Helen Hunt was a hair stylist in Hollywood movies from the 1930s up to 1967, when she worked on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. She was the chief hair stylist for Columbia Pictures. Hunt fell into her career by accident. She was working as a stenographer for a costume company in Omaha, Nebraska. She began washing and arranging the company's wigs on her own time because they were being neglected. When she went into a shop to look over a display of wigs, she was offered a job by the owner, George Westmore of Hollywood. This eventually led to a position with Columbia Pictures. She worked with Rita Hayworth before the latter became a star. According to some sources, it was Hunt who came up with the idea to dye Hayworth's black hair auburn. She also arranged for the painful, lengthy electrolysis that raised Hayworth's hairline. During the course of her career, she also styled such stars as Irene Dunne, Rosalind Russell, Loretta Young and Evelyn Keyes. Cult movie actress Pamela Duncan credited Hunt with bringing her to the attention of the casting department of Columbia.
Known For
Gilda
(1946)
Hairstylist
From Here to Eternity
(1953)
Hairstylist
The Caine Mutiny
(1954)
Hairstylist
The Man from Laramie
(1955)
Hair Designer
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(1967)
Hairstylist
Dead Reckoning
(1947)
Hairstylist
All the King's Men
(1949)
Hairstylist
In a Lonely Place
(1950)
Hairstylist
Cowboy
(1958)
Hairstylist
Pushover
(1954)
Hairstylist
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Hairstylist
Tight Spot
(1955)
Hairstylist
Sirocco
(1951)
Hairstylist
3:10 to Yuma
(1957)
Hairstylist
Pal Joey
(1957)
Hairstylist
13 Ghosts
(1960)
Hairstylist
Full Filmography
Costume & Make-Up
You'll Never Get Rich
(1941)
Hairstylist
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Hairstylist
Cover Girl
(1944)
Hairstylist
Renegades
(1946)
Hairstylist
Gilda
(1946)
Hairstylist
The Jolson Story
(1946)
Hairstylist
Blondie in the Dough
(1947)
Hairstylist
It Had to Be You
(1947)
Hairstylist
Down to Earth
(1947)
Hair Designer
Dead Reckoning
(1947)
Hairstylist
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Hairstylist
Her Husband's Affairs
(1947)
Hairstylist
Blondie's Reward
(1948)
Hairstylist
Blondie's Secret
(1948)
Hairstylist
The Loves of Carmen
(1948)
Hairstylist
Whirlwind Raiders
(1948)
Hairstylist
Ladies of the Chorus
(1948)
Hairstylist
Best Man Wins
(1948)
Hair Designer
The Prince Of Thieves
(1948)
Hairstylist
Rusty Leads the Way
(1948)
Hairstylist
My Dog Rusty
(1948)
Hairstylist
The Woman from Tangier
(1948)
Hairstylist
Lulu Belle
(1948)
Hairstylist
The Mating of Millie
(1948)
Hairstylist
Port Said
(1948)
Hairstylist
The Sign of the Ram
(1948)
Hairstylist
Anna Lucasta
(1949)
Hairstylist
All the King's Men
(1949)
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Shockproof
(1949)
Hairstylist
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
(1949)
Hairstylist
Tell It to the Judge
(1949)
Hairstylist
Mr. Soft Touch
(1949)
Hairstylist
Rusty's Birthday
(1949)
Hairstylist
Knock on Any Door
(1949)
Hairstylist
Tokyo Joe
(1949)
Hairstylist
Beware of Blondie
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Petty Girl
(1950)
Hairstylist
In a Lonely Place
(1950)
Hairstylist
Harriet Craig
(1950)
Hairstylist
Convicted
(1950)
Hairstylist
No Sad Songs for Me
(1950)
Hairstylist
Born Yesterday
(1950)
Hairstylist
Fortunes of Captain Blood
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Fuller Brush Girl
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Nevadan
(1950)
Hairstylist
Streets of Ghost Town
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Blazing Sun
(1950)
Hairstylist
Indian Territory
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Palomino
(1950)
Hairstylist
Mark of the Gorilla
(1950)
Hairstylist
Last of the Buccaneers
(1950)
Hairstylist
Death of a Salesman
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Lady and the Bandit
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Family Secret
(1951)
Hairstylist
Sirocco
(1951)
Hairstylist
Ten Tall Men
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Barefoot Mailman
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Marrying Kind
(1952)
Hairstylist
Assignment: Paris
(1952)
Hairstylist
Affair in Trinidad
(1952)
Hairstylist
Captain Pirate
(1952)
Hairstylist
The Big Heat
(1953)
Hairstylist
From Here to Eternity
(1953)
Hairstylist
Miss Sadie Thompson
(1953)
Hairstylist
Bad for Each Other
(1953)
Hairstylist
Let's Do It Again
(1953)
Hairstylist
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
(1953)
Hairstylist
It Should Happen to You
(1954)
Hairstylist
The Caine Mutiny
(1954)
Hairstylist
Human Desire
(1954)
Hairstylist
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
(1954)
Hairstylist
Pushover
(1954)
Hairstylist
Phffft
(1954)
Hairstylist
Queen Bee
(1955)
Hairstylist
The Man from Laramie
(1955)
Hair Designer
Picnic
(1955)
Hair Designer
The Violent Men
(1955)
Hairstylist
My Sister Eileen
(1955)
Hairstylist
Tight Spot
(1955)
Hairstylist
The Last Frontier
(1955)
Hairstylist
The Harder They Fall
(1956)
Hairstylist
Full of Life
(1956)
Hair Designer
The Solid Gold Cadillac
(1956)
Hairstylist
Storm Center
(1956)
Hairstylist
Jubal
(1956)
Hairstylist
Over-Exposed
(1956)
Hairstylist
The Garment Jungle
(1957)
Hairstylist
3:10 to Yuma
(1957)
Hairstylist
Pal Joey
(1957)
Hairstylist
Tales of Frankenstein
(1958)
Hairstylist
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Hairstylist
Cowboy
(1958)
Hairstylist
Bell, Book and Candle
(1958)
Hairstylist
The Last Angry Man
(1959)
Hairstylist
The Crimson Kimono
(1959)
Hairstylist
The Gene Krupa Story
(1959)
Hairstylist
They Came to Cordura
(1959)
Hairstylist
Gidget
(1959)
Hairstylist
Song Without End
(1960)
Hairstylist
13 Ghosts
(1960)
Hairstylist
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
(1960)
Hairstylist
Who Was That Lady?
(1960)
Hairstylist
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
(1960)
Hairstylist
Cry for Happy
(1961)
Hairstylist
A Raisin in the Sun
(1961)
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Underworld U.S.A.
(1961)
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(1967)
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