• Disputed Passage, Paramount, 1938.
• Dr. Rhythm, Paramount, 1938.
• Frontiersman, Paramount, 1938.
• Geronimo, Paramount, 1938.
• Give Me a Sailor, Paramount, 1938.
• Gracie Allen Murder Case, Paramount, 1938.
• Grand Jury Secrets, Paramount, 1938.
• Great Victor Herbert, Paramount, 1938.
• Heart of Arizona, Paramount, 1938.
• Her Jungle Love, Paramount, 1938.
• Heritage of the Desert, Paramount, 1938.
• Honeymoon in Bali, Paramount, 1938.
• Hotel Imperial, Paramount, 1938.
• Hunted Men, Paramount, 1938.
• I'm from Missouri, Paramount, 1938.
• If I Were King, Paramount, 1938.
• Illegal Traffic, Paramount, 1938.
• In Old Mexico, Paramount, 1938.
• Invitation to Happiness, Paramount, 1938.
• Island of Lost Men, Paramount, 1938.
• King of Alcatraz, Paramount, 1938.
• King of Chinatown, Paramount, 1938.
• Lady's from Kentucky, Paramount, 1938.
• Law of the Pampas, Paramount, 1938.
• Little Orphan Annie, Colonial/Paramount, 1938.
• Llano Kid, Paramount, 1938.
• Man of Conquest, Republic, 1938.
• Men with Wings, Paramount, 1938.
• Mysterious Rider, Paramount, 1938.
• Partners of the Plains, Paramount, 1938.
• Pride of the West, Paramount, 1938.
• Prison Farm, Paramount, 1938.
• Professor Beware, Paramount, 1938.
• Ride a Crooked Mile, Paramount, 1938.
• Say It in French, Paramount, 1938.
• Scandal Sheet, Paramount, 1938.
• Silver on the Sage, Paramount, 1938.
• Sing, You Sinners, Paramount, 1938.
• Some Like It Hot, Paramount, 1938.
• Sons of the Legion, Paramount, 1938.
• Spawn of the North, Paramount, 1938.
• St. Louis Blues, Paramount, 1938.
• Star Maker, Paramount, 1938.
• Stolen Heaven, Paramount, 1938.
• Sudden Money, Paramount, 1938.
• Sunset Trail, Paramount, 1938.
• Texans, Paramount, 1938.
• Thanks for the Memory, Paramount, 1938.
• Tip-Off Girls, Paramount, 1938.
• Tom Sawyer, Detective, Paramount, 1938.
• Touchdown, Army, Paramount, 1938.
• Tropic Holiday, Paramount, 1938.
• Unmarried, Paramount, 1938.
• What a Life, Paramount, 1938.
• You and Me, Paramount, 1938.
• Zaza, Paramount, 1938.
• French without Tears, Paramount, 1939.
• The Magnificent Fraud, Paramount, 1939.
• Man About Town, Paramount, 1939.
• Midnight, Paramount, 1939.
• Million Dollar Legs, Paramount, 1939.
• Never Say Die, Paramount, 1939.
• The Night of Nights, Paramount, 1939.
• Night Work, Paramount, 1939.
• One Thousand Dollars a Touchdown, Paramount, 1939.
• Our Leading Citizen, Paramount, 1939.
• Our Neighbors, the Carters, Paramount, 1939.
• Paris Honeymoon, Paramount, 1939.
• Persons in Hiding, Paramount, 1939.
• Range War, Paramount, 1939.
• The Renegade Trail, Paramount, 1939.
• Rulers of the Sea, Paramount, 1939.
• Television Spy, Paramount, 1939.
• This Man Is News, Paramount, 1939.
• Undercover Doctor, Paramount, 1939.
• Union Pacific, Paramount, 1939.
• Adventure in Diamonds, Paramount, 1940.
• Arise, My Love, Paramount, 1940.
• The Biscuit Eater, Paramount, 1940.
• Buck Benny Rides Again, Paramount, 1940.
• The Cherokee Strip, Paramount, 1940.
• Christmas in July, Paramount, 1940.
