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Gender

Female

Birthday

1897-10-28 (127 years old)

Place of Birth

San Bernadino, California, USA

Edith Head

Biography:

Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiress (1949) and ending with The Sting (1973).

Known For

Acting

2016

The Women Who Run Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2002

Edith Head: The Paramount Years as Self (archive footage)

1981

Edith Head as Self

1974

Dinah! as Self

1971

Columbo as Edith Head

1969

1966

The Oscar as Edith Head

1962

1961

The Pleasure of His Company as Dress Designer (uncredited)

1957

1955

Lucy Gallant as Edith Head

1950

The Costume Designer as Self (uncredited)

1948

1935

Hollywood Extra Girl as Edith Head (uncredited)

Costume & Make-Up

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as Costume Design

1979

Women in White as Costume Design

1978

The Big Fix as Costume Design
Olly, Olly, Oxen Free as Costume Design
Sextette as Costume Design
Return Engagement as Costume Design
Little Women as Costume Design

1977

Sex and the Married Woman as Costume Design
Airport '77 as Costume Design
Sunshine Christmas as Costume Design

1976

Family Plot as Costume Design
Amelia Earhart as Costume Design
The Disappearance of Aimee as Costume Design
W.C. Fields and Me as Costume Design
Gable and Lombard as Costume Design

1975

Rooster Cogburn as Costume Design
The Man Who Would Be King as Wardrobe Designer
The Great Waldo Pepper as Costume Design

1974

Airport 1975 as Costume Design

1973

The Sting as Costume Design
A Doll's House as Costume Design
The Don Is Dead as Costume Design
Showdown as Costume Design

1972

The Screaming Woman as Costume Design
Hammersmith Is Out as Costumer
Pete 'n' Tillie as Costume Design

1971

Sometimes a Great Notion as Costume Design

1970

Story of a Woman as Costume Design
Myra Breckinridge as Costumer
Skullduggery as Costume Design
Airport as Costume Design

1969

Sweet Charity as Costume Design
Topaz as Costume Design
The Lost Man as Costume Design
Eye of the Cat as Costume Design
Winning as Costume Design
Downhill Racer as Costume Design

1968

House of Cards as Costume Design
In Enemy Country as Costume Design
Blue as Costume Design
Hellfighters as Costume Design

1967

Easy Come, Easy Go as Costume Design
Warning Shot as Costume Design
Chuka as Costume Design
Hotel as Costume Design
Barefoot in the Park as Costume Design

1966

The Swinger as Costume Design
Assault on a Queen as Costume Design
This Property Is Condemned as Costume Design
El Dorado as Costume Design
Johnny Reno as Costume Design
Penelope as Costume Design
Penelope as Costumer
Torn Curtain as Costume Design
Paradise, Hawaiian Style as Costume Design

1965

The Great Race as Costume Design
Inside Daisy Clover as Costume Design
Love Has Many Faces as Costume Design
The Hallelujah Trail as Costume Design
Boeing, Boeing as Costume Design
Sylvia as Costume Design
The Family Jewels as Costume Design
The Slender Thread as Costume Design
The Sons of Katie Elder as Costume Design
Harlow as Costume Design
Red Line 7000 as Costume Design

1964

Marnie as Costume Design
What a Way to Go! as Costume Design
The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Costume Design
Roustabout as Costume Design
A House Is Not a Home as Costume Design
Sex and the Single Girl as Costume Design
Lady in a Cage as Costume Design
Where Love Has Gone as Costume Design
36 Hours as Costume Design
Man's Favorite Sport? as Costume Design
The Disorderly Orderly as Costume Design
The Patsy as Costume Design

1963

The Birds as Costume Design
Come Blow Your Horn as Costume Design
Critic's Choice as Costume Design
Donovan's Reef as Costume Design
A New Kind of Love as Costume Design
Fun in Acapulco as Costume Design
Hud as Costume Design
The Nutty Professor as Costume Design
My Six Loves as Costume Design
Who's Minding the Store? as Costume Design

1962

Who's Got the Action? as Costume Design
My Geisha as Costume Design
The Counterfeit Traitor as Costume Design
A Girl Named Tamiko as Costume Design
Hatari! as Costume Design
Escape from Zahrain as Costume Design
It's Only Money as Costume Design
Girls! Girls! Girls! as Costume Design

