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    Edith Claire Head (née Posenor, October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume...
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  • feminist and journalist Edith Head (1897–1981), American costume designer Edith Heath (1911–2005), American studio potter Edith Henderson (1911–2005),...
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  • Jeakins and Karinska The Emperor Waltz Edith Head and Gile Steele 1949 (22nd) Black-and-White The Heiress Edith Head and Gile Steele Prince of Foxes Vittorio...
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    during lunch, and filming of it would begin in the afternoon. Although Edith Head won an Oscar for Best Costumes, most of Hepburn's outfits are rumored...
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  • Edna is widely believed to have been based primarily on costume designer Edith Head, although there continues to be constant speculation as to which celebrities...
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  • written by Sidney Sheldon. The costumes for the film were designed by Edith Head. George "Hotsy" Hamilton (George Gobel), a very eligible but naive vegetarian...
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  • Cinematography for Ernest Laszlo, and Best Costume Design for designer Edith Head. With attention paid to the detail of day-to-day airport and airline operations...
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  • Stanwyck, and Lana Turner. This was the last film for both costume designer Edith Head and composer Miklós Rózsa. Juliet Forrest, daughter of scientist and cheesemaker...
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  • "studs." Theadora Van Runkle was costume designer for the film, though Edith Head designed West's costumes. Like the novel, the picture follows the exploits...
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    most awards by a living person: 9 Most total awards won by a woman: 8 Edith Head, all for Best Costume Design Most total nominations for a person: 59 Walt...
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  • dancer-for-hire at a Times Square dance-hall. The film has costumes by Edith Head. Charity Hope Valentine works as a taxi dancer along with her friends...
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    greatest movie ever made about America". One impact of the film was from the Edith Head white party dress with its bust covered with flower blossoms worn by Taylor;...
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    world with the gothic look of Norma Desmond's mansion." Edith Head designed the costumes. Wilder, Head, and Swanson agreed that Norma Desmond would have kept...
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    fighters stationed to fight in Asia. Kelly played the role of Holden's wife. Edith Head, with whom she had established a friendly relationship, did her costumes...
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  • Actress Naomi Watts dressed up as Hedren's Marnie (whose outfits were by Edith Head) for the March 2008 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. Marnie has been described...
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    Paramount's music publisher, Famous Music. Hitchcock used costume designer Edith Head on all of his Paramount films. Although veteran Hollywood composer Franz...
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    denied by both Mankiewicz and Davis, but attested by costume designer Edith Head. Additionally, Bankhead's rivalry with her understudy (Lizabeth Scott)...
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  • features several real Oscar winners in its cast and crew: along with Edith Head (who would also be nominated, but not win, for The Oscar), the film features...
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    on a breakneck adventure to prove his innocence. The costumes were by Edith Head, including Kelly's memorable gold lamé gown for the film's costume ball...
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  • suitable for the movie, and the lower half of the dress was redesigned by Edith Head. The original hand-stitched dress is currently stored within the House...
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    University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1477307816. Chierichetti, David and Edith Head. Edith Head: The Life and Times of Hollywood's Celebrated Costume Designer....
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  • actresses of Hollywood's Golden Era", and costumes that evoke the work of Edith Head are supposed to represent her appearances in specific but fictional films...
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  • Awards on March 27, 2022, Chris Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head with a G.I. Jane reference. Will Smith walked onstage and slapped Rock across...
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    of pink shorts with a 21-inch waistband, courtesy of costume designer Edith Head. During filming, Hitchcock asked her what kinds of pie she liked and disliked...
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  • most chic informality that it was possible to conceive." In the 1950s, Edith Head designed a classic dress, worn by Audrey Hepburn in the film Sabrina (1954)...
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  • paid jobs, the two visit Kipling with a plan. Forsaking India, they will head with twenty rifles and ammunition to Kafiristan, a country virtually unknown...
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  • MGM hairstylist. Because of the close friendship between the two women, Edith Head assumed that she would be asked to design the wedding dress. Instead,...
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    English accent; Rains chose the latter. Ingrid Bergman's gowns were by Edith Head, in one of her many collaborations with Hitchcock. One of the signature...
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  • the introduction of the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 1948, Edith Head did not receive a nomination, after tallying 30 nominations and 7 wins...
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    a third-generation Oscar winner. Coppola was the second woman, after Edith Head, to be nominated for three Oscars in one night. In 2004, Coppola was invited...
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