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Edith Head

Known For
Costume & Make-Up

Known Credits
16

Gender
Female

Birthday
October 28, 1897 (128 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

Costume & Make-Up

1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid...Costume Design
1980The Last Married Couple in America...Costume Design
1979Women in White...Costume Design
1978Return Engagement...Costume Design
1978The Big Fix...Costume Design
1978Little Women...Costume Design
1978Olly Olly Oxen Free...Costume Design
1978Sextette...Costume Design
1977Sunshine Christmas...Costume Design
1977Sex and the Married Woman...Costume Design
1977Airport '77...Costume Design
1976The Disappearance of Aimee...Costume Design
1976Amelia Earhart...Costume Design
1976Family Plot...Costume Design
1976W.C. Fields and Me...Costume Design
1976Gable and Lombard...Costume Design
1975The Man Who Would Be King...Wardrobe Designer
1975Rooster Cogburn...Costume Design
1975The Great Waldo Pepper...Costume Design
1974Airport 1975...Costume Design
1973The Sting...Costume Design
1973The Don Is Dead...Costume Design
1973A Doll's House...Costume Design
1973Showdown...Costume Design
1972Pete 'n' Tillie...Costume Design
1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean...Costume Design
1972Hammersmith Is Out...Costumer
1972The Screaming Woman...Costume Design
1971Sometimes a Great Notion...Costume Design
1970Myra Breckinridge...Costumer
1970Colossus: The Forbin Project...Costume Design
1970Airport...Costume Design
1970Skullduggery...Costume Design
1970Story of a Woman...Costume Design
1969Topaz...Costume Design
1969Downhill Racer...Costume Design
1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here...Costume Design
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...Costume Design
1969The Lost Man...Costume Design
1969Eye of the Cat...Costume Design
1969Winning...Costume Design
1969Sweet Charity...Costume Design
1968Hellfighters...Costume Design
1968House of Cards...Costume Design
1968In Enemy Country...Costume Design
1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good?...Costume Design
1968Blue...Costume Design
1967Chuka...Costume Design
1967Easy Come, Easy Go...Costume Design
1967Barefoot in the Park...Costume Design
1967The Caper of the Golden Bulls...Costume Design
1967Hotel...Costume Design
1967Warning Shot...Costume Design
1966El Dorado...Costume Design
1966The Swinger...Costume Design
1966Penelope...Costumer
1966Penelope...Costume Design
1966This Property Is Condemned...Costume Design
1966Torn Curtain...Costume Design
1966Assault on a Queen...Costume Design
1966The Last of the Secret Agents?...Costume Design
1966Paradise, Hawaiian Style...Costume Design
1966Johnny Reno...Costume Design
1966The Oscar...Costume Design
1966Inside Daisy Clover...Costume Design
1965Boeing, Boeing...Costume Design
1965The Slender Thread...Costume Design
1965Red Line 7000...Costume Design
1965The Family Jewels...Costume Design
1965The Great Race...Costume Design
1965The Sons of Katie Elder...Costume Design
1965Harlow...Costume Design
1965The Hallelujah Trail...Costume Design
1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!...Costume Design
1965Love Has Many Faces...Costume Design
1965Sylvia...Costume Design
1964The Yellow Rolls-Royce...Costume Design
1964Sex and the Single Girl...Costume Design
1964The Disorderly Orderly...Costume Design
196436 Hours...Costume Design
1964Roustabout...Costume Design
1964Where Love Has Gone...Costume Design
1964A House Is Not a Home...Costume Design
1964Marnie...Costume Design
1964What a Way to Go!...Costume Design
1964The Patsy...Costume Design
1964Lady in a Cage...Costume Design
1964The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour...Costume Design
1964Man's Favorite Sport?...Costume Design
1963Love with the Proper Stranger...Costume Design
