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Sydney Guilaroff
London, England, UK
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…
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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.
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2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Movie Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)
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2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Movie Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)
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1995
Inside the Dream Factory
Movie Self
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1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Movie Hairstylist
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1987
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
TV show Hairdresser
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1984
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie Hairstylist
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1982
Regina Roma
Movie Hairstylist
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1981
...All the Marbles
Movie Hairstylist
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1978
Return Engagement
Movie Hairstylist
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1977
New York, New York
Movie Hairdresser
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1976
The Blue Bird
Movie Hairstylist
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1971
Carnal Knowledge
Movie Hairstylist
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1969
The Happy Ending
Movie Hairstylist
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1969
Marlowe
Movie Hairstylist
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1969
The Gypsy Moths
Movie Hairstylist
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1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
Movie Hairstylist
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1969
Sweet Charity
Movie Hair Designer
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1968
The Split
Movie Hairstylist
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1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie Hairstylist
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1968
Rosemary's Baby
Movie Hair Designer
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1968
Speedway
Movie Hairstylist
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1968
Stay Away, Joe
Movie Hairstylist
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1968
The Power
Movie Hairstylist
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1968
Sol Madrid
Movie Hairstylist
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1967
The Graduate
Movie Hair Designer
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1967
Point Blank
Movie Hairstylist
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1967
Divorce American Style
Movie Hairstylist
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1967
Don't Make Waves
Movie Hairstylist
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1967
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Movie Hairstylist
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1967
Return of the Gunfighter
Movie Hairstylist
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1967
Hot Rods to Hell
Movie Hairstylist
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1966
Grand Prix
Movie Hairstylist
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1966
Gambit
Movie Hairstylist
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1966
The Venetian Affair
Movie Hairstylist
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1966
Penelope
Movie Hairstylist
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1966
Spinout
Movie Hairstylist
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1966
Seconds
Movie Hairstylist
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1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Movie Hairstylist
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1966
Hold On!
Movie Hairstylist
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1966
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Movie Hairstylist