• Comin' Round the Mountain, Paramount, 1940.
• Dancing on a Dime, Paramount, 1940.
• Dr. Cyclops, Paramount, 1940.
• Emergency Squad, Paramount, 1940.
• The Farmer's Daughter, Paramount, 1940.
• The Ghost Breakers, Paramount, 1940.
• Golden Gloves, Paramount, 1940.
• The Great McGinty, Paramount, 1940.
• Hidden Gold, Paramount, 1940.
• I Want a Divorce, Paramount, 1940.
• Knights of the Range, Paramount, 1940.
• Light of Western Stars, Paramount, 1940.
• The Light That Failed, Paramount, 1940.
• Love Thy Neighbor, Paramount, 1940.
• Moon Over Burma, Paramount, 1940.
• Mystery Sea Raider, Paramount, 1940.
• A Night at Earl Carroll's, Paramount, 1940.
• Northwest Mounted Police, Paramount, 1940.
• Opened by Mistake, Paramount, 1940.
• Parole Fixer, Paramount, 1940.
• The Quarterback, Paramount, 1940.
• Queen of the Mob, Paramount, 1940.
• Rangers of Fortune, Paramount, 1940.
• Remember the Night, Paramount, 1940.
• Rhythm on the River, Paramount, 1940.
• Road to Singapore, Paramount, 1940.
• Safari, Paramount, 1940.
• Santa Fe Marshall, Paramount, 1940.
• Seventeen, Paramount, 1940.
• The Showdown, Paramount, 1940.
• Stagecoach War, Paramount, 1940.
• Texas Rangers Ride Again, Paramount, 1940.
• Those Were the Days, Paramount, 1940.
• Three Men from Texas, Paramount, 1940.
• Typhoon, Paramount, 1940.
• Untamed, Paramount, 1940.
• Victory, Paramount, 1940.
• The Way of All Flesh, Paramount, 1940.
• Women without Names, Paramount, 1940.
• World in Flames, 1940.
• Aloma of the South Seas, Paramount, 1941.
• Among the Living, Paramount, 1941.
• Bahama Passage, Paramount, 1941.
• Ball of Fire, Goldwyn/RKO, 1941.
• Birth of the Blues, Paramount, 1941.
• Border Vigilantes, Paramount, 1941.
• Buy Me That Town, Paramount, 1941.
• Caught in the Draft, Paramount, 1941.
• Doomed Caravan, Paramount, 1941.
• Flying Blind, Paramount, 1941.
• Forced Landing, Paramount, 1941.
• Glamour Boy, Paramount, 1941.
• Henry Aldrich for President, Paramount, 1941.
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Columbia, 1941.
• Hold Back the Dawn, Paramount, 1941.
• I Wanted Wings, Paramount, 1941.
• In Old Colorado, Paramount, 1941.
• Kiss the Boys Goodbye, Paramount, 1941.
• The Lady Eve, Paramount, 1941.
• Las Vegas Nights, Paramount, 1941.
• Life with Henry, Paramount, 1941.
• The Mad Doctor, Paramount, 1941.
• The Monster and the Girl, Paramount, 1941.
• New York Town, Paramount, 1941.
• The Night of January 16th, Paramount, 1941.
• Nothing But the Truth, Paramount, 1941.
• One Night in Lisbon, Paramount, 1941.
• The Parson of Panamint, Paramount, 1941.
• Pirates on Horseback, Paramount, 1941.
• Power Dive, Paramount, 1941.
• Reaching for the Sun, Paramount, 1941.
• The Road to Zanzibar, Paramount, 1941.
• The Roundup, Paramount, 1941.
• Secret of the Wastelands, 1941.
• Shepherd of the Hills, Paramount, 1941.
• Skylark, Paramount, 1941.
• Sullivan's Travels, Paramount, 1941.
• There's Magic in the Music, Paramount, 1941.
• Virginia, Paramount, 1941.
• West Point Widow, Paramount, 1941.
• Wide Open Town, Paramount, 1941.
• World Premiere, Paramount, 1941.
