Walter Plunkett (June 5, 1902 – March 8, 1982) was a prolific costume designer who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry.
Plunkett's first credited work as a costume designer was the 1927 film Hard-Boiled Haggerty. At RKO, he developed a huge costume and wardrobe department that became a major studio asset. Given free rein, he set about creating costumes that rivaled the work of his contemporaries, such as Travis Banton and Adrian. Plunkett's best-known work is featured in two films, Gone with the Wind (1939) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which he lampooned his initial style of the Roaring Twenties. In 1951, Plunkett shared an Oscar with Orry-Kelly and Irene Sharaff for An American in Paris.
Academy Awards
Best Costume Design
Known For
Singin' in the Rain
(1952)
Costume Design
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Costume Design
King Kong
(1933)
Costume Design
Forbidden Planet
(1956)
Costume Design
Stagecoach
(1939)
Costume Design
The Son of Kong
(1933)
Costume Design
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(1954)
Costume Design
The Three Musketeers
(1948)
Costume Design
How the West Was Won
(1962)
Costume Design
Pocketful of Miracles
(1961)
Costume Design
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Costume Designer
Duel in the Sun
(1946)
Costume Design
Little Women
(1949)
Costume Design
An American in Paris
(1951)
Costume Design
His Family Tree
(1935)
Costume Design
Little Women
(1933)
Costume Design
Full Filmography
Costume & Make-Up
A Regular Scout
(1926)
Costume Design
Legionnaires in Paris
(1927)
Costume Design
The Delightful Rogue
(1929)
Costume Design
Seven Keys to Baldpate
(1929)
Costume Design
Tanned Legs
(1929)
Costume Design
Love In The Desert
(1929)
Costume Design
Half Marriage
(1929)
Costume Design
Night Parade
(1929)
Costume Design
The Very Idea
(1929)
Costume Design
The Vagabond Lover
(1929)
Costume Design
Rio Rita
(1929)
Costume Design
Dixiana
(1930)
Costume Design
The Phantom of Crestwood
(1932)
Costume Design
The Animal Kingdom
(1932)
Costume Design
Night After Night
(1932)
Costume Design
The Most Dangerous Game
(1932)
Costume Design
Flying Down to Rio
(1933)
Costume Design
Scarlet River
(1933)
Costume Design
Christopher Strong
(1933)
Costume Design
Lucky Devils
(1933)
Costume Design
Blind Adventure
(1933)
Costume Design
Ann Vickers
(1933)
Costume Design
The Right To Romance
(1933)
Costume Design
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
(1933)
Costume Design
Little Women
(1933)
Costume Design
Ace of Aces
(1933)
Costume Design
Chance at Heaven
(1933)
Costume Design
The Great Jasper
(1933)
Costume Design
Emergency Call
(1933)
Costume Design
No Marriage Ties
(1933)
Costume Design
The Silver Cord
(1933)
Costume Design
Double Harness
(1933)
Costume Design
Sweepings
(1933)
Costume Design
The Past of Mary Holmes
(1933)
Costume Design
Cross Fire
(1933)
Costume Design
Morning Glory
(1933)
Costume Design
King Kong
(1933)
Costume Design
Tomorrow at Seven
(1933)
Costume Design
The Son of Kong
(1933)
Costume Design
Melody Cruise
(1933)
Costume Design
The Fountain
(1934)
Costume Design
The Gay Divorcee
(1934)
Costume Design
Stingaree
(1934)
Costume Design
Murder on the Blackboard
(1934)
Costume Design
Where Sinners Meet
(1934)
Costume Design
By Your Leave
(1934)
Costume Design
Wednesday's Child
(1934)
Costume Design
Cockeyed Cavaliers
(1934)
Costume Design
This Man Is Mine
(1934)
Costume Design
Man of Two Worlds
(1934)
Costume Design
The Meanest Gal in Town
(1934)
Costume Design
Long Lost Father
(1934)
Costume Design
Keep 'Em Rolling
(1934)
Costume Design
Spitfire
(1934)
Costume Design
Success at Any Price
(1934)
Costume Design
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
(1934)
Costume Design
Sing and Like it
(1934)
Costume Design
Lightning Strikes Twice
(1934)
Costume Design
The Little Minister
(1934)
Costume Design
Gridiron Flash
(1934)
Costume Design
Kentucky Kernels
(1934)
Costume Design
West of the Pecos
(1934)
Costume Design
The Richest Girl in the World
(1934)
Costume Design
Strictly Dynamite
(1934)
Costume Design
The Life of Vergie Winters
(1934)
Costume Design
Their Big Moment
(1934)
Costume Design
Let's Try Again
(1934)
Costume Design
Dangerous Corner
(1934)
Costume Design
Hat, Coat and Glove
(1934)
Costume Design
The Age of Innocence
(1934)
Costume Design
Anne of Green Gables
(1934)
Costume Design
Bachelor Bait
(1934)
Costume Design
His Greatest Gamble
(1934)
Costume Design
Down to Their Last Yacht
(1934)
Costume Design
We're Rich Again
(1934)
Costume Design
The Silver Streak
(1934)
Costume Design
Of Human Bondage
(1934)
Costume Designer
Finishing School
(1934)
Costume Design
Woman in the Dark
(1934)
