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