Edith Head

Costume & Make-Up·October 28, 1897·† October 24, 1981 — 83 years old·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) and ending with The Sting (1973).

Known For

Rear Window

1954·8.3

Vertigo

1958·8.1

Breakfast at Tiffany's

The Birds

The Sting

Sunset Boulevard

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Roman Holiday

Double Indemnity

The Ten Commandments

Notorious

Witness for the Prosecution

1957·8.2

Filmography · 490

2016The Women Who Run HollywoodSelf (archive footage)2002Edith Head: The Paramount YearsSelf (archive footage)1982Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidCostume Design 1981Edith HeadSelf 1980The Last Married Couple in AmericaCostume Design 1979Women in WhiteTVCostume Design 1978Return EngagementCostume Design 1978The Big FixCostume Design 1978Little WomenTVCostume Design 1978Olly Olly Oxen FreeCostume Design 1978SextetteCostume Design 1977Sunshine ChristmasCostume Design 1977Sex and the Married WomanCostume Design 1977Airport '77Costume Design 1976The Disappearance of AimeeCostume Design 1976Amelia EarhartCostume Design 1976Family PlotCostume Design 1976W.C. Fields and MeCostume Design 1976Gable and LombardCostume Design 1975The Man Who Would Be KingWardrobe Designer 1975Rooster CogburnCostume Design 1975The Great Waldo PepperCostume Design 1974Dinah!TVSelf - Guest 1974Airport 1975Costume Design 1974Flick FlackTV 1973The StingCostume Design 1973The Don Is DeadCostume Design 1973A Doll's HouseCostume Design 1973ShowdownCostume Design 1972Pete 'n' TillieCostume Design 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanCostume Design 1972Hammersmith Is OutCostumer 1972The Screaming WomanCostume Design 1971Sometimes a Great NotionCostume Design 1971ColumboTVEdith Head 1971V.I.P. SchaukelTVSelf 1970Myra BreckinridgeCostumer 1970Colossus: The Forbin ProjectCostume Design 1970AirportCostume Design 1970SkullduggeryCostume Design 1970Story of a WomanCostume Design 1969TopazCostume Design 1969Downhill RacerCostume Design 1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is HereCostume Design 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidCostume Design 1969The Lost ManCostume Design 1969Eye of the CatCostume Design 1969WinningCostume Design 1969Sweet CharityCostume Design 1969The Art of Exaggeration: Designs for Sweet Charity by Edith HeadHost 1968HellfightersCostume Design 1968House of CardsCostume Design 1968In Enemy CountryCostume Design 1968What's So Bad About Feeling Good?Costume Design 1968BlueCostume Design 1967ChukaCostume Design 1967Easy Come, Easy GoCostume Design 1967Barefoot in the ParkCostume Design 1967The Caper of the Golden BullsCostume Design 1967HotelCostume Design 1967Warning ShotCostume Design 1966El DoradoCostume Design 1966The SwingerCostume Design 1966PenelopeCostume Design · Costumer 1966This Property Is CondemnedCostume Design 1966Torn CurtainCostume Design 1966Assault on a QueenCostume Design 1966The Last of the Secret Agents?Costume Design 1966Paradise, Hawaiian StyleCostume Design 1966Johnny RenoCostume Design 1966The OscarEdith Head · Costume Design 1966Inside Daisy CloverCostume Design 1965Boeing, BoeingCostume Design 1965The Slender ThreadCostume Design 1965Red Line 7000Costume Design 1965The Great RaceCostume Design 1965The Family JewelsCostume Design 1965The Sons of Katie ElderCostume Design 1965The Hallelujah TrailCostume Design 1965HarlowCostume Design 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!Costume Design 1965Love Has Many FacesCostume Design 1965SylviaCostume Design 1964The Yellow Rolls-RoyceCostume Design 1964Sex and the Single GirlCostume Design 1964The Disorderly OrderlyCostume Design 196436 HoursCostume Design 1964RoustaboutCostume Design 1964Where Love Has GoneCostume Design 1964A House Is Not a HomeCostume Design 1964MarnieCostume Design 1964What a Way to Go!Costume Design 1964The PatsyCostume Design 1964Lady in a CageCostume Design 1964The Lucille Ball Comedy HourCostume Design 1964Man's Favorite Sport?Costume Design 1963Love with the Proper StrangerCostume Design 1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Costume Design 1963Who's Minding the Store?Costume Design 1963Fun in AcapulcoCostume Design 1963A New Kind of LoveCostume Design 1963Donovan's ReefCostume Design 1963Come Blow Your HornCostume Design 1963The Nutty ProfessorCostume Design 1963HudCostume Design 1963My Six LovesCostume Design 1963The BirdsCostume Design 1963Critic's ChoiceCostume Design 1962A Girl Named TamikoCostume Design 1962Who's Got the Action?Costume Design 1962Girls! Girls! Girls!Costume Design 1962It's Only MoneyCostume Design 1962The Merv Griffin ShowTVSelf 1962Hatari!Costume Design 1962Escape from ZahrainCostume Design 1962The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceCostume Design 1962The Counterfeit TraitorCostume Design 1962My GeishaCostume Design 1961Pocketful of MiraclesCostume Design 1961The Errand BoyCostume Design 1961Blue HawaiiCostume Design 1961Summer and SmokeCostume Design 1961Too Late BluesCostume Design 1961Breakfast at Tiffany'sCostume