1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?...Costume Design
1963Who's Minding the Store?...Costume Design
1963Fun in Acapulco...Costume Design
1963A New Kind of Love...Costume Design
1963Donovan's Reef...Costume Design
1963Come Blow Your Horn...Costume Design
1963The Nutty Professor...Costume Design
1963Hud...Costume Design
1963My Six Loves...Costume Design
1963The Birds...Costume Design
1963Critic's Choice...Costume Design
1962A Girl Named Tamiko...Costume Design
1962Who's Got the Action?...Costume Design
1962Girls! Girls! Girls!...Costume Design
1962It's Only Money...Costume Design
1962Hatari!...Costume Design
1962Escape from Zahrain...Costume Design
1962The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance...Costume Design
1962The Counterfeit Traitor...Costume Design
1962My Geisha...Costume Design
1961Pocketful of Miracles...Costume Design
1961The Errand Boy...Costume Design
1961Blue Hawaii...Costume Design
1961Summer and Smoke...Costume Design
1961Too Late Blues...Costume Design
1961Breakfast at Tiffany's...Costume Supervisor
1961The Ladies Man...Costume Design
1961The Pleasure of His Company...Costume Design
1961On the Double...Costume Design
1961All in a Night's Work...Costume Design
1960Pepe...Costume Design
1960Cinderfella...Costume Design
1960G.I. Blues...Costume Design
1960The Facts of Life...Costume Design
1960The Rat Race...Costume Design
1960Heller in Pink Tights...Costume Design
1960Visit to a Small Planet...Costume Design
1959The Jayhawkers!...Costume Design
1959Career...Costume Design
1959A Hole in the Head...Costume Design
1959That Kind of Woman...Costume Design
1959But Not for Me...Costume Design
1959Last Train from Gun Hill...Costume Design
1959Don't Give Up the Ship...Costume Design
1959The Five Pennies...Costume Design
1959The Hangman...Costume Design
1959Alias Jesse James...Costume Design
1959The Black Orchid...Costume Design
1959The Trap...Costume Design
1958Separate Tables...Costume Design
1958Houseboat...Costume Design
1958The Geisha Boy...Costume Design
1958The Party Crashers...Costume Design
1958Rock-a-Bye Baby...Costume Design
1958The Matchmaker...Costume Design
1958King Creole...Costumer
1958Maracaibo...Costume Design
1958Hot Spell...Costume Design
1958Vertigo...Costume Design
1958St. Louis Blues...Costume Design
1958Teacher's Pet...Costume Design
1957Witness for the Prosecution...Costume Design
1957Wild Is the Wind...Costume Design
1957The Sad Sack...Costume Design
1957The Tin Star...Costume Design
1957The Devil's Hairpin...Costume Design
1957Hear Me Good...Costume Design
1957Loving You...Costume Design
1957Beau James...Costume Design
1957The Delicate Delinquent...Costume Design
1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral...Costume Design
1957The Buster Keaton Story...Costume Design
1957Fear Strikes Out...Costume Design
1957Funny Face...Costume Design
1956The Rainmaker...Costume Design
1956Hollywood or Bust...Costume Design
1956The Ten Commandments...Costume Design
1956The Search for Bridey Murphy...Costume Design
1956Pardners...Costume Design
1956The Leather Saint...Costume Design
1956That Certain Feeling...Costume Design
1956The Mountain...Costume Design
1956The Man Who Knew Too Much...Costume Design
1956The Birds and the Bees...Costume Design
1956The Scarlet Hour...Costume Design
1955The Court Jester...Costume Design
1955The Rose Tattoo...Costume Design
1955Artists and Models...Costume Design
1955Lucy Gallant...Costume Design
1955The Desperate Hours...Costume Design
1955The Trouble with Harry...Costume Design
1955The Seven Little Foys...Costume Design
1955The Girl Rush...Costume Design
1955You're Never Too Young...Costume Design
1955To Catch a Thief...Costume Design
1955The Far Horizons...Costume Design
1955Hell's Island...Wardrobe Supervisor
1955Run for Cover...Costume Design
1955Strategic Air Command...Costume Design
19543 Ring Circus...Costume Design
1954The Country Girl...Costume Design
1954The Bridges at Toko-Ri...Costume Design
1954White Christmas...Costume Design
1954Sabrina...Costume Supervisor
1954Living It Up...Costume Design
1954About Mrs. Leslie...Costume Design
1954Rear Window...Costume Design
1954Secret of the Incas...Costume Design
1954Elephant Walk...Costume Design
1954Casanova's Big Night...Costume Design
1954Knock on Wood...Costume Design
1954The Naked Jungle...Costume Design
1954Jivaro...Costume Design
1954Alaska Seas...Costume Design
1953Money from Home...Costume Design
1953Forever Female...Costume Design
1953Here Come the Girls...Costume Design
1953Those Redheads from Seattle...Costume Design
1953Roman Holiday...Costume Design
1953The Caddy...Costume Design
1953Arrowhead...Costume Design
1953Houdini...Costume Design
1953Pony Express...Costume Design
1953Sangaree...Costume Design
1953Scared Stiff...Costume Design
1953Shane...Costume Design
1953The War of the Worlds...Costume Design
1953Come Back, Little Sheba...Costume Design
1952Off Limits...Costume Design
1952Road to Bali...Costume Design
1952Thunder in the East...Costume Design
1952Just for You...Costume Design
1952Somebody Loves Me...Costume Design
1952The Savage...Costume Design
1952Caribbean...Costume Design
1952Carrie...Costume Design
1952Son of Paleface...Costume Design
1952The Turning Point...Costume Design
1952Jumping Jacks...Costume Design
1952Denver and Rio Grande...Costume Design
1952The Atomic City...Costume Design
1952Stolen Face...Costume Design
1952My Son John...Costume Design
1952Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick...Costume Design
1952Something to Live For...Costume Design
1952The Greatest Show on Earth...Costume Design
1952Sailor Beware...Costume Design
1951My Favorite Spy...Costume Design
1951The Stooge...Costume Design
1951Submarine Command...Costumer
1951Detective Story...Costume Design
1951Here Comes the Groom...Costume Design
1951When Worlds Collide...Costume Design
1951Darling, How Could You!...Costume Design
1951Peking Express...Costume Design
1951Ace in the Hole...Costume Design
1951A Place in the Sun...Costume Design
1951That's My Boy...Costume Design
1951Dear Brat...Costume Design
1951The Lemon Drop Kid...Costume Design
1950Mr. Music...Costume Design
1950Let's Dance...Costume Design
1950Copper Canyon...Costume Design
1950All About Eve...Costume Design
1950Branded...Costume Design
1950September Affair...Costume Design
1950Dark City...Costume Design
1950Sunset Boulevard...Costume Design
1950The Furies...Costume Design
1950My Friend Irma Goes West...Costume Design
1950Riding High...Costume Design
1950No Man of Her Own...Costume Design
1950My Foolish Heart...Costume Design
1949Samson and Delilah...Costume Design
1949The Great Lover...Costume Design
1949The File on Thelma Jordon...Costume Design
1949Beyond the Forest...Costume Design
1949My Friend Irma...Costume Design
1949The Heiress...Costume Design
1949Red, Hot and Blue...Costume Design
1949Rope of Sand...Costume Design
1949Manhandled...Costume Design
1949The Great Gatsby...Costume Design
1949The Accused...Costume Design
1948Miss Tatlock's Millions...Costume Design
1948June Bride...Costume Design
1948Isn't It Romantic?...Costume Design
1948Sorry, Wrong Number...Costume Design
1948Rachel and the Stranger...Costume Design
1948Night Has a Thousand Eyes...Costume Design
1948A Foreign Affair...Costume Design
1948So Evil My Love...Costume Design
1948Dream Girl...Costume Design
1948The Emperor Waltz...Costume Design
1948My Own True Love...Costume Design
1948The Sainted Sisters...Costume Design
1948The Big Clock...Costume Design
1947I Walk Alone...Costume Design
1947Road to Rio...Costume Design
1947Saigon...Costume Design
1947Where There's Life...Costume Design
1947Wild Harvest...Costume Design
1947Variety Girl...Costume Design
1947Cry Wolf...Costume Design
1947Desert Fury...Costume Design