• You Belong to Me, Columbia, 1941.
• You're the One, Paramount, 1941.
• Are Husbands Necessary?, Paramount, 1942.
• Beyond the Blue Horizon, Paramount, 1942.
• The Fleet's In, Paramount, 1942.
• The Gay Sisters, First National/Warner Bros., 1942.
• The Glass Key, Paramount, 1942.
• The Great Man's Lady, Paramount, 1942.
• Henry Aldrich, Editor, Paramount, 1942.
• Holiday Inn, Paramount, 1942.
• I Married a Witch, Paramount/United Artists, 1942.
• The Lady Has Plans, Paramount, 1942.
• Lucky Jordan, Paramount, 1942.
• The Major and the Minor, Paramount, 1942.
• Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Paramount, 1942.
• My Favorite Blonde, Paramount, 1942.
• My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Paramount, 1942.
• The Palm Beach Story, Paramount, 1942.
• The Remarkable Andrew, Paramount, 1942.
• Road to Morocco, Paramount, 1942.
• Star Spangled Rhythm, Paramount, 1942.
• This Gun for Hire, Paramount, 1942.
• Wake Island, Paramount, 1942.
• China, Paramount, 1943.
• The Crystal Bell, United Artists, 1943.
• Five Graves to Cairo, Paramount, 1943.
• Flesh and Fantasy, Universal, 1943.
• For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount, 1943.
• The Good Fellows, Paramount, 1943.
• Happy Go Lucky, Paramount, 1943.
• Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour, Paramount, 1943.
• Henry Aldrich Haunts a House, Paramount, 1943.
• Hostages, Paramount, 1943.
• Lady Bodyguard, Paramount, 1943.
• Lady of Burlesque, United Artists, 1943.
• Let's Face It, Paramount, 1943.
• Night Plane from Chungking, Paramount, 1943.
• No Time for Love, Paramount, 1943.
• Riding High, Paramount, 1943.
• Salute for Three, Paramount, 1943.
• Tender Comrade, RKO, 1943.
• They Got Me Covered, Goldwyn/RKO, 1943.
• True to Life, Paramount, 1943.
• Young and Willing, United Artists, 1943; and Now Tomorrow, Paramount, 1944; and the Angels Sing, Paramount, 1944.
• Double Indemnity, Paramount, 1944.
• Going My Way, Paramount, 1944.
• The Great Moment, Paramount, 1944.
• Hail the Conquering Hero, Paramount, 1944.
• Henry Aldrich's Little Secret, Paramount, 1944.
• Here Come the Waves, Paramount, 1944.
• The Hitler Gang, Paramount, 1944.
• The Hour Before the Dawn, Paramount, 1944.
• I Love a Soldier, Paramount, 1944.
• I'll Be Seeing You, Vanguard/United Artists, 1944.
• Lady in the Dark, Paramount, 1944.
• The Man in Half Moon Street, Paramount, 1944.
• Ministry of Fear, Paramount, 1944.
• The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Paramount, 1944.
• National Barn Dance, Paramount, 1944.
• Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, Paramount, 1944.
• Rainbow Island, Paramount, 1944.
• Standing Room Only, Paramount, 1944.
• Till We Meet Again, Paramount, 1944.
• The Uninvited, Paramount, 1944.
• You Can't Ration Love, Paramount, 1944.
• The Affairs of Susan, Paramount, 1945.
• The Bells of St. Mary's, Rainbow/RKO, 1945.
• Bring on the Girls, Paramount, 1945.
• Christmas in Connecticut, Warner Bros./First National, 1945.
• Duffy's Tavern, Paramount, 1945.
• Hold That Blonde, Paramount, 1945.
• Incendiary Blonde, Paramount, 1945.
• The Lost Weekend, Paramount, 1945.
• Love Letters, Paramount, 1945.
• Masquerade in Mexico, Paramount, 1945.
• A Medal for Benny, Paramount, 1945.
• Miss Susie Slagle's, Paramount, 1945.
• Murder He Says, Paramount, 1945.
