Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthault, October 5, 1907, Paris, France- - April 20, 1997, Palm Springs, California, USA) was a French-born, Hollywood costume designer and an Academy Award winner for Costume Design. Louis 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 beaded souffle stagewear for her cabaret world tours, as well as the sheer, sparkling gown Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to John F. Kennedy in 1962.
In 1993, four years after the death of his second wife, Louis married former client Loretta Young (married until his death in 1997).
[edit] Academy Award nominations
[edit] Actresses designed for
- Rita Hayworth in Tonight and Every Night, 1945, Gilda, 1946, Affair in Trinidad, 1952, Miss Sadie Thompson and Salome, 1953
- Irene Dunne in Together Again, 1944
- Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow is Forever 1946
- Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday, 1950 and The Solid Gold Cadillac, 1956
- Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat, 1953
- Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity, 1953
- Judy Garland in A Star is Born, 1954
- Joan Crawford in Queen Bee, 1955
- Betty Grable in Three for the Show, 1955
- Kim Novak in Picnic, 1955, and Bell, Book, and Candle, 1958
- Kim Novak and Rita Hayworth in Pal Joey, 1957
- Lana Turner in Imitation of Life, 1959
- Doris Day in Pillow Talk (1959) and Send Me No Flowers (1964)
- Loretta Young for The Loretta Young Show, Television series, 1953-1961
- Marlene Dietrich in The Monte Carlo Story, 1957, and Judgement at Nuremberg, 1961
- Susan Hayward in Back Street, 1961
[edit] References
- Hollywood Costume Design/ David Chierchetti, author ISBN 0-517-526379
- In A Glamorous Fashion: The Fabulous Years Of Hollywood Costume Design/ W.Robert Lavine, author ISBN 0-684-16610-0
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