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Jean Louis

Born
October 5, 1907
Died
April 20, 1997
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthault; October 5, 1907 in Paris, France – April 20, 1997 in Palm Springs, California) was a French-born, Hollywood costume designer and an Academy Award winner for Best Costume Design. Before coming to Hollywood, he worked in New York for fashion entrepreneur Hattie Carnegie, where the clientele included Joan Cohn, the wife of Columbia Pictures studio chief Harry Cohn. He worked as head designer for Columbia Pictures from 1944 to 1960. His most famous works include Rita Hayworth's black satin strapless dress from Gilda (1946), Marlene Dietrich's celebrated beaded souffle stagewear for her cabaret world tours, as well as the sheer, sparkling gown that Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to John F. Kennedy in 1962. The dress was so tight that he is believed to have actually sewn it while Monroe was wearing it. The idea of dresses being a nude color, with crystals coating it, stunned audiences. It gave the members of the audience the illusion that Monroe was nude, except for discretely placed rhinestones covering them head to toe. Louis had originally designed a version of the dress for Marlene Dietrich, who wore it in her concert shows. An impressed Monroe asked Dietrich about it, who told her how the dress's illusion worked, and sent her to Louis to design a similar dress for her Kennedy appearance. While Dietrich had been seen wearing her version before Monroe, the press coverage surrounding Monroe's appearance at Madison Square Garden in her style of gown swept the globe. This robe became—besides the white one from "The Seven Year Itch"—Marilyn Monroe's most famous robe, selling at auction in 2016 for 4.8 million dollars. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Academy Awards
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Known For
The Misfits
(1961)
Costume Design
From Here to Eternity
(1953)
Costume Design
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Costume Design
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Costume Design
Suddenly, Last Summer
(1959)
Costume Design
The Caine Mutiny
(1954)
Costume Design
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(1967)
Wardrobe Supervisor
Send Me No Flowers
(1964)
Costume Design
Gilda
(1946)
Costume Design
Imitation of Life
(1959)
Costume Designer
Pillow Talk
(1959)
Costume Design
Picnic
(1955)
Costume Designer
Judgment at Nuremberg
(1961)
Costume Design
Bell, Book and Candle
(1958)
Costume Design
Born Yesterday
(1950)
Costume Design
Dead Reckoning
(1947)
Costume Design
Full Filmography
Costume & Make-Up
Secret Command
(1944)
Costume Design
Together Again
(1944)
Costume Design
Strange Affair
(1944)
Costume Design
The Impatient Years
(1944)
Costume Design
Over 21
(1945)
Costume Design
Tonight and Every Night
(1945)
Costume Design
She Wouldn't Say Yes
(1945)
Costume Design
Kiss and Tell
(1945)
Costume Design
Gilda
(1946)
Costume Design
Renegades
(1946)
Costume Design
The Thrill of Brazil
(1946)
Costume Design
The Return of Monte Cristo
(1946)
Costume Design
Tomorrow Is Forever
(1946)
Costume Design
The Gentleman Misbehaves
(1946)
Costume Design
The Jolson Story
(1946)
Costume Design
Meet Me on Broadway
(1946)
Costume Design
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Costume Design
Framed
(1947)
Costume Design
Mr. District Attorney
(1947)
Costume Design
It Had to Be You
(1947)
Costume Design
Johnny O'Clock
(1947)
Costume Design
Down to Earth
(1947)
Costume Designer
Dead Reckoning
(1947)
Costume Design
The Return of October
(1948)
Costume Design
The Loves of Carmen
(1948)
Costume Design
The Black Arrow
(1948)
Costume Design
The Fuller Brush Man
(1948)
Costume Design
The Man from Colorado
(1948)
Costume Design
You Gotta Stay Happy
(1948)
Costume Design
The Sign of the Ram
(1948)
Costume Design
The Dark Past
(1948)
Costume Design
The Mating of Millie
(1948)
Costume Design
Anna Lucasta
(1949)
Costume Design
Shockproof
(1949)
Costume Design
Slightly French
(1949)
Costume Design
The Reckless Moment
(1949)
Costume Designer
All the King's Men
(1949)
Costume Design
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
