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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).
Born and raised in California, Head managed to get a job as a costume sketch artist at Paramount Pictures, without any relevant training. She first acquired notability for Dorothy Lamour’s trademark sarong dress, and then became a household name after the Academy Awards created a new category of Costume Designer in 1948. Head was considered exceptional for her close working relationships with her subjects, with whom she consulted extensively, and these included virtually every top female star in Hollywood.
After 43 years she left Paramount for Universal, possibly because of her successful partnership with Alfred Hitchcock, and also adapted her skills for television.
She was born Edith Claire Posener in San Bernardino, California, the daughter of Jewish parents, Max Posener and Anna E. Levy. Her father, born in January 1858, was a naturalized American citizen from Germany, who came to the United States in 1876. Her mother was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1875, the daughter of an Austrian father and a Bavarian mother. It is not known where Max and Anna met, but they married in 1895, per the 1900 United States Federal Census records. Just before Edith's birth, Max Posener opened a small haberdashery in San Bernardino which failed within a year. In 1905 Anna married mining engineer Frank Spare, from Pennsylvania. The family moved frequently as Spare's jobs moved. The only place Head could later recall living in during her early years was Searchlight, Nevada. Frank and Anna Spare passed Edith off as their mutual child. As Frank Spare was a Catholic, Edith ostensibly became one as well.
Audrey Hepburn (/ˈɔːdri ˈhɛpˌbɜːrn/; born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Born in Ixelles, a district of Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England, and the Netherlands, including German-occupied Arnhem during the Second World War where she worked as a courier for the Dutch resistance and assisted with fundraising. In Amsterdam, she studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell before moving to London in 1948 to continue her ballet training with Marie Rambert and perform as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions. She spoke several languages, including English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and German.
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Edith Claire Posener. October 28, 1897 -- October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won eight Academy Awards, starting with The Heiress (1950) and ending with The Sting (1974). This is still a record in its category.
Edith Head is interviewed about how costume design helps a motion picture like Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn. We see some of the costume tests with Hepburn and Head explains how choices were made.
At the Decorative Arts Center in Lancaster. Edith Head is one of the most recognizable names in film-fashion history. During her 60-year career she worked on more than 1,000 films and garnered 35 Academy Award nominations (winning 8). She spent 43 years at Paramount Pictures where she designed many of the iconic costumes worn by some of Hollywood's biggest actresses such as Barbara Stanwyck and Ginger Rogers. In this segment, we'll visit her historic costume collection on view through August 17th at the Decorative Arts Center in Lancaster.
From the movie What A Way To Go starring Shirley MacLaine. A LUSH BUDGETT PRODUCTION
Oscar-winning costume designer Edith Head is featured in this 1950 documentary short film produced by the Academy.“The Costume Designer was part of The Industry Film Project, a twelve-part series produced by the film studios and the Academy. Each series episode was produced to inform the public on a specific facet of the motion picture industry. The Academy preserved this film in 2012. Tickets for Hollywood Costume on sale now: http://www.oscars.org/hollywoodcostume/index.html#tickets Become an Oscar Insider: http://www.oscars.org/insider/ Check out our Academy Originals: https://www.youtube.com/user/AcademyOriginals ABOUT THE ACADEMY The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most ac...
Lee Phillip, a popular Chicago talk-show host, interviews costume designer Edith Head and cabaret legend Hildegarde in this 1963 program.
The opportunity to create a theatrical performance based upon the legendary Hollywood costume designer, Edith Head, has been a dream come true. I first got the idea several years ago. I was watching a television biography of Edith Head. I literally did a double take. My physical resemblance to Edith Head was uncanny. The more I watched, the more I knew there was a story to be told ... Enjoy! My Best, Susan Claassen, A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD, www.edithhead.biz
She made our favorite actresses look gorgeous.
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Oscar-winning costume designer Edith Head discusses the nominees and outfits at the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970 in this interview from the Academy Film Archive. Become an Oscar Insider: http://www.oscars.org/insider/ Check out our Academy Originals: https://www.youtube.com/user/AcademyOriginals ABOUT THE ACADEMY The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards—in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners—the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavo...
This is a video interview with actress Susan Claassen of A Conversation With Edith Head who recently spoke to FERNTV while she was in Toronto. We discuss the inspiration of the play and what takes place as she plays the legendary costume designer and Academy Award Winning Edith Head.
Oscar-winning costume designer Edith Head shows personality and costume tests for Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday, as seen on the television program You Asked for It. Become an Oscar Insider: http://www.oscars.org/insider/ Check out our Academy Originals: https://www.youtube.com/user/AcademyOriginals ABOUT THE ACADEMY The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards—in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners—the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and...
Track 2, She Thinks She's Edith Head, of the album "Long Tall Weekend" from "They Might Be Giants" but backwards
Track 16, She Thinks She's Edith Head, of the album "Mink Car" from "They Might Be Giants" but backwards
Edith Head Costumes from the Paramount archives, Randall Thropp, Curator, on exhibit at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio in summer of 2014.
The Decorative Arts Center of Ohio presents HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS and ICONS: ANNE BAXTER AND EDITH HEAD. Randall Thropp, curator of the Edith Head exhibit, and Melissa Galt, author and daughter of legendary actress Anne Baxter, both spoke at the DOC in Lancaster, Ohio on Wednesday, August 10, 2016.
Here's an after-hours, solo tour of The Edith Head and Company: Costumes and Jewelry, 1924-2015 in Gallery One!
Here's a solo trip through the Edith Head & Company: Costumes and Jewelry, 1924-2015.
A drama student is unhappy with being given the role of costume designer in a play, but the experience ends up being a blessing in disguise. This film is part of the Yavapai College Archives. This film represents the works produced by the students and staff of the discontinued Zaki Gordon Institute & Sedona Film School programs.
From the Rear Window DVD (2000)
Hollywood Costume: Edith Head and Alfred Hitchcock. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Oscar-nomintated costume designer and Senior Guest Curator of the V&A;'s 'Hollywood Costume' exhibition, Deborah Nadoolman Landis hosts a talk on legendary costume designer Edith Head and her 30-year collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock. To watch more videos and for more information, please visit: http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmInstitute Follow us on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+britishfilminstitute/
Hollywood glamour returns to the Decorative Arts Center in Lancaster, Ohio in the form of the Edith Head & Company exhibit.
This video was uploaded late on 10-28 and after uploading, it took You Tube until after 130 am on 10-30, to finish processing it as a You Tube video upload. Then it claimed it was a duplicate so it would not show, so I had to re-upload. Late but here nonetheless. Just remember that this video was delayed from being viewed from when it should have been viewed. After you see the video, you will have to be the judge of what it was they didn't want you to see or hear me say, until after 10-29 had passed. Better late than never. This video reports on the code within the Google Doodle image for 10-28-13, honoring the career and 116th birthday of Edith Head, Hollywood Costume designer who won 8 Academy Awards, had 35 nominations and who worked at Paramount for 43 yrs before moving over to Univ...
Travis Banton and Howard Greer were Hollywood's reigning kings of costume when Edith Head arrived at Paramount in 1924. This new presentation from Paramount Picture Archive follows the Decorative Arts Center's wildly successful 2014 exhibition Designing Woman: Edith Head at Paramount 1924-1967. Featured will be the lavish costumes of Edith Head and her contemporaries, Mr. Banton, Mr. Greer, Mary Kay Dodson and Irene Lentz along with dazzling jewelry from the Paramount collection. A handful of current designers will be represented as well - their costumes a testament to the enduring influence of Edith Head. Presented by the Fox Foundation
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