• Out of This World, Paramount, 1945.
• Road to Utopia, Paramount, 1945.
• Salty O'Rourke, Paramount, 1945.
• The Stork Club, Paramount, 1945.
• You Came Along, Paramount, 1945.
• The Blue Dahlia, Paramount, 1946.
• Blue Skies, Paramount, 1946.
• The Bride Wore Boots, Paramount, 1946.
• California, Paramount, 1946.
• Monsieur Beauclaire, Paramount, 1946.
• My Reputation, Warner Bros., 1946.
• Notorious, RKO Radio Pictures, 1946.
• Our Hearts Were Growing Up, Paramount, 1946.
• The Perfect Marriage, Paramount, 1946.
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Paramount, 1946.
• To Each His Own, Paramount, 1946.
• The Virginian, Famous Players/Paramount, 1946.
• The Well-Groomed Bride, Paramount, 1946.
• Blaze of Noon, Paramount, 1947.
• Calcutta, Paramount, 1947.
• Cross My Heart, Paramount, 1947.
• Cry Wolf, Warner Bros., 1947.
• Dear Ruth, Paramount, 1947.
• Desert Fury, Paramount, 1947.
• Dream Girl, Paramount, 1947.
• Easy Come, Easy Go, Paramount, 1947.
• I Walk Alone, Paramount, 1947.
• The Imperfect Lady, Paramount, 1947.
• My Favorite Brunette, Paramount, 1947.
• The Other Love, Enterprise/United Artists, 1947.
• The Perils of Pauline, Paramount, 1947.
• Ramrod, Enterprise/United Artists, 1947.
• Road to Rio, Paramount, 1947.
• The Trouble with Women, Paramount, 1947.
• The Two Mrs. Carrolls, Warner Bros., 1947.
• Variety Girl, Paramount, 1947.
• Welcome Stranger, Paramount, 1947.
• Where There's Life, Paramount, 1947.
• Wild Harvest, Paramount, 1947.
• Arch of Triumph, Enterprise/United Artists, 1948.
• Beyond Glory, Paramount, 1948.
• The Big Clock, Paramount, 1948.
• The Emperor Waltz, Paramount, 1948.
• Enchantment, RKO, 1948.
• A Foreign Affair, Paramount, 1948.
• Isn't It Romantic?, Paramount, 1948.
• June Bride, Warner Bros., 1948.
• Miss Tatlock's Millions, Paramount, 1948.
• My Own True Love, Paramount, 1948.
• The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Paramount, 1948.
• Rachel and the Stranger, RKO, 1948.
• Saigon, Paramount, 1948.
• The Sainted Sisters, Paramount, 1948.
• The Sealed Verdict, Paramount, 1948.
• So Evil My Love, Paramount, 1948.
• Sorry, Wrong Number, Paramount, 1948.
• The Accused, Paramount, 1949.
• Beyond the Forest, Warner Bros., 1949.
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Paramount, 1949.
• The Great Gatsby, Paramount, 1949.
• The Great Lover, Paramount, 1949.
• (With Gile Steele) The Heiress, Paramount, 1949.
• Manhandled, Paramount, 1949.
• My Foolish Heart, RKO, 1949.
• My Friend Irma, Paramount, 1949.
• Red, Hot, and Blue, Paramount, 1949.
• Rope of Sand, Paramount, 1949.
• (With Gus Peters, Dorothy Jenkins, Gwen Wakeling, and Elois Jenssen) Samson and Delilah, Paramount, 1949.
• Song of Surrender, Paramount, 1949.
• Whispering Smith, Paramount, 1949.
• (With Charles LeMaire) All About Eve, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1950.
• Copper Canyon, Paramount, 1950.
• Dark City, Paramount, 1950.
• Fancy Pants, Paramount, 1950.
• The File on Thelma Jordan, Paramount, 1950.
• The Furies, Paramount, 1950.
• Let's Dance, Paramount, 1950.
• Malaya, MGM, 1950.
• Mr. Music, Paramount, 1950.
• My Friend Irma Goes West, Paramount, 1950.