1947The Perils of Pauline...Costume Design
1947The Trouble with Women...Costume Design
1947Welcome Stranger...Costume Design
1947Dear Ruth...Costume Design
1947The Other Love...Costume Design
1947Blaze of Noon...Costume Design
1947Ramrod...Costume Design
1947The Farmer's Daughter...Costume Design
1947My Favorite Brunette...Costume Design
1947The Two Mrs. Carrolls...Costume Design
1947California...Costume Design
1947The Perfect Marriage...Costume Design
1946Cross My Heart...Costume Design
1946Blue Skies...Costume Design
1946Notorious...Costume Design
1946The Strange Love of Martha Ivers...Costume Design
1946The Bride Wore Boots...Costume Design
1946The Virginian...Costume Design
1946The Blue Dahlia...Costume Design
1946The Blue Dahlia...Costumer
1946To Each His Own...Costume Design
1946Road to Utopia...Costume Design
1946My Reputation...Costume Design
1945The Stork Club...Costume Design
1945The Bells of St. Mary's...Costume Design
1945Masquerade in Mexico...Costume Design
1945The Lost Weekend...Costume Design
1945Hold That Blonde!...Costume Design
1945Love Letters...Costume Design
1945Christmas in Connecticut...Costume Design
1945Incendiary Blonde...Costume Design
1945Out of This World...Costume Design
1945The Affairs of Susan...Costume Design
1945You Came Along...Costume Design
1945A Medal for Benny...Costume Design
1945Bring on the Girls...Costume Design
1944I'll Be Seeing You...Costume Design
1944Here Come the Waves...Costume Design
1944And Now Tomorrow...Costume Design
1944Our Hearts Were Young and Gay...Costume Design
1944Rainbow Island...Costume Design
1944The Miracle of Morgan's Creek...Costume Design
1944Hail the Conquering Hero...Costume Design
1944The Great Moment...Costume Design
1944I Love a Soldier...Costume Design
1944Double Indemnity...Costume Design
1944Tender Comrade...Costume Design
1944Ministry of Fear...Costume Design
1944And the Angels Sing...Costume Design
1944The Uninvited...Costume Design
1944Lady in the Dark...Costume Design
1944Standing Room Only...Costume Design
1944Going My Way...Costume Design
1943True to Life...Costume Design
1943Riding High...Costume Design
1943Flesh and Fantasy...Costume Design
1943Hostages...Costume Design
1943Let's Face It...Costume Design
1943Five Graves to Cairo...Costume Design
1943Lady of Burlesque...Costume Design
1943China...Costume Design
1943No Time for Love...Costume Design
1943They Got Me Covered...Costume Design
1943Young and Willing...Costume Design
1943The Crystal Ball...Costume Design
1942Lucky Jordan...Costume Design
1942Road to Morocco...Costume Design
1942I Married a Witch...Costume Design
1942The Major and the Minor...Costume Design
1942The Glass Key...Costume Design
1942The Gay Sisters...Costume Design
1942Holiday Inn...Costume Design
1942Beyond the Blue Horizon...Costume Design
1942Are Husbands Necessary?...Costume Design
1942This Gun for Hire...Costume Design
1942My Favorite Blonde...Costume Design
1942Star Spangled Rhythm...Costume Design
1942The Remarkable Andrew...Costume Design
1942The Fleet's In...Costume Design
1942The Lady Has Plans...Costume Design
1941Bahama Passage...Costume Design
1941Ball of Fire...Costume Design
1941Ball of Fire...Costumer
1941Sullivan's Travels...Costume Design
1941Skylark...Costume Design
1941Birth of the Blues...Costume Design
1941New York Town...Costume Design
1941The Great Man's Lady...Costume Design
1941You Belong to Me...Costume Design
1941Nothing but the Truth...Costume Design
1941Hold Back the Dawn...Costume Design
1941Aloma of the South Seas...Costume Design
1941Here Comes Mr. Jordan...Costume Design
1941Kiss the Boys Goodbye...Costume Design
1941Caught in the Draft...Costume Design
1941West Point Widow...Costume Design
1941Road to Zanzibar...Costume Design
1941The Lady Eve...Costume Design
1941Life with Henry...Costume Design
1940Love Thy Neighbor...Costume Design
1940The Mad Doctor...Costume Design