(1949)
Costume Design
Johnny Allegro
(1949)
Costume Design
Tell It to the Judge
(1949)
Costume Design
Mr. Soft Touch
(1949)
Costume Design
The Undercover Man
(1949)
Costume Designer and Costume Design
Lust for Gold
(1949)
Costume Design
Knock on Any Door
(1949)
Costume Design
Tokyo Joe
(1949)
Costume Design
The Walking Hills
(1949)
Wardrobe Designer
A Woman of Distinction
(1950)
Costume Design
The Petty Girl
(1950)
Costume Design
In a Lonely Place
(1950)
Costume Design
Father Is a Bachelor
(1950)
Costume Design
The Flying Missile
(1950)
Costume Design
Born Yesterday
(1950)
Costume Design
Kill the Umpire
(1950)
Costume Design
The Killer That Stalked New York
(1950)
Costume Design
No Sad Songs for Me
(1950)
Costume Design
Fortunes of Captain Blood
(1950)
Wardrobe Designer
The Fuller Brush Girl
(1950)
Costume Design
The Traveling Saleswoman
(1950)
Costume Design
Saturday's Hero
(1951)
Costume Design
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
(1951)
Costume Design
The Family Secret
(1951)
Costume Design
The Texas Rangers
(1951)
Costume Design
The Magic Carpet
(1951)
Costume Designer
The Marrying Kind
(1952)
Costume Design
Scandal Sheet
(1952)
Costume Design
Assignment: Paris
(1952)
Costume Design
The Four Poster
(1952)
Costume Design
The Happy Time
(1952)
Costume Design
Affair in Trinidad
(1952)
Costume Design
The Golden Hawk
(1952)
Costume Designer
Paula
(1952)
Costume Design
The Big Heat
(1953)
Costume Design
Salome
(1953)
Costume Design
From Here to Eternity
(1953)
Costume Design
Miss Sadie Thompson
(1953)
Costume Design
Bad for Each Other
(1953)
Costume Design
Let's Do It Again
(1953)
Costume Design
Serpent of the Nile
(1953)
Costume Design
It Should Happen to You
(1954)
Costume Design
The Caine Mutiny
(1954)
Costume Design
Phffft
(1954)
Costume Design
Pushover
(1954)
Costume Design
The Iron Glove
(1954)
Costume Design
Human Desire
(1954)
Costume Design
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Costume Design
Count Three and Pray
(1955)
Costume Design
Three for the Show
(1955)
Costume Design
The Long Gray Line
(1955)
Costume Design
The Violent Men
(1955)
Costume Design
5 Against the House
(1955)
Costume Design
Queen Bee
(1955)
Costume Design
Tight Spot
(1955)
Costume Designer
Picnic
(1955)
Costume Designer
My Sister Eileen
(1955)
Costume Design
The Solid Gold Cadillac
(1956)
Costume Design
Jubal
(1956)
Costume Design
The Eddy Duchin Story
(1956)
Costume Design
Nightfall
(1956)
Costume Design
Autumn Leaves
(1956)
Costume Designer
The Monte Carlo Story
(1956)
Costume Design
The Garment Jungle
(1957)
Costume Design
3:10 to Yuma
(1957)
Costume Design
Jeanne Eagels
(1957)
Costume Design
Pal Joey
(1957)
Costume Design
The Brothers Rico
(1957)
Costume Designer
Bell, Book and Candle
(1958)
Costume Design
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Costume Design
The Last Angry Man
(1959)
Costume Design
They Came to Cordura
(1959)
Costume Design
Imitation of Life
(1959)
Costume Designer
Suddenly, Last Summer
(1959)
Costume Design
Pillow Talk
(1959)
Costume Design
Middle of the Night
(1959)
Costume Design
Song Without End
(1960)
Costume Design
Strangers When We Meet
(1960)
Costume Design
Who Was That Lady?
(1960)
Costume Design
Portrait in Black
(1960)
Costume Design
Judgment at Nuremberg
(1961)
Costume Design
The Misfits
(1961)
Costume Design
If a Man Answers
(1962)
Costume Design
The Thrill of It All
(1963)
Costume Design
For Love or Money
(1963)
Costume Design
Send Me No Flowers
(1964)
Costume Design
Mirage
(1965)
Costume Design
Bus Riley's Back in Town
(1965)
Costume Design
That Funny Feeling
(1965)
Costumer
Strange Bedfellows
(1965)
Costume Design
Gambit
(1966)
Costume Design
A Man Could Get Killed
(1966)
Wardrobe Coordinator
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(1967)
Costume Design
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(1967)
Wardrobe Supervisor
Rosie!
(1967)
Costume Design
Don't Just Stand There
(1968)
Costume Design
The Hell with Heroes
(1968)
Costume Design
The Ballad of Josie
(1968)
Costume Design
P.J.
(1968)
Costume Design
I Wish You Love
(1973)
Costume Design
40 Carats
(1973)
Costume Design
Lost Horizon
(1973)
Costume Design
Editing
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