• No Man of Her Own, Paramount, 1950.
• Paid in Full, Paramount, 1950.
• Riding High, Paramount, 1950.
• September Affair, Paramount, 1950.
• Sunset Boulevard, Paramount, 1950.
• The Big Carnival, Paramount, 1951.
• Branded, Paramount, 1951.
• Crosswinds, Paramount, 1951.
• Darling, How Could You?, Paramount, 1951.
• Dear Brat, Paramount, 1951.
• Detective Story, Paramount, 1951.
• Here Comes the Groom, Paramount, 1951.
• Hong Kong, Paramount, 1951.
• The Last Outpost, Paramount, 1951.
• The Lemon Drop Kid, Paramount, 1951.
• My Favorite Spy, Paramount, 1951.
• Payment on Demand, RKO, 1951.
• Peking Express, Paramount, 1951.
• Rhubarb, Paramount, 1951.
• Sailor Beware, Paramount, 1951.
• Silver City, Paramount, 1951.
• Submarine Command, Paramount, 1951.
• That's My Boy, Paramount, 1951.
• When Worlds Collide, Paramount, 1951.
• A Place in the Sun, Paramount, 1951.
• Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick, Paramount, 1952.
• Anything Can Happen, Paramount, 1952.
• Caribbean, Paramount, 1952.
• Carrie, Paramount, 1952.
• Come Back, Little Sheba, Paramount, 1952.
• Denver and Rio Grande, Paramount, 1952.
• The Greatest Show on Earth, Paramount, 1952.
• Hurricane Smith, Paramount, 1952.
• Jumping Jacks, Paramount, 1952.
• Just for You, Paramount, 1952.
• My Son John, Paramount, 1952.
• Red Mountain, Paramount, 1952.
• Red Snow, Columbia, 1952.
• Road to Bali, Paramount, 1952.
• Ruby Gentry, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Somebody Loves Me, Paramount, 1952.
• Something to Live For, Paramount, 1952.
• Son of Paleface, Paramount, 1952.
• The Stooge, Paramount, 1952.
• This Is Dynamite, 1952.
• The Turning Point, Paramount, 1952.
• Arrowhead, Paramount, 1953.
• The Caddy, Paramount, 1953.
• Forever Female, Paramount, 1953.
• Here Come the Girls, Paramount, 1953.
• Houdini, Paramount, 1953.
• Jamaica Run, Clarion/Paramount, 1953.
• Little Boy Lost, Paramount, 1953.
• The Naked Jungle, Paramount, 1953.
• Off Limits, Paramount, 1953.
• Pleasure Island, 1953.
• Pony Express, Paramount, 1953.
• Roman Holiday, Paramount, 1953.
• Sangaree, Paramount, 1953.
• The Savage, Paramount, 1953.
• Scared Stiff, Paramount, 1953.
• Shane, Paramount, 1953.
• Stalag 17, Paramount, 1953.
• The Stars Are Singing, Paramount, 1953.
• Those Redheads from Seattle, Paramount, 1953.
• Thunder in the East, Paramount, 1953.
• Tropic Zone, Paramount, 1953.
• The Vanquished, Paramount, 1953.
• The War of the Worlds, 1953.
• About Mrs. Leslie, Paramount, 1954.
• Alaska Seas, Paramount, 1954.
• The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Paramount, 1954.
• The Country Girl, Paramount, 1954.
• Elephant Walk, Paramount, 1954.
• Jivaro, Paramount, 1954.
• Knock on Wood, Dena/Paramount, 1954.
• Living It Up, Paramount, 1954.
• Money from Home, Paramount, 1954.
• Mr. Casanova, Paramount, 1954.
• Rear Window, Paramount, 1954.
• Red Garters, Paramount, 1954.
• Sabrina (also known as Sabrina Fair), Paramount, 1954.
• Secret of the Incas, Paramount, 1954.
• Them!, Warner Bros., 1954.
• Three Ring Circus, Paramount, 1954.
• White Christmas, Paramount, 1954.
• Artists and Models, Paramount, 1955.