1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's as Costume Supervisor
The Pleasure of His Company as Costume Design
Pocketful of Miracles as Costume Design
Blue Hawaii as Costume Design
Summer and Smoke as Costume Design
Too Late Blues as Costume Design
The Ladies Man as Costume Design
The Errand Boy as Costume Design
On the Double as Costume Design
All in a Night's Work as Costume Design

1960

G.I. Blues as Costume Design
The Rat Race as Costume Design
Cinderfella as Costume Design
The Facts of Life as Costume Design
Heller in Pink Tights as Costume Design
Pepe as Costume Design
Visit to a Small Planet as Costume Design

1959

A Hole in the Head as Costume Design
Alias Jesse James as Costume Design
Career as Costume Design
Last Train from Gun Hill as Costume Design
That Kind of Woman as Costume Design
The Jayhawkers! as Costume Design
The Trap as Costume Design
But Not for Me as Costume Design
The Hangman as Costume Design
The Five Pennies as Costume Design
Don't Give Up the Ship as Costume Design
The Black Orchid as Costume Design

1958

Vertigo as Costume Design
Houseboat as Costume Design
St. Louis Blues as Costume Design
The Party Crashers as Costume Design
Teacher's Pet as Costume Design
Maracaibo as Costume Design
The Matchmaker as Costume Design
Hot Spell as Costume Design
Separate Tables as Costume Design
King Creole as Costumer
Rock-a-Bye Baby as Costume Design
The Geisha Boy as Costume Design

1957

Hear Me Good as Costume Design
Funny Face as Costume Design
Beau James as Costume Design
The Devil's Hairpin as Costume Design
Loving You as Costume Design
Witness for the Prosecution as Costume Design
Wild Is the Wind as Costume Design
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Costume Design
The Sad Sack as Costume Design
Fear Strikes Out as Costume Design
The Delicate Delinquent as Costume Design
The Buster Keaton Story as Costume Design
The Tin Star as Costume Design

1956

The Rainmaker as Costume Design
The Birds and the Bees as Costume Design
The Scarlet Hour as Costume Design
The Mountain as Costume Design
The Man Who Knew Too Much as Costume Design
The Ten Commandments as Costume Design
The Leather Saint as Costume Design
Hollywood or Bust as Costume Design
Pardners as Costume Design
That Certain Feeling as Costume Design

1955

To Catch a Thief as Costume Design
The Far Horizons as Costume Design
The Trouble with Harry as Costume Design
The Court Jester as Costume Design
The Seven Little Foys as Costume Design
Hell's Island as Wardrobe Supervisor
The Girl Rush as Costume Design
The Rose Tattoo as Costume Design
The Desperate Hours as Costume Design
Run for Cover as Costume Design
Strategic Air Command as Costume Design
Artists and Models as Costume Design
Lucy Gallant as Costume Design
You're Never Too Young as Costume Design

1954

Rear Window as Costume Design
Sabrina as Costume Supervisor
Knock on Wood as Costume Design
Casanova's Big Night as Costume Design
Elephant Walk as Costume Design
Alaska Seas as Costume Design
White Christmas as Costume Design
About Mrs. Leslie as Costume Design
Jivaro as Costume Design
The Country Girl as Costume Design
The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Costume Design
The Naked Jungle as Costume Design
3 Ring Circus as Costume Design
Living It Up as Costume Design
Secret of the Incas as Costume Design

1953

Roman Holiday as Costume Design
Arrowhead as Costume Design
Road to Bali as Costume Design
The War of the Worlds as Costume Design
Pony Express as Costume Design
Shane as Costume Design
Houdini as Costume Design
Forever Female as Costume Design
Those Redheads from Seattle as Costume Design
The Caddy as Costume Design
Sangaree as Costume Design
Here Come the Girls as Costume Design
Money from Home as Costume Design
Scared Stiff as Costume Design

1952

Caribbean as Costume Design
Just for You as Costume Design
Carrie as Costume Design
Come Back, Little Sheba as Costume Design
Something to Live For as Costume Design
Sailor Beware as Costume Design
Jumping Jacks as Costume Design
The Turning Point as Costume Design
Son of Paleface as Costume Design
The Atomic City as Costume Design
Thunder in the East as Costume Design
Off Limits as Costume Design
Denver and Rio Grande as Costume Design
The Savage as Costume Design
Somebody Loves Me as Costume Design
My Son John as Costume Design
Stolen Face as Costume Design
The Greatest Show on Earth as Costume Design

