Costume & Make-Up · b. 1907 · Paris, France

Jean Louis

Biography

Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthault; October 5, 1907 in Paris, France – April 20, 1997 in Palm Springs, California) was a French-born, Hollywood costume designer and an Academy Award winner for Best Costume Design. Before coming to Hollywood, he worked in New York for fashion entrepreneur Hattie Carnegie, where the clientele included Joan Cohn, the wife of Columbia Pictures studio chief Harry Cohn. He worked as head designer for Columbia Pictures from 1944 to 1960. His most famous works include Rita Hayworth's black satin strapless dress from Gilda (1946), Marlene Dietrich's celebrated bea...

Other Credits

I Wish You Love Costume Design 1973 40 Carats Costume Design 1973 Lost Horizon Costume Design 1973 Don't Just Stand There Costume Design 1968 The Hell with Heroes Costume Design 1968 P.J. Costume Design 1968 The Ballad of Josie Costume Design 1968 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Wardrobe Supervisor 1967 Rosie! Costume Design 1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie Costume Design 1967 Gambit Costume Design 1966 A Man Could Get Killed Wardrobe Coordinator 1966 Mirage Costume Design 1965 That Funny Feeling Costumer 1965 Bus Riley's Back in Town Costume Design 1965 Strange Bedfellows Costume Design 1965 Send Me No Flowers Costume Design 1964 For Love or Money Costume Design 1963 The Thrill of It All Costume Design 1963 If a Man Answers Costume Design 1962

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