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
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(1967)
Hairstylist
In a Lonely Place
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Man from Laramie
(1955)
Hair Designer
From Here to Eternity
(1953)
Hairstylist
The Caine Mutiny
(1954)
Hairstylist
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Hairstylist
Dead Reckoning
(1947)
Hairstylist
All the King's Men
(1949)
Hairstylist
The Harder They Fall
(1956)
Hairstylist
They Came to Cordura
(1959)
Hairstylist
Cover Girl
(1944)
Hairstylist
Gidget
(1959)
Hairstylist
Jubal
(1956)
Hairstylist
3:10 to Yuma
(1957)
Hairstylist
Cowboy
(1958)
Hairstylist
Full Filmography
Costume & Make-Up
You'll Never Get Rich
(1941)
Hairstylist
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Hairstylist
Cover Girl
(1944)
Hairstylist
The Jolson Story
(1946)
Hairstylist
Gilda
(1946)
Hairstylist
Renegades
(1946)
Hairstylist
Blondie in the Dough
(1947)
Hairstylist
Down to Earth
(1947)
Hair Designer
Her Husband's Affairs
(1947)
Hairstylist
It Had to Be You
(1947)
Hairstylist
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Hairstylist
Dead Reckoning
(1947)
Hairstylist
Port Said
(1948)
Hairstylist
Whirlwind Raiders
(1948)
Hairstylist
My Dog Rusty
(1948)
Hairstylist
The Loves of Carmen
(1948)
Hairstylist
The Woman from Tangier
(1948)
Hairstylist
Blondie's Reward
(1948)
Hairstylist
Blondie's Secret
(1948)
Hairstylist
Rusty Leads the Way
(1948)
Hairstylist
Best Man Wins
(1948)
Hair Designer
Lulu Belle
(1948)
Hairstylist
Ladies of the Chorus
(1948)
Hairstylist
The Sign of the Ram
(1948)
Hairstylist
The Mating of Millie
(1948)
Hairstylist
The Prince Of Thieves
(1948)
Hairstylist
All the King's Men
(1949)
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Shockproof
(1949)
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Knock on Any Door
(1949)
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Anna Lucasta
(1949)
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond
(1949)
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Tokyo Joe
(1949)
Hairstylist
Rusty's Birthday
(1949)
Hairstylist
Tell It to the Judge
(1949)
Hairstylist
Mr. Soft Touch
(1949)
Hairstylist
Harriet Craig
(1950)
Hairstylist
Fortunes of Captain Blood
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Blazing Sun
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Nevadan
(1950)
Hairstylist
Last of the Buccaneers
(1950)
Hairstylist
Indian Territory
(1950)
Hairstylist
Mark of the Gorilla
(1950)
Hairstylist
In a Lonely Place
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Fuller Brush Girl
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Palomino
(1950)
Hairstylist
Streets of Ghost Town
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Petty Girl
(1950)
Hairstylist
Beware of Blondie
(1950)
Hairstylist
No Sad Songs for Me
(1950)
Hairstylist
Born Yesterday
(1950)
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Convicted
(1950)
Hairstylist
The Lady and the Bandit
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Family Secret
(1951)
Hairstylist
Death of a Salesman
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Barefoot Mailman
(1951)
Hairstylist
Sirocco
(1951)
Hairstylist
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
(1951)
Hairstylist
Ten Tall Men
(1951)
Hairstylist
Assignment: Paris
(1952)
Hairstylist
Captain Pirate
(1952)
Hairstylist
Affair in Trinidad
(1952)
Hairstylist
The Marrying Kind
(1952)
Hairstylist
Miss Sadie Thompson
(1953)
Hairstylist
From Here to Eternity
(1953)
Hairstylist
Let's Do It Again
(1953)
Hairstylist
Bad for Each Other
(1953)
Hairstylist
The Big Heat
(1953)
Hairstylist
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
(1953)
Hairstylist
Phffft
(1954)
Hairstylist
Pushover
(1954)
Hairstylist
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
(1954)
Hairstylist
The Caine Mutiny
(1954)
Hairstylist
It Should Happen to You
(1954)
Hairstylist
Human Desire
(1954)
Hairstylist
Picnic
(1955)
Hair Designer
The Man from Laramie
(1955)
Hair Designer
Queen Bee
(1955)
Hairstylist
The Violent Men
(1955)
Hairstylist
The Last Frontier
(1955)
Hairstylist
Tight Spot
(1955)
Hairstylist
My Sister Eileen
(1955)
Hairstylist
Full of Life
(1956)
Hair Designer
The Harder They Fall
(1956)
Hairstylist
Over-Exposed
(1956)
Hairstylist
Storm Center
(1956)
Hairstylist
Jubal
(1956)
Hairstylist
The Solid Gold Cadillac
(1956)
Hairstylist
Pal Joey
(1957)
Hairstylist
3:10 to Yuma
(1957)
Hairstylist
The Garment Jungle
(1957)
Hairstylist
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Hairstylist
Bell, Book and Candle
(1958)
Hairstylist
Tales of Frankenstein
(1958)
Hairstylist
Cowboy
(1958)
Hairstylist
The Gene Krupa Story
(1959)
Hairstylist
The Crimson Kimono
(1959)
Hairstylist
The Last Angry Man
(1959)
Hairstylist
Gidget
(1959)
Hairstylist
They Came to Cordura
(1959)
Hairstylist
Who Was That Lady?
(1960)
Hairstylist
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
(1960)
Hairstylist
13 Ghosts
(1960)
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Song Without End
(1960)
Hairstylist
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
(1960)
Hairstylist
A Raisin in the Sun
(1961)
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Cry for Happy
(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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