1940The Texas Rangers Ride Again...Costume Design
1940Dancing on a Dime...Costume Design
1940Rhythm on the River...Costume Design
1940The Great McGinty...Costume Design
1940Moon Over Burma...Costume Design
1940Untamed...Costume Design
1940The Ghost Breakers...Costume Design
1940Safari...Costume Design
1940Buck Benny Rides Again...Costume Design
1940Typhoon...Costume Design
1940The Farmer's Daughter...Costume Design
1940Road to Singapore...Costume Design
1940Adventure in Diamonds...Costume Design
1940Remember the Night...Costume Design
1939The Great Victor Herbert...Costume Design
1939The Cat and the Canary...Costume Design
1939Disputed Passage...Costume Design
1939Honeymoon in Bali...Costume Design
1939The Star Maker...Costume Design
1939Beau Geste...Costume Design
1939The Magnificent Fraud...Costume Design
1939Man About Town...Costume Design
1939Invitation to Happiness...Costume Design
1939The Gracie Allen Murder Case...Costume Design
1939Man of Conquest...Costume Design
1939Hotel Imperial...Costume Design
1939Sudden Money...Costume Design
1939King of Chinatown...Costume Design
1939Never Say Die...Costume Design
1939Cafe Society...Costume Design
1939Paris Honeymoon...Costume Design
1939Zaza...Costume Design
1939Disbarred...Costume Design
1938Artists and Models Abroad...Costume Design
1938Thanks for the Memory...Costume Design
1938If I Were King...Costume Design
1938Spawn of the North...Costume Design
1938Give Me a Sailor...Costume Design
1938The Texans...Costume Design
1938Men with Wings...Costume Design
1938Tropic Holiday...Costume Design
1938Cocoanut Grove...Costume Design
1938College Swing...Costume Design
1938Her Jungle Love...Costume Design
1938Dangerous to Know...Costume Design
1938Mad About Music...Costume Design
1938The Big Broadcast of 1938...Costume Design
1937Wells Fargo...Costume Design
1937Hell Town...Costume Design
1937Thrill of a Lifetime...Costume Design
1937Blossoms On Broadway...Costume Design
1937This Way Please...Costume Design
1937Ebb Tide...Costume Design
1937Double or Nothing...Costume Design
1937Sophie Lang Goes West...Costume Design
1937Souls at Sea...Costume Design
1937Exclusive...Costume Design
1937Turn Off the Moon...Costume Design
1937Waikiki Wedding...Costume Design
1937Her Husband Lies...Costume Design
1937John Meade's Woman...Costume Design
1936College Holiday...Costume Design
1936Murder with Pictures...Costume Design
1936The Texas Rangers...Costume Design
1936Rhythm on the Range...Costume Design
1936The Return of Sophie Lang...Costume Design
1936Poppy...Costume Design
1936Early to Bed...Costume Design
1936Till We Meet Again...Costume Design
1934She Loves Me Not...Costume Design
1934Death Takes a Holiday...Costume Design
1933Cradle Song...Costume Design
1933She Done Him Wrong...Costume Design
1932Love Me Tonight...Costume Design
1931The Lawyer's Secret...Costume Design
1930Only the Brave...Costume Design
1929The Saturday Night Kid...Costume Design
1928Ladies of the Mob...Costume Design
1928The Legion of the Condemned...Costume Design
1927Wings...Costume Design
1926Mantrap...Costume Design
1925Are Parents People?...Costume Design
1924Peter Pan...Costume Design

Art

1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court...Production Design

Acting

2016The Women Who Run Hollywoodas Self (archive footage)
2002Edith Head: The Paramount Yearsas Self (archive footage)
1981Edith Headas Self
1974Dinah!as Self - Guest
1974Flick Flackas
1971Columboas Edith Head
1971V.I.P. Schaukelas Self
1969The Art of Exaggeration: Designs for Sweet Charity by Edith Headas Host
1966The Oscaras Edith Head
1962The Merv Griffin Showas Self
1961The Pleasure of His Companyas Dress Designer (uncredited)
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paaras Self
1955Lucy Gallantas Edith Head
1950The Costume Designeras Self (uncredited)
1948The Ed Sullivan Showas Self
1935Hollywood Extra Girlas Edith Head (uncredited)