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.
Known For
North by Northwest
(1959)
Hairstylist
Singin' in the Rain
(1952)
Hair Designer
The Philadelphia Story
(1940)
Hairstylist
The Graduate
(1967)
Hair Designer
The Misfits
(1961)
Hairstylist
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Hair Designer
Easter Parade
(1948)
Hair Designer
Rosemary's Baby
(1968)
Hair Designer
How the West Was Won
(1962)
Hairstylist
Scaramouche
(1952)
Hairstylist
The Time Machine
(1960)
Hairstylist
Ninotchka
(1939)
Hairstylist
The Shop Around the Corner
(1940)
Hairstylist
Gypsy
(1962)
Hairstylist
Grand Prix
(1966)
Hairstylist and Makeup Artist
Cimarron
(1960)
Hairstylist
Full Filmography
Costume & Make-Up
The Shining Hour
(1938)
Hairstylist
The Women
(1939)
Hairstylist
The Ice Follies of 1939
(1939)
Hairstylist
Idiot's Delight
(1939)
Hairstylist
Ninotchka
(1939)
Hairstylist
The Philadelphia Story
(1940)
Hairstylist
Boom Town
(1940)
Hairstylist
The Shop Around the Corner
(1940)
Hairstylist
Bitter Sweet
(1940)
Hairstylist
Susan and God
(1940)
Hair Department Head
Escape
(1940)
Hair Designer
Pride and Prejudice
(1940)
Hairstylist
Dulcy
(1940)
Hairstylist
Two-Faced Woman
(1941)
Hair Designer
Lady Be Good
(1941)
Hairstylist
The Feminine Touch
(1941)
Hair Designer
When Ladies Meet
(1941)
Hair Designer
Married Bachelor
(1941)
Hairstylist
Panama Hattie
(1942)
Hairstylist
Nazi Agent
(1942)
Hairstylist
Mrs. Miniver
(1942)
Hairstylist
Grand Central Murder
(1942)
Hairstylist
Apache Trail
(1942)
Makeup Artist
The Affairs of Martha
(1942)
Hairstylist
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
(1942)
Hairstylist
Calling Dr. Gillespie
(1942)
Hairstylist
Mrs. Parkington
(1944)
Hair Designer
Kismet
(1944)
Hair Designer
Week-End at the Waldorf
(1945)
Hairstylist
Ziegfeld Follies
(1945)
Hairstylist
The Valley of Decision
(1945)
Hair Designer
Undercurrent
(1946)
Hair Designer
Two Sisters from Boston
(1946)
Hair Designer
Lady in the Lake
(1946)
Hair Designer
Two Smart People
(1946)
Hairstylist
Song of the Thin Man
(1947)
Hair Designer
Green Dolphin Street
(1947)
Hair Designer
The Sea of Grass
(1947)
Hairstylist
Good News
(1947)
Hair Designer
Desire Me
(1947)
Hair Designer
Easter Parade
(1948)
Hair Designer
The Kissing Bandit
(1948)
Hair Designer
A Date with Judy
(1948)
Hairstylist
Big City
(1948)
Hairstylist
Julia Misbehaves
(1948)
Hair Designer
Summer Holiday
(1948)
Hairstylist
Hills of Home
(1948)
Hair Designer
The Pirate
(1948)
Hair Designer
Neptune's Daughter
(1949)
Hairstylist
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(1949)
Hairstylist
On the Town
(1949)
Hairstylist
Tension
(1949)
Hairstylist
Madame Bovary
(1949)
Hair Designer
The Stratton Story
(1949)
Hairstylist
The Red Danube
(1949)
Hairstylist
The Great Sinner
(1949)
Hairstylist
Challenge to Lassie
(1949)
Hair Designer
That Forsyte Woman
(1949)
Hair Designer
In the Good Old Summertime
(1949)
Hair Designer
Adam's Rib
(1949)
Hair Designer
Mystery Street
(1950)
Hair Designer
Stars in My Crown
(1950)
Hairstylist
Two Weeks with Love
(1950)
Hairstylist
Father of the Bride
(1950)
Hair Designer
Three Little Words
(1950)
Hairstylist
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
(1950)
Hair Designer
Duchess of Idaho
(1950)
Hairstylist
To Please a Lady
(1950)
Hair Designer
Kim
(1950)
Hair Designer
Ambush
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Toast of New Orleans
(1950)
Hair Designer
Nancy Goes to Rio
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Asphalt Jungle
(1950)
Hair Designer
The Magnificent Yankee
(1950)
Hairstylist
Right Cross
(1950)
Hair Designer
The Reformer and the Redhead
(1950)
Hair Designer
Annie Get Your Gun
(1950)
Hair Designer
Side Street
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Yellow Cab Man
(1950)
Hairstylist
Black Hand
(1950)
Hairstylist
Please Believe Me
(1950)
Hairstylist
Shadow on the Wall
(1950)
Hairstylist
Inside Straight
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Painted Hills
(1951)
Hairstylist
Mr. Imperium
(1951)
Hair Designer
Vengeance Valley
(1951)
Hair Designer
Cause for Alarm!