• Conquest of Space, Paramount, 1955.
• The Desperate Hours, Paramount, 1955.
• The Far Horizons, Paramount, 1955.
• The Girl Rush, Paramount, 1955.
• Hell's Island, Paramount, 1955.
• Lucy Gallant, Paramount, 1955.
• The Rose Tattoo, Paramount, 1955.
• Run for Cover, Paramount, 1955.
• The Seven Little Foys, Paramount, 1955.
• Strategic Air Command, Paramount, 1955.
• To Catch a Thief, Paramount, 1955.
• The Trouble with Harry, Paramount, 1955.
• You're Never Too Young, Paramount, 1955.
• Anything Goes, Paramount, 1956.
• The Birds and the Bees, Paramount, 1956.
• The Come On, Allied Artists, 1956.
• The Court Jester, Paramount, 1956.
• Hollywood or Bust, Paramount, 1956.
• The Leather Saint, Paramount, 1956.
• The Man Who Knew Too Much, Paramount, 1956.
• The Mountain, Paramount, 1956.
• Pardners, Paramount, 1956.
• The Proud and the Profane, Paramount, 1956.
• The Rainmaker, Paramount, 1956.
• The Scarlet Hour, Paramount, 1956.
• The Search for Bridey Murphy, Paramount, 1956.
• The Ten Commandments, Paramount, 1956.
• That Certain Feeling, Paramount, 1956.
• Three Violent People, Paramount, 1956.
• Beau James, Paramount, 1957.
• The Buster Keaton Story, Paramount, 1957.
• The Delicate Delinquent, Paramount, 1957.
• The Devil's Hairpin, Paramount, 1957.
• Fear Strikes Out, Paramount, 1957.
• (With Hubert DeGivenchy) Funny Face, Paramount, 1957.
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Paramount, 1957.
• Hear Me Good, Paramount, 1957.
• The Joker Is Wild, Paramount, 1957.
• The Lonely Man, Paramount, 1957.
• Loving You, Paramount, 1957.
• The Sad Sack, Paramount, 1957.
• Short Cut to Hell, Paramount, 1957.
• The Tin Star, Paramount, 1957.
• Wild Is the Wind, Paramount, 1957.
• Witness for the Prosecution, United Artists, 1957.
• As Young As We Are, Paramount, 1958.
• The Buccaneer, Paramount, 1958.
• The Geisha Boy, Paramount, 1958.
• Hot Spell, Paramount, 1958.
• Houseboat, Paramount-Scribe, 1958.
• I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Paramount, 1958.
• King Creole, Paramount, 1958.
• Maracaibo, Paramount, 1958.
• The Matchmaker, Paramount, 1958.
• Me and the Colonel, Columbia, 1958.
• The Party Crashers, Paramount, 1958.
• Rock-a-bye Baby, Paramount, 1958.
• St. Louis Blues, Paramount, 1958.
• Separate Tables, United Artists, 1958.
• Teacher's Pet, Paramount, 1958.
• Vertigo, Paramount, 1958.
• Alias Jesse James, Hope Enterprises/United Artists, 1959.
• The Black Orchid, Paramount, 1959.
• But Not for Me, Paramount, 1959.
• Career, RKO, 1959.
• Don't Give Up the Ship, Paramount, 1959.
• The Five Pennies, Paramount, 1959.
• The Hangman, Paramount, 1959.
• A Hole in the Head, United Artists, 1959.
• The Jayhawkers, Paramount, 1959.
• Last Train from Gun Hill, Paramount, 1959.
• That Kind of Woman, Paramount, 1959.
• Too Young for Love, 1959.
• The Trap, Paramount, 1959.
• The Young Captives, Paramount, 1959.
• The Bellboy, Paramount, 1960.
• A Breath of Scandal, Paramount, 1960.
• Cinderfella, Paramount, 1960.
• (With Edward Stevenson) The Facts of Life, United Artists, 1960.
• G.I. Blues, Paramount, 1960.
• Heller in Pink Tights, Paramount, 1960.
• It Started in Naples, Paramount, 1960.