1951

Submarine Command as Costumer
Ace in the Hole as Costume Design
A Place in the Sun as Costume Design
Darling, How Could You! as Costume Design
Detective Story as Costume Design
Peking Express as Costume Design
That's My Boy as Costume Design
The Lemon Drop Kid as Costume Design
Here Comes the Groom as Costume Design
My Favorite Spy as Costume Design
Dear Brat as Costume Design
When Worlds Collide as Costume Design
The Stooge as Costume Design

1950

Sunset Boulevard as Costume Design
All About Eve as Costume Design
Mr. Music as Costume Design
Let's Dance as Costume Design
Riding High as Costume Design
My Foolish Heart as Costume Design
The Furies as Costume Design
Branded as Costume Design
Copper Canyon as Costume Design
September Affair as Costume Design
My Friend Irma Goes West as Costume Design
No Man of Her Own as Costume Design
Dark City as Costume Design

1949

The Heiress as Costume Design
Manhandled as Costume Design
Samson and Delilah as Costume Design
Red, Hot and Blue as Costume Design
Beyond the Forest as Costume Design
The Great Lover as Costume Design
My Friend Irma as Costume Design
The Great Gatsby as Costume Design
The Accused as Costume Design
Rope of Sand as Costume Design
The File on Thelma Jordon as Costume Design

1948

My Own True Love as Costume Design
Dream Girl as Costume Design
The Emperor Waltz as Costume Design
Night Has a Thousand Eyes as Costume Design
The Sainted Sisters as Costume Design
Isn't It Romantic? as Costume Design
Sorry, Wrong Number as Costume Design
Rachel and the Stranger as Costume Design
So Evil My Love as Costume Design
A Foreign Affair as Costume Design
June Bride as Costume Design
Miss Tatlock's Millions as Costume Design
The Big Clock as Costume Design

1947

Road to Rio as Costume Design
Saigon as Costume Design
The Farmer's Daughter as Costume Design
Desert Fury as Costume Design
The Other Love as Costume Design
Dear Ruth as Costume Design
The Perfect Marriage as Costume Design
Ramrod as Costume Design
My Favorite Brunette as Costume Design
Blaze of Noon as Costume Design
Welcome Stranger as Costume Design
The Trouble with Women as Costume Design
The Perils of Pauline as Costume Design
Variety Girl as Costume Design
Wild Harvest as Costume Design
Where There's Life as Costume Design
I Walk Alone as Costume Design
California as Costume Design
The Two Mrs. Carrolls as Costume Design
Cry Wolf as Costume Design

1946

Notorious as Costume Design
Road to Utopia as Costume Design
The Virginian as Costume Design
To Each His Own as Costume Design
The Blue Dahlia as Costume Design
Blue Skies as Costume Design
The Bride Wore Boots as Costume Design
Cross My Heart as Costume Design
The Blue Dahlia as Costumer
My Reputation as Costume Design

1945

The Bells of St. Mary's as Costume Design
Christmas in Connecticut as Costume Design
The Lost Weekend as Costume Design
Love Letters as Costume Design
The Stork Club as Costume Design
Incendiary Blonde as Costume Design
A Medal for Benny as Costume Design
The Affairs of Susan as Costume Design
You Came Along as Costume Design
Hold That Blonde! as Costume Design
Masquerade in Mexico as Costume Design
Out of This World as Costume Design
Bring on the Girls as Costume Designer

1944

Double Indemnity as Costume Design
Ministry of Fear as Costume Design
I'll Be Seeing You as Costume Design
The Great Moment as Costume Design
Hail the Conquering Hero as Costume Design
Here Come the Waves as Costume Design
The Uninvited as Costume Design
Going My Way as Costume Design
Tender Comrade as Costume Design
Lady in the Dark as Costume Design
And Now Tomorrow as Costume Design
Standing Room Only as Costume Design
Rainbow Island as Costume Design
I Love a Soldier as Costume Design
And the Angels Sing as Costume Design

1943

No Time for Love as Costume Design
Five Graves to Cairo as Costume Design
Lady of Burlesque as Costume Design
Young and Willing as Costume Design
Flesh and Fantasy as Costume Design
China as Costume Design
They Got Me Covered as Costume Design
Let's Face It as Costume Design
The Crystal Ball as Costume Design
Riding High as Costume Design
True to Life as Costume Design
Hostages as Costume Design