(1951)
Hair Designer
Royal Wedding
(1951)
Hair Designer
An American in Paris
(1951)
Hair Designer
Father's Little Dividend
(1951)
Hair Designer
Show Boat
(1951)
Hair Designer
Kind Lady
(1951)
Hairstylist
Callaway Went Thataway
(1951)
Hairstylist
Bannerline
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Unknown Man
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Strip
(1951)
Hair Designer
The Tall Target
(1951)
Hair Designer
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Hair Designer
Angels in the Outfield
(1951)
Hair Designer
Too Young to Kiss
(1951)
Hair Designer
Texas Carnival
(1951)
Hairstylist
Grounds for Marriage
(1951)
Hairstylist
Three Guys Named Mike
(1951)
Hairstylist
Skirts Ahoy!
(1952)
Hairstylist
My Man and I
(1952)
Hairstylist
The Prisoner of Zenda
(1952)
Hairstylist
Singin' in the Rain
(1952)
Hair Designer
Shadow in the Sky
(1952)
Hair Designer
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952)
Hairstylist
Lone Star
(1952)
Hair Designer
Love Is Better Than Ever
(1952)
Hairstylist
The Belle of New York
(1952)
Hair Designer
Desperate Search
(1952)
Hairstylist
Carbine Williams
(1952)
Hairstylist
Holiday for Sinners
(1952)
Hairstylist
Fearless Fagan
(1952)
Hair Designer
The Wild North
(1952)
Hairstylist
Scaramouche
(1952)
Hairstylist
The Actress
(1953)
Hairstylist
Bright Road
(1953)
Hairstylist
Remains to Be Seen
(1953)
Hairstylist
The Story of Three Loves
(1953)
Hairstylist
Dangerous When Wet
(1953)
Hairstylist
Give a Girl a Break
(1953)
Hairstylist
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
(1953)
Hairstylist
The Girl Who Had Everything
(1953)
Hairstylist
The Band Wagon
(1953)
Hairstylist
Kiss Me Kate
(1953)
Hairstylist
Easy to Love
(1953)
Hairstylist
I Love Melvin
(1953)
Hairstylist
Julius Caesar
(1953)
Hairstylist
All the Brothers Were Valiant
(1953)
Hair Designer
Lili
(1953)
Hairstylist
Young Bess
(1953)
Hairstylist
Rogue's March
(1953)
Hairstylist
Executive Suite
(1954)
Hairstylist
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(1954)
Hairstylist
Her Twelve Men
(1954)
Hairstylist
Tennessee Champ
(1954)
Hairstylist
Deep in My Heart
(1954)
Hair Designer
The Last Time I Saw Paris
(1954)
Hairstylist
Brigadoon
(1954)
Hairstylist
The Great Diamond Robbery
(1954)
Hairstylist
Rose Marie
(1954)
Hairstylist
Green Fire
(1954)
Hairstylist
The Cobweb
(1955)
Hairstylist
It's Always Fair Weather
(1955)
Hairstylist
The Tender Trap
(1955)
Hairstylist
Love Me or Leave Me
(1955)
Hair Designer
I'll Cry Tomorrow
(1955)
Hairstylist
Jupiter's Darling
(1955)
Hairstylist
It's a Dog's Life
(1955)
Hairstylist
Hit the Deck
(1955)
Hairstylist
The King's Thief
(1955)
Hair Designer
The Prodigal
(1955)
Hairstylist
Trial
(1955)
Hairstylist
Kismet
(1955)
Hairstylist
Many Rivers to Cross
(1955)
Hair Designer
The Opposite Sex
(1956)
Hairstylist
Ransom!