• Pepe, Columbia, 1960.
• The Rat Race, Paramount, 1960.
• A Touch of Larceny, Paramount, 1960.
• Visit to a Small Planet, Paramount, 1960.
• All in a Night's Work, Paramount, 1961.
• Blue Hawaii, Paramount, 1961.
• Breakfast at Tiffany's, Paramount, 1961.
• The Errand Boy, Paramount, 1961.
• The Ladies' Man, Paramount, 1961.
• Love in a Goldfish Bowl, Paramount, 1961.
• Man-Trap, Paramount, 1961.
• On the Double, Dena-Capri/Paramount, 1961.
• The Pleasure of His Company, Paramount, 1961.
• Pocketful of Miracles, Franton/United Artists, 1961.
• Summer and Smoke, Paramount, 1961.
• The Counterfeit Traitor, Paramount, 1962.
• Escape from Zahrain, Paramount, 1962.
• A Girl Named Tamiko, Paramount, 1962.
• Girls! Girls! Girls!, Paramount, 1962.
• Hatari!, Paramount, 1962.
• It's Only Money, Paramount, 1962.
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Paramount, 1962.
• My Geisha, Paramount, 1962.
• The Pigeon That Took Rome, Paramount, 1962.
• Too Late Blues, Paramount, 1962.
• Who's Got the Action?, Paramount, 1962.
• The Birds, Universal, 1963.
• Come Blow Your Horn, Paramount, 1963.
• Critic's Choice, Warner Bros., 1963.
• Donovan's Reef, Paramount, 1963.
• Fun in Acapulco, Paramount, 1963.
• Hud, Paramount, 1963.
• I Could Go On Singing, Barbican/United Artists, 1963.
• Love with the Proper Stranger, Paramount, 1963.
• My Six Loves, Paramount, 1963.
• A New Kind of Love, Paramount, 1963.
• The Nutty Professor, Paramount, 1963.
• Papa's Delicate Condition, Amro/Paramount, 1963.
• Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?, Paramount, 1963.
• Who's Minding the Store?, Paramount, 1963.
• Wives and Lovers, Paramount, 1963.
• The Carpetbaggers, Embassy Pictures Corp./Paramount, 1964.
• The Disorderly Orderly, Paramount, 1964.
• A House Is Not a Home, Embassy Pictures Corp., 1964.
• John Goldfarb, Please Come Home, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964.
• Lady in a Cage, Paramount, 1964.
• Man's Favorite Sport?, Universal, 1964.
• Marnie, Universal, 1964.
• The Patsy, Paramount, 1964.
• Roustabout, Paramount, 1964.
• Sex and the Single Girl, Warner Bros., 1964.
• What a Way to Go, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964.
• Where Love Has Gone, Paramount, 1964.
• Boeing Boeing, Paramount, 1965.
• The Family Jewels, Paramount, 1965.
• The Great Race, Warner Bros., 1965.
• The Hallelujah Trail, United Artists, 1965.
• Harlow, Paramount, 1965.
• Inside Daisy Clover, Warner Bros., 1965.
• Love Has Many Faces, Columbia, 1965.
• Red Line 7000, Paramount, 1965.
• The Slender Thread, Paramount, 1965.
• The Sons of Katie Elder, Paramount, 1965.
• Sylvia, Paramount, 1965.
• 36 Hours, MGM, 1965.
• Who Has Seen the Wind?, 1965.
• The Yellow Rolls-Royce, MGM, 1965.
• Assault on a Queen, Paramount, 1966.
• The Last of the Secret Agents?, Paramount, 1966.
• Nevada Smith, Paramount, 1966.
• Not with My Wife, You Don't!, Warner Bros., 1966.
• The Oscar, Embassy Pictures Corp., 1966.
• Paradise, Hawaiian Style, Paramount, 1966.
• Penelope, Euterpe/MGM, 1966.
• The Swinger, Paramount, 1966.
• This Property Is Condemned, Paramount, 1966.
• Torn Curtain, Universal, 1966.
• Waco, Paramount, 1966.