Costume Design
The Crime Doctor
(1934)
Costume Designer
Annie Oakley
(1935)
Costume Design
To Beat the Band
(1935)
Costume Design
Romance in Manhattan
(1935)
Costume Design
Village Tale
(1935)
Costume Design
Chasing Yesterday
(1935)
Costume Design
Captain Hurricane
(1935)
Costume Design
Alice Adams
(1935)
Costume Design
The Three Musketeers
(1935)
Costume Design
Hooray for Love
(1935)
Costume Design
The Return Of Peter Grimm
(1935)
Costume Design
Jalna
(1935)
Costume Design
The Arizonian
(1935)
Costume Design
Enchanted April
(1935)
Costume Design
His Family Tree
(1935)
Costume Design
Another Face
(1935)
Costume Design
The Rainmakers
(1935)
Costume Design
Hot Tip
(1935)
Costume Design
The Informer
(1935)
Costume Design
The Plough and the Stars
(1936)
Costume Design
Mary of Scotland
(1936)
Costume Design
Chatterbox
(1936)
Costume Designer
A Woman Rebels
(1936)
Costume Design
Nothing Sacred
(1937)
Costume Design
The Woman I Love
(1937)
Costume Design
The Soldier and the Lady
(1937)
Costume Design
Quality Street
(1937)
Costume Design
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(1938)
Costume Designer
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Costume Design
Stagecoach
(1939)
Costume Design
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Costume Designer
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
(1939)
Costume Design
Vigil in the Night
(1940)
Costume Design
The Corsican Brothers
(1941)
Costume Design
Ladies in Retirement
(1941)
Costume Design
Lydia
(1941)
Costume Design
Lady for a Night
(1942)
Costume Design
In Old Oklahoma
(1943)
Costume Designer
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Costume Design
Knickerbocker Holiday
(1944)
Costume Design
A Song to Remember
(1945)
Costume Design
Along Came Jones
(1945)
Costume Design
Duel in the Sun
(1946)
Costume Design
Song of Love
(1947)
Costume Design
Green Dolphin Street
(1947)
Costume Design
The Sea of Grass
(1947)
Costume Design
The Kissing Bandit
(1948)
Costume Designer
Summer Holiday
(1948)
Costume Design
The Three Musketeers
(1948)
Costume Design
Adam's Rib
(1949)
Costume Design
Little Women
(1949)
Costume Design
The Secret Garden
(1949)
Costume Design
Madame Bovary
(1949)
Costume Designer
That Forsyte Woman
(1949)
Costume Design
Two Weeks with Love
(1950)
Costume Design
The Outriders
(1950)
Costume Design
The Toast of New Orleans
(1950)
Costume Design
Stars in My Crown
(1950)
Costume Design
Father of the Bride
(1950)
Costume Design
Summer Stock
(1950)
Costume Design
The Magnificent Yankee
(1950)
Costume Design
King Solomon's Mines
(1950)
Costume Design
Annie Get Your Gun
(1950)
Costume Design
The Happy Years
(1950)
Costume Design
Black Hand
(1950)
Costume Design
Payment on Demand
(1951)
Costume Design
Mr. Imperium
(1951)
Costume Design
The Man with a Cloak
(1951)
Costume Design
Westward the Women
(1951)
Costume Design
The Law and the Lady
(1951)
Costume Design
Show Boat
(1951)
Costume Design
Kind Lady
(1951)
Wardrobe Designer
An American in Paris
(1951)
Costume Design
Soldiers Three
(1951)
Costume Design
Singin' in the Rain
(1952)
Costume Design
The Prisoner of Zenda
(1952)
Costume Design
Million Dollar Mermaid
(1952)
Costume Design
Plymouth Adventure
(1952)
Costume Design
Carbine Williams
(1952)
Costume Design
The Actress
(1953)
Costume Design
Kiss Me Kate
(1953)
Costume Design
Young Bess
(1953)
Costume Design
All the Brothers Were Valiant
(1953)
Costume Design
Deep in My Heart
(1954)
Costume Design
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(1954)
Costume Design
Valley of the Kings
(1954)
Costume Design
Athena
(1954)
Costume Design
Moonfleet
(1955)
Costume Design
Many Rivers to Cross
(1955)
Costume Design
The Glass Slipper
(1955)
Costume Design
Jupiter's Darling
(1955)
Costume Designer
The King's Thief
(1955)
Costume Design
The Scarlet Coat
(1955)
Costume Design
Forbidden Planet
(1956)
Costume Design
Diane
(1956)
Costume Design
Lust for Life
(1956)
Costume Designer
Tribute to a Bad Man
(1956)
Costume Design
The Fastest Gun Alive
(1956)
Costume Design
Raintree County
(1957)
Costume Design
The Wings of Eagles
(1957)
Wardrobe Master
Gun Glory
(1957)
Costume Design
The Brothers Karamazov
(1958)
Costume Design
Some Came Running
(1958)
Costume Design
The Sheepman
(1958)
Costume Design
Cimarron
(1960)
Costume Design
Bells Are Ringing
(1960)
Costume Design
Pollyanna
(1960)
Costume Designer
Home from the Hill
(1960)
Costume Design
Pocketful of Miracles
(1961)
Costume Design
How the West Was Won
(1962)
Costume Design
Two Weeks in Another Town
(1962)
Costume Design
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1962)
Costume Design
Marriage on the Rocks
(1965)
Costume Design
7 Women
(1966)
Costume Design
Acting