(1956)
Hairstylist
Gaby
(1956)
Hair Designer
The Catered Affair
(1956)
Hairstylist
Tea and Sympathy
(1956)
Hairstylist
Meet Me in Las Vegas
(1956)
Hair Designer
High Society
(1956)
Hairstylist
Lust for Life
(1956)
Hair Designer
Tribute to a Bad Man
(1956)
Hairstylist
Silk Stockings
(1957)
Hairstylist
Designing Woman
(1957)
Hair Designer
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
(1957)
Hairstylist
This Could Be the Night
(1957)
Hairstylist
Gun Glory
(1957)
Hairstylist
Don't Go Near the Water
(1957)
Hairstylist
Raintree County
(1957)
Hairstylist
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(1958)
Hairstylist
Gigi
(1958)
Hairstylist
Party Girl
(1958)
Hair Designer
The Tunnel of Love
(1958)
Hairstylist
The Sheepman
(1958)
Hairstylist
The High Cost of Loving
(1958)
Hairstylist
Saddle the Wind
(1958)
Hairstylist
The Badlanders
(1958)
Hairstylist
Green Mansions
(1959)
Hairstylist
North by Northwest
(1959)
Hairstylist
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
(1959)
Hairstylist
The Mating Game
(1959)
Hairstylist
Ask Any Girl
(1959)
Hairstylist
Watusi
(1959)
Hairstylist
BUtterfield 8
(1960)
Hairstylist
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
(1960)
Hairstylist
Bells Are Ringing
(1960)
Hairstylist
All the Fine Young Cannibals
(1960)
Hairstylist
The Time Machine
(1960)
Hairstylist
Home from the Hill
(1960)
Hairstylist
Cimarron
(1960)
Hairstylist
The Misfits
(1961)
Hairstylist
Billy Rose's Jumbo
(1962)
Hairstylist
How the West Was Won
(1962)
Hairstylist
All Fall Down
(1962)
Hairstylist
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
(1962)
Hairstylist
Sweet Bird of Youth
(1962)
Hairstylist
Period of Adjustment
(1962)
Hairstylist
Gypsy
(1962)
Hairstylist
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1962)
Hairstylist
Sunday in New York
(1963)
Hair Designer
It Happened at the World's Fair
(1963)
Hairstylist
The Prize
(1963)
Hairstylist
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
(1963)
Hairstylist
Seven Days in May
(1964)
Hairstylist
The Night of the Iguana
(1964)
Hair Designer
The Americanization of Emily
(1964)
Hairstylist
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
(1964)
Hairstylist
The Outrage
(1964)
Hairstylist
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
(1964)
Hair Designer
What a Way to Go!
(1964)
Hair Designer
Goodbye Charlie
(1964)
Hair Designer
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
(1964)
Hairstylist
Kissin' Cousins
(1964)
Hairstylist
Viva Las Vegas
(1964)
Hairstylist
36 Hours
(1964)
Hairstylist
Sex and the Single Girl
(1964)
Hairstylist
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
(1965)
Hairstylist
Once a Thief
(1965)
Hairstylist
Harlow
(1965)
Hairstylist
The Great Race
(1965)
Hair Designer
Harum Scarum
(1965)
Hairstylist
Girl Happy
(1965)
Hairstylist
The Sandpiper
(1965)
Hairstylist
The Rounders
(1965)
Hair Designer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(1966)
Hairstylist
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
(1966)
Hairstylist
Seconds
(1966)
Hairstylist
Penelope
(1966)
Hairstylist
Spinout
(1966)
Hairstylist
Gambit
(1966)
Hairstylist
Grand Prix
(1966)
Hairstylist and Makeup Artist
Point Blank
(1967)
Hairstylist
Hot Rods to Hell
(1967)
Hairstylist
The Graduate
(1967)
Hair Designer
Divorce American Style
(1967)
Hairstylist
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
(1967)
Hairstylist
The Legend of Lylah Clare
(1968)
Hairstylist
Rosemary's Baby
(1968)
Hair Designer
The Split
(1968)
Hairstylist
Speedway
(1968)
Hairstylist
Stay Away, Joe
(1968)
Hairstylist
The Gypsy Moths
(1969)
Hairstylist
Sweet Charity
(1969)
Hair Designer
The Extraordinary Seaman
(1969)
Hairstylist
The Happy Ending
(1969)
Hairstylist
Carnal Knowledge
(1971)
Hairstylist
New York, New York
(1977)
Hair Designer
Return Engagement
(1978)
Hairstylist
...All the Marbles
(1981)
Hairstylist
A Streetcar Named Desire
(1984)
Hairstylist
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
(1989)
Hairstylist
Acting