• Barefoot in the Park, Paramount, 1967.
• The Caper of the Golden Bulls, Embassy, 1967.
• Chuka, Paramount, 1967.
• Easy Come, Easy Go, Paramount, 1967.
• El Dorado, Paramount, 1967.
• Hotel, Warner Bros., 1967.
• Warning Shot, Paramount, 1967.
• Hellfighters, Universal, 1968.
• In Enemy Country, Universal, 1968.
• Madigan, Universal, 1968.
• The Pink Jungle, Universal, 1968.
• The Secret War of Harry Frigg, Universal, 1968.
• What's So Bad About Feeling Good?, Universal, 1968.
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969.
• Colossus: The Forbin Project, Universal, 1969.
• Downhill Racer, Wildwood/Paramount, 1969.
• Eye of the Cat, Universal, 1969.
• House of Cards, Westworld/Universal, 1969.
• The Lost Man, Universal, 1969.
• Sweet Charity, Universal, 1969.
• Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, Universal, 1969.
• Topaz, Universal, 1969.
• Winning, Universal, 1969.
• Airport, Universal, 1970.
• Myra Breckinridge, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970.
• Skullduggery, Universal, 1970.
• Story of a Woman, Universal, 1970.
• Red Sky at Morning, Universal, 1971.
• Sometimes a Great Notion, Universal, 1971.
• Pete 'n' Tillie, Universal, 1972.
• The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, National General, 1972.
• Hammersmith Is Out, Cinerama, 1972.
• Ash Wednesday, Paramount, 1973.
• The Sting, Universal, 1973.
• Showdown, Universal, 1973.
• The Don Is Dead, Universal, 1973.
• A Doll's House, Paramount, 1973.
• Airport 1975, Universal, 1974.
• The Great Waldo Pepper, Universal, 1975.
• The Man Who Would Be King, Allied Artists, 1975.
• Rooster Cogburn, Universal, 1975.
• Airport '77, Universal, 1976.
• The Blue Bird, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976.
• Family Plot, Universal, 1976.
• Gable and Lombard, Universal, 1976.
• W. C. Fields and Me, Universal, 1976.
• Sex and the Married Woman, 1977.
• Sunshine Christmas, 1977.
• The Big Fix, Universal, 1978.
• Olly, Olly, Oxen Free, Sanrio, 1978.
• Sextette, Crown International, 1978.
• The Last Married Couple in America, Universal, 1980.
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Universal, 1982.
• Credits; Television Work; Miniseries
• Costume designer, Little Women, 1978.
• Credits; Television Work; Movies
• Costume designer, The Screaming Woman, MCA-TV, 1972.
• Costume designer, Divorce His, Divorce Hers, Viacom, 1973.
• Costume designer, The Disappearance of Aimee, 1976.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Series
• Hostess of a television series in the 1950s.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
• Guest, Art Linkletter's House Party, between 1952 and 1969.
• Credits; Radio Appearances; Episodic
• Guest, Art Linkletter's House Party, between 1945 and 1952.
• Writings
• Books (With Jane Kesner Ardmore) The Dress Doctor (autobiography), (Boston, MA), 1959.
• (With Joe Hyams) Dress for Success, (New York City), 1967.
• Writings; Other
• Contributor to magazines and newspapers, including Show, Time, Good Housekeeping, Screenland, Photoplay, and Silver Screen. Fashion editor, Holiday, 1973.

Further Reference

Books:

• Acker, Ally, Reel Women: Pioneers of the Cinema, 1896 to the Present, Continuum (New York City), 1991.
• Contemporary Authors, Volume 105, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1982.
• McHenry, Robert, Liberty's Women, Merriam (Springfield, MA), 1980.
• Morgan, Ann Lee, editor, Contemporary Designers, Gale, 1984.

Periodicals:

• Architectural Digest, April, 1992, p. 226.
• Films, May, 1981.
• Interview, January, 1974.
• Newsweek, November 9, 1981.
• New York Times, October 27, 1981.
• Time, November 9, 1981.