Edith Head

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Edith Head

Costume & Make-Up October 28, 1897

San Bernadino, California, USA

Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiress (1949) a…

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Rear Window

Rear Window

8.3 1954 Movie
Vertigo

Vertigo

8.1 1958 Movie
The Birds

The Birds

7.5 1963 Movie
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's

7.6 1961 Movie
The Sting

The Sting

8.0 1973 Movie
Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

8.3 1950 Movie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

7.6 1969 Movie
Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

7.9 1953 Movie
Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

8.1 1944 Movie
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

7.8 1956 Movie
Columbo

Columbo

8.1 1971 TV Show
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

8.2 1957 Movie

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Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiress (1949) and ending with The Sting (1973).

Filmography

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  1. 2016
    The Women Who Run Hollywood

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2002
    Edith Head: The Paramount Years

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1982
    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Movie Costume Design

  4. 1981
    Edith Head

    Movie Self

  5. 1980
    The Last Married Couple in America

    Movie Costume Design

  6. 1979
    Women in White

    TV show Costume Design

  7. 1978
    Return Engagement

    Movie Costume Design

  8. 1978
    The Big Fix

    Movie Costume Design

  9. 1978
    Little Women

    TV show Costume Design

  10. 1978
    Olly Olly Oxen Free

    Movie Costume Design

  11. 1978
    Sextette

    Movie Costume Design

  12. 1977
    Sunshine Christmas

    Movie Costume Design

  13. 1977
    Sex and the Married Woman

    Movie Costume Design

  14. 1977
    Airport '77

    Movie Costume Design

  15. 1976
    The Disappearance of Aimee

    Movie Costume Design

  16. 1976
    Amelia Earhart

    Movie Costume Design

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  1. 1976
    Family Plot

    Movie Costume Design

  2. 1976
    W.C. Fields and Me

    Movie Costume Design

  3. 1976
    Gable and Lombard

    Movie Costume Design

  4. 1975
    The Man Who Would Be King

    Movie Wardrobe Designer

  5. 1975
    Rooster Cogburn

    Movie Costume Design

  6. 1975
    The Great Waldo Pepper

    Movie Costume Design

  7. 1974
    Dinah!

    TV show Self - Guest

  8. 1974
    Airport 1975

    Movie Costume Design

  9. 1974
    Flick Flack

    TV show

  10. 1973
    The Sting

    Movie Costume Design

  11. 1973
    The Don Is Dead

    Movie Costume Design

  12. 1973
    A Doll's House

    Movie Costume Design

  13. 1973
    Showdown

    Movie Costume Design

  14. 1972
    Pete 'n' Tillie

    Movie Costume Design

  15. 1972
    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    Movie Costume Design

  16. 1972
    Hammersmith Is Out

    Movie Costumer

  17. 1972
    The Screaming Woman

    Movie Costume Design

  18. 1971
    Sometimes a Great Notion

    Movie Costume Design

  19. 1971
    Columbo

    TV show Edith Head

  20. 1971
    V.I.P. Schaukel

    TV show Self

  21. 1970
    Myra Breckinridge

    Movie Costumer

  22. 1970
    Colossus: The Forbin Project

    Movie Costume Design

  23. 1970
    Airport

    Movie Costume Design

  24. 1970
    Skullduggery

    Movie Costume Design