Edith Head
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Edith Head (October 28, 1897 - October 24, 1981) was an Americann costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood.

Born Edith Claire Posener in San Bernardino, California, Head was a school teacher who answered an advertisment in 1923 to work for Paramount Studios. With no experience, she decided that she would learn as she went.

She began designing costumes for silent films and by the thirties had established herself as one of the leading designers.

During her career she won 8 Academy Awards from 34 nominations and was responsible for some of the best known Hollywood fashion images of her day. With her costumes being worn by the most glamorous and famous actresses of the day in films seen by millions, Head's influence on world fashion was far reaching.

Among the actresses she designed for were:

• Mae West in She Done Him Wrong, 1933
• Frances Farmer in Rhythm on the Range, 1936 and Ebb Tide, 1937
• Paulette Goddard in The Cat and the Canary, 1939
• Veronica Lake in Sullivan’s Travels, 1941 and I Married A Witch, 1942
• Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve and Ball of Fire both 1941 and Double Indemnity, 1944
• Ingrid Bergman in Notorious, 1946
• Dorothy Lamour in most of “The Road” movies.
• Loretta Young in The Farmer’s Daughter, 1947
• Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress, 1949
• Bette Davis in ''All About Eve'\', 1950
• Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, 1950
• Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun, 1951
• Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday, 1953 and Sabrina, 1954
• Grace Kelly in Rear Window, 1954, and To Catch a Thief, 1955
• Doris Day in The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956
• Marlene Dietrich in Witness for the Prosecution, 1957
• Rita Hayworth in Separate Tables, 1958
• Kim Novak in Vertigo, 1958
• Tippi Hedren in The Birds, 1963 and Marnie, 1964

She died in 1981 from bone marrow disease and was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6504 Hollywood Blvd.

Edith Head’s Oscar Nominations

• 1949 – Color – The Emperor Waltz
• 1950 – Black and White – The Heiress – won
• 1951 – Color – Sampson and Delilah – won
• 1951 – Black and White – All About Eve – won
• 1952 – Black and White – A Place in the Sun – won
• 1953 – Color – The Greatest Show On Earth
• 1953 – Black and White – Carrie
• 1954 – Black and White – Roman Holiday – won
• 1955 – Black and White – Sabrina – won
• 1956 – Color – To Catch A Thief
• 1956 – Black and White – The Rose Tattoo
• 1957 – Color – The Ten Commandments
• 1957 – Black and White – The Proud and Profane
• 1958 – Best Costume Design – Funny Face
• 1959 – Best Costume Design, Black and White or Color – The Buccaneer
• 1960 – Color – The Five Pennies
• 1960 – Black and White – Career
• 1961 – Color – Pepe
• 1961 – Black and White – The Facts of Life – won
• 1962 – Color – Pocketful of Miracles
• 1963 – Color – My Geisha
• 1963 – Black and White – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• 1964 – Color – A New Kind of Love
• 1964 – Black and White – Wives and Lovers
• 1964 – Black and White – Love With a Proper Stranger
• 1965 – Color – What A Way To Go
• 1965 – Black and White – A House Is Not A Home
• 1966 – Color – Inside Daisy Clover
• 1966 – Black and White – The Slender Thread
• 1967 – Color – The Oscar
• Oscar’s no longer awarded separately for Color or Black and White
• 1970 – Sweet Charity
• 1971 – Airport
• 1974 – The Sting – won
• 1976 – The Man Who Would Be King
• 1978 – Airport ‘77

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