1942

Road to Morocco as Costume Design
I Married a Witch as Costume Design
Holiday Inn as Costume Design
This Gun for Hire as Costume Design
The Glass Key as Costume Design
The Major and the Minor as Costume Design
The Fleet's In as Costume Design
The Gay Sisters as Costume Design
The Lady Has Plans as Costume Design
The Remarkable Andrew as Costume Design
My Favorite Blonde as Costume Design
Beyond the Blue Horizon as Costume Design
Star Spangled Rhythm as Costume Design
Lucky Jordan as Costume Design
Are Husbands Necessary? as Costume Design

1941

The Lady Eve as Costume Design
Road to Zanzibar as Costume Design
Ball of Fire as Costume Design
Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Costume Design
Sullivan's Travels as Costume Design
Hold Back the Dawn as Costume Design
New York Town as Costume Design
Birth of the Blues as Costume Design
Bahama Passage as Costume Design
You Belong to Me as Costume Design
The Great Man's Lady as Costume Design
Skylark as Costume Design
Nothing But the Truth as Costume Design
Caught in the Draft as Costume Design
Aloma of the South Seas as Costume Design
Kiss the Boys Goodbye as Costume Design
Life with Henry as Costume Design
Ball of Fire as Costumer
West Point Widow as Costume Design

1940

Road to Singapore as Costume Design
The Mad Doctor as Costume Design
The Great McGinty as Costume Design
Remember the Night as Costume Design
The Ghost Breakers as Costume Design
Buck Benny Rides Again as Costume Design
Rhythm on the River as Costume Design
Adventure in Diamonds as Costume Design
Love Thy Neighbor as Costume Design
Typhoon as Costume Design
Moon Over Burma as Costume Design
Safari as Costume Design
Dancing on a Dime as Costume Design
Untamed as Costume Design

1939

Beau Geste as Costume Design
Invitation to Happiness as Costume Design
Honeymoon in Bali as Costume Design
Never Say Die as Costume Design
The Cat and the Canary as Costume Design
The Magnificent Fraud as Costume Design
Man of Conquest as Costume Design
Disbarred as Costume Design
Man About Town as Costume Design
King of Chinatown as Costume Design
Paris Honeymoon as Costume Design
The Star Maker as Costume Design
Sudden Money as Costume Design
The Great Victor Herbert as Costume Design
Hotel Imperial as Costume Design
Disputed Passage as Costume Design
Cafe Society as Costume Design

1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Costume Design
Mad About Music as Costume Design
Spawn of the North as Costume Design
The Texans as Costume Design
College Swing as Costume Design
If I Were King as Costume Design
Give Me a Sailor as Costume Design
Dangerous to Know as Costume Design
Her Jungle Love as Costume Design
Cocoanut Grove as Costume Design
Artists and Models Abroad as Costume Design
Men with Wings as Costume Design
Tropic Holiday as Costume Design
Zaza as Costume Design
Thanks for the Memory as Costume Design

1937

Souls at Sea as Costume Design
Waikiki Wedding as Costume Design
Double or Nothing as Costume Design
This Way Please as Costume Design
Wells Fargo as Costume Design
Sophie Lang Goes West as Costume Design
Blossoms On Broadway as Costume Design
Ebb Tide as Costume Design
Thrill of a Lifetime as Costume Design
Exclusive as Costume Design
Turn Off the Moon as Costume Design
Her Husband Lies as Costume Design
John Meade's Woman as Costume Design

1936

Poppy as Costume Design
The Texas Rangers as Costume Design
Rhythm on the Range as Costume Design
Murder with Pictures as Costume Design
College Holiday as Costume Design
The Return of Sophie Lang as Costume Design
Till We Meet Again as Costume Design
Early to Bed as Costume Design

1934

Death Takes a Holiday as Costume Design
She Loves Me Not as Costume Design

1933

She Done Him Wrong as Costume Design
Cradle Song as Costume Design

1932

Love Me Tonight as Costume Design

1931

The Lawyer's Secret as Costume Design

1930

Only the Brave as Costume Design

1929

The Saturday Night Kid as Costume Design

1928

The Legion of the Condemned as Costume Design
Ladies of the Mob as Costume Design

1927

Wings as Costume Design
Underworld as Assistant Costume Designer

1926

Mantrap as Costume Design

1925

Are Parents People? as Costume Design

1924

Peter Pan as Costume Design

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