Sydney Guilaroff
Costume & Make-Up
Sydney Guilaroff (November 2, 1907 – May 25, 1997) was a hair stylist during Hollywood’s Golden Age who was the first to receive on-screen credit in films. He worked for more than forty years at the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios on more than a thousand films. He was instrumental in crafting many of the hairstyles which became the signature looks for numerous film stars. Over his long and distinguished career, Guilaroff's other clients included Elizabeth Taylor, Lana Turner, Greta Garbo, Lena Horne, Greer Garson, Debbie Reynolds, Ann-Margret, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Hedy Lamarr, Kathryn Grayson, Liza Minnelli, Clare Booth Luce, Ginger Rogers, Geraldine Page, Libby Holman, and Nancy Reagan. He was the stylist of choice for such male stars as Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra Guilaroff won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or Special for The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987) starring Ann-Margret and Claudette Colbert.
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tvThe Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
Hairdresser
movieA Streetcar Named Desire
1984
Hairstylist
movieRegina Roma
1982
Hairstylist
movie...All the Marbles
1981
Hairstylist
movieReturn Engagement
1978
Hairstylist
movieNew York, New York
1977
Hair Designer
movieThe Blue Bird
1976
Hairstylist
movieCarnal Knowledge
1971
Hairstylist
movieThe Happy Ending
1969
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movieMarlowe
1969
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movieThe Gypsy Moths
1969
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movieThe Extraordinary Seaman
1969
Hairstylist
movieSweet Charity
1969
Hair Designer
movieThe Split
1968
Hairstylist
movieThe Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
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movieRosemary's Baby
1968
Hair Designer
movieSpeedway
1968
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movieStay Away, Joe
1968
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movieThe Power
1968
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movieSol Madrid
1968
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movieThe Graduate
1967
Hair Designer
moviePoint Blank
1967
Hairstylist
movieDivorce American Style
1967
Hairstylist
movieDon't Make Waves
1967
Hairstylist
movieDoctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967
Hairstylist
movieReturn of the Gunfighter
1967
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movieHot Rods to Hell
1967
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movieGrand Prix
1966
Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
movieGambit
1966
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movieThe Venetian Affair
1966
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moviePenelope
1966
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movieSpinout
1966
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movieSeconds
1966
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movieWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
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movieHold On!
1966
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movieHarum Scarum
1965
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movieWhen the Boys Meet the Girls
1965
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movieThe Great Race
1965
Hair Designer
movieThe Sandpiper
1965
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movieHarlow
1965
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movieOnce a Thief
1965
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movieGirl Happy
1965
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movieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
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movieThe Rounders
1965
Hair Designer
movieThe Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
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movieSex and the Single Girl
1964
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movieGet Yourself a College Girl
1964
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movie36 Hours
1964
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movieGoodbye Charlie
1964
Hair Designer
movieYour Cheatin' Heart
1964
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movieThe Americanization of Emily
1964
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movieThe Outrage
1964
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movieThe Night of the Iguana
1964
Hair Designer
movieWhat a Way to Go!
1964
Hair Designer
movieThe Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
Hair Designer
movie7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
Hairstylist
movieKissin' Cousins
1964
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movieViva Las Vegas
1964
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movieSeven Days in May
1964
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movieThe Prize
1963
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movieSunday in New York
1963
Hair Designer
movieIt Happened at the World's Fair
1963
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movieThe Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
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movieBilly Rose's Jumbo
1962
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movieHow the West Was Won
1962
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movieGypsy
1962
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moviePeriod of Adjustment
1962
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movieTwo Weeks in Another Town
1962
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movieAll Fall Down
1962
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movieSweet Bird of Youth
1962
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movieThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962
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movieThe Misfits
1961
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movieCimarron
1960
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movieBUtterfield 8
1960
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movieAll the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
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movieBells Are Ringing
1960
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movieThe Time Machine
1960
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moviePlease Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
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movieHome from the Hill
1960
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movieThe Gazebo
1959
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movieAsk Any Girl
1959
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movieIt Started with a Kiss
1959
Hair Designer
movieNorth by Northwest
1959
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movieThe World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959
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movieThe Mating Game
1959
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movieWatusi
1959
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movieGreen Mansions
1959
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movieThe Tunnel of Love
1958
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movieParty Girl
1958
Hair Designer
movieThe Badlanders
1958
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movieCat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
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movieThe High Cost of Loving
1958
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movieGigi
1958
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movieThe Sheepman
1958
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movieSaddle the Wind
1958
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movieRaintree County
1957
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movieDon't Go Near the Water
1957
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movieMan on Fire
1957
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movieGun Glory
1957
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movieSilk Stockings
1957
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movieDesigning Woman
1957
Hair Designer
movieThis Could Be the Night
1957
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movieTen Thousand Bedrooms
1957
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movieThe Opposite Sex
1956
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movieTea and Sympathy
1956
Hairstylist
movieThe Power and the Prize
1956
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movieLust for Life
1956
Hair Designer
movieHigh Society
1956
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movieThe Catered Affair
1956
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movieGaby
1956
Hair Designer
movieTribute to a Bad Man
1956
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movieForbidden Planet
1956
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movieMeet Me in Las Vegas
1956
Hair Designer
movieRansom!
1956
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movieI'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
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movieIt's a Dog's Life
1955
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movieThe Tender Trap
1955
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movieKismet
1955
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movieTrial
1955
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movieIt's Always Fair Weather
1955
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movieThe King's Thief
1955
Hair Designer
movieThe Cobweb
1955
Hairstylist
movieLove Me or Leave Me
1955
Hair Designer
movieThe Prodigal
1955
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movieHit the Deck
1955
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movieJupiter's Darling
1955
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movieMany Rivers to Cross
1955
Hair Designer
movieGreen Fire
1954
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movieDeep in My Heart
1954
Hair Designer
movieThe Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
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movieBrigadoon
1954
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movieHer Twelve Men
1954
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movieSeven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
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movieExecutive Suite
1954
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movieTennessee Champ
1954
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movieRose Marie
1954
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movieThe Long, Long Trailer
1954
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movieThe Great Diamond Robbery
1954
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movieEscape from Fort Bravo
1953
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movieEasy to Love
1953
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movieKiss Me Kate
1953
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movieAll the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
Hair Designer
movieGive a Girl a Break
1953
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movieThe Actress
1953
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movieThe Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
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movieThe Band Wagon
1953
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movieRide, Vaquero!
1953
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movieDangerous When Wet
1953
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movieJulius Caesar
1953
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movieYoung Bess
1953
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movieRemains to Be Seen
1953
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movieBright Road
1953
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movieThe Girl Who Had Everything
1953
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movieThe Story of Three Loves
1953
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movieI Love Melvin
1953
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movieLili
1953
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movieRogue's March
1953
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movieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952
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movieDesperate Search
1952
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movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1952
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movieLone Star
1952
Hair Designer
movieMy Man and I
1952
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movieThe Merry Widow
1952
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movieFearless Fagan
1952
Hair Designer
movieHoliday for Sinners
1952
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movieShadow in the Sky
1952
Hair Designer
moviePat and Mike
1952
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movieSkirts Ahoy!
1952
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movieScaramouche
1952
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movieYoung Man with Ideas
1952
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movieCarbine Williams
1952
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movieSingin' in the Rain
1952
Hair Designer
movieLove Is Better Than Ever
1952
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movieThe Belle of New York
1952
Hair Designer
movieInvitation
1952
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movieThe Wild North
1952
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movieToo Young to Kiss
1951
Hair Designer
movieThe Unknown Man
1951
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movieCallaway Went Thataway
1951
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movieQuo Vadis
1951
Hair Designer
movieAngels in the Outfield
1951
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movieBannerline
1951
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movieTexas Carnival
1951
Hair Designer
movieAn American in Paris
1951
Hair Designer
movieThe Strip
1951
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movieThe Tall Target
1951
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movieShow Boat
1951
Hair Designer
movieKind Lady
1951
Hairstylist
movieThe Painted Hills
1951
Hairstylist
movieFather's Little Dividend
1951
Hair Designer
movieCause for Alarm!
1951
Hair Designer
movieRoyal Wedding
1951
Hair Designer
movieMr. Imperium
1951
Hair Designer
movieInside Straight
1951
Hairstylist
movieThree Guys Named Mike
1951
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movieVengeance Valley
1951
Hair Designer
movieGrounds for Marriage
1951
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movieThe Magnificent Yankee
1950
Hairstylist
movieWatch the Birdie
1950
Hairstylist
movieMrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
Hair Designer
movieKim
1950
Hair Designer
movieTwo Weeks with Love
1950
Hairstylist
movieTo Please a Lady
1950
Hair Designer
movieRight Cross
1950
Hair Designer
movieSummer Stock
1950
Hair Designer
movieThe Toast of New Orleans
1950
Hair Designer
movieDevil's Doorway
1950
Hairstylist
movieDuchess of Idaho
1950
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movieThree Little Words
1950
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movieMystery Street
1950
Hair Designer
movieShadow on the Wall
1950
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movieFather of the Bride
1950
Hair Designer
movieAnnie Get Your Gun
1950
Hair Designer
movieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950
Hair Designer
moviePlease Believe Me
1950
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movieStars in My Crown
1950
Hairstylist
movieThe Reformer and the Redhead
1950
Hair Designer
movieThe Yellow Cab Man
1950
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movieSide Street
1950
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movieBlack Hand
1950
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movieNancy Goes to Rio
1950
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movieThe Outriders
1950
Hair Designer
movieAmbush
1950
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movieOn the Town
1949
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movieTension
1949
Hair Designer
movieAdam's Rib
1949
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movieThat Forsyte Woman
1949
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movieChallenge to Lassie
1949
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movieThe Red Danube
1949
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movieMadame Bovary
1949
Hair Designer
movieIn the Good Old Summertime
1949
Hair Designer
movieThe Great Sinner
1949
Hair Designer
movieNeptune's Daughter
1949
Hairstylist
movieThe Stratton Story
1949
Hairstylist
movieThe Barkleys of Broadway
1949
Hair Designer
movieLittle Women
1949
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movieTake Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
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movieAct of Violence
1949
Hair Designer
movieHills of Home
1948
Hair Designer
movieThe Kissing Bandit
1948
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movieThe Three Musketeers
1948
Hair Designer
movieJulia Misbehaves
1948
Hair Designer
movieA Date with Judy
1948
Hairstylist
movieEaster Parade
1948
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movieThe Pirate
1948
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movieSummer Holiday
1948
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movieBig City
1948
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movieGood News
1947
Hair Designer
movieDesire Me
1947
Hair Designer
movieSong of the Thin Man
1947
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movieThe Hucksters
1947
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movieThe Sea of Grass
1947
Hairstylist
movieGreen Dolphin Street
1947
Hair Designer
movieLady in the Lake
1946
Hair Designer
movieTill the Clouds Roll By
1946
Hair Designer
movieUndercurrent
1946
Hair Designer
movieTwo Sisters from Boston
1946
Hair Designer
movieTwo Smart People
1946
Hairstylist
movieWeek-End at the Waldorf
1945
Hairstylist
movieZiegfeld Follies
1945
Hairstylist
movieThe Valley of Decision
1945
Hair Designer
movieMrs. Parkington
1944
Hair Designer
movieKismet
1944
Hair Designer
moviePanama Hattie
1942
Hairstylist
movieApache Trail
1942
Makeup Artist
movieCalling Dr. Gillespie
1942
Hairstylist
movieMrs. Miniver
1942
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movieThe Affairs of Martha
1942
Hairstylist
movieGrand Central Murder
1942
Hairstylist
movieThe Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
Hairstylist
movieNazi Agent
1942
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movieTwo-Faced Woman
1941
Hair Designer
movieMarried Bachelor
1941
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movieThe Feminine Touch
1941
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movieHonky Tonk
1941
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movieLady Be Good
1941
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movieWhen Ladies Meet
1941
Hair Designer
movieThe Philadelphia Story
1940
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movieBitter Sweet
1940
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movieEscape
1940
Hair Designer
movieDulcy
1940
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movieBoom Town
1940
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moviePride and Prejudice
1940
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movieSusan and God
1940
Hair Department Head
movieThe Shop Around the Corner
1940
Hairstylist
movieNinotchka
1939
Hairstylist
movieThe Women
1939
Hairstylist
movieThe Ice Follies of 1939
1939
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movieIdiot's Delight
1939
Hairstylist
movieThe Shining Hour
1938
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Acting5
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)
movieJoan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)
movieNew York, New York
1977
Hairdresser
movieSeven Days in May
1964
Party Guest (uncredited)