Edith Head

Uncommon card · No. 83071

Edith Claire Head (née Posener; October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American film costume designer. With a total of 8 wins out of 35 nominations, she is the most decorated woman at the Academy Awards. She also holds the Guinness World Record for most-credited costume designer in film history, with a total of 432 credits. Raised between California and Nevada, Head earned degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University before beginning a career as a French and Spanish languages teacher. After taking courses at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, she was hired in 1923 as a costume sketch artist at Famous Players–Lasky, which later became Paramount Pictures. She won acclaim for her design of Dorothy Lamour’s trademark sarong in the 1936 film The Jungle Princess, and became a household name after the Academy Award for Best Costume Design was created in 1948. Head was considered exceptional for her close working relationships with her subjects, with...

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