Supervisor 1961The Ladies ManCostume Design 1961The Pleasure of His CompanyDress Designer (uncredited) · Costume Design 1961On the DoubleCostume Design 1961All in a Night's WorkCostume Design 1960PepeCostume Design 1960CinderfellaCostume Design 1960G.I. BluesCostume Design 1960The Facts of LifeCostume Design 1960The Rat RaceCostume Design 1960Heller in Pink TightsCostume Design 1960Visit to a Small PlanetCostume Design 1959The Jayhawkers!Costume Design 1959CareerCostume Design 1959A Hole in the HeadCostume Design 1959That Kind of WomanCostume Design 1959But Not for MeCostume Design 1959Last Train from Gun HillCostume Design 1959Don't Give Up the ShipCostume Design 1959The Five PenniesCostume Design 1959The HangmanCostume Design 1959Alias Jesse JamesCostume Design 1959The Black OrchidCostume Design 1959The TrapCostume Design 1958Separate TablesCostume Design 1958HouseboatCostume Design 1958The Geisha BoyCostume Design 1958The Party CrashersCostume Design 1958The MatchmakerCostume Design 1958Rock-a-Bye BabyCostume Design 1958King CreoleCostumer 1958MaracaiboCostume Design 1958Hot SpellCostume Design 1958VertigoCostume Design 1958St. Louis BluesCostume Design 1958Teacher's PetCostume Design 1957Witness for the ProsecutionCostume Design 1957Wild Is the WindCostume Design 1957The Sad SackCostume Design 1957The Tin StarCostume Design 1957The Devil's HairpinCostume Design 1957Hear Me GoodCostume Design 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarTVSelf 1957Loving YouCostume Design 1957Beau JamesCostume Design 1957The Delicate DelinquentCostume Design 1957Gunfight at the O.K. CorralCostume Design 1957The Buster Keaton StoryCostume Design 1957Fear Strikes OutCostume Design 1957Funny FaceCostume Design 1956The RainmakerCostume Design 1956Hollywood or BustCostume Design 1956The Ten CommandmentsCostume Design 1956The Search for Bridey MurphyCostume Design 1956PardnersCostume Design 1956The Leather SaintCostume Design 1956That Certain FeelingCostume Design 1956The MountainCostume Design 1956The Man Who Knew Too MuchCostume Design 1956The Birds and the BeesCostume Design 1956The Scarlet HourCostume Design 1955The Court JesterCostume Design 1955The Rose TattooCostume Design 1955Artists and ModelsCostume Design 1955Lucy GallantEdith Head · Costume Design 1955The Desperate HoursCostume Design 1955The Trouble with HarryCostume Design 1955The Seven Little FoysCostume Design 1955The Girl RushCostume Design 1955You're Never Too YoungCostume Design 1955To Catch a ThiefCostume Design 1955The Far HorizonsCostume Design 1955Hell's IslandWardrobe Supervisor 1955Run for CoverCostume Design 1955Strategic Air CommandCostume Design 19543 Ring CircusCostume Design 1954The Country GirlCostume Design 1954The Bridges at Toko-RiCostume Design 1954White ChristmasCostume Design 1954SabrinaCostume Supervisor 1954Living It UpCostume Design 1954About Mrs. LeslieCostume Design 1954Rear WindowCostume Design 1954Secret of the IncasCostume Design 1954Elephant WalkCostume Design 1954Casanova's Big NightCostume Design 1954Knock on WoodCostume Design 1954The Naked JungleCostume Design 1954JivaroCostume Design 1954Alaska SeasCostume Design 1953Money from HomeCostume Design 1953Forever FemaleCostume Design 1953Here Come the GirlsCostume Design 1953Those Redheads from SeattleCostume Design 1953Roman HolidayCostume Design 1953The CaddyCostume Design 1953ArrowheadCostume Design 1953HoudiniCostume Design 1953Pony ExpressCostume Design 1953SangareeCostume Design 1953Scared StiffCostume Design 1953ShaneCostume Design 1953The War of the WorldsCostume Design 1953Come Back, Little ShebaCostume Design 1952Off LimitsCostume Design 1952Road to BaliCostume Design 1952Thunder in the EastCostume Design 1952Just for YouCostume Design 1952Somebody Loves MeCostume Design 1952CaribbeanCostume Design 1952The SavageCostume Design 1952CarrieCostume Design 1952Son of PalefaceCostume Design 1952The Turning PointCostume Design 1952Jumping JacksCostume Design 1952Denver and Rio GrandeCostume Design 1952The Atomic CityCostume Design 1952Stolen FaceCostume Design 1952My Son JohnCostume Design 1952Aaron Slick from Punkin CrickCostume Design 1952Something to Live ForCostume Design 1952The Greatest Show on EarthCostume Design 1952Sailor BewareCostume Design 1951My Favorite SpyCostume Design 1951The StoogeCostume Design 1951Submarine CommandCostumer 1951Detective StoryCostume Design 1951Here Comes the GroomCostume Design 1951When Worlds CollideCostume Design 1951Darling, How Could You!Costume Design 1951Peking ExpressCostume Design 1951Ace in the HoleCostume Design 1951A Place in the SunCostume Design 1951That's My BoyCostume Design 1951Dear BratCostume Design 1951The Lemon Drop KidCostume Design 1950Mr. MusicCostume Design 1950Let's DanceCostume Design 1950Copper CanyonCostume Design 1950All About EveCostume Design 1950BrandedCostume Design 1950September AffairCostume Design 1950Dark CityCostume Design 1950Sunset BoulevardCostume Design 1950The FuriesCostume Design 1950The Costume DesignerSelf (uncredited)1950My Friend Irma Goes WestCostume Design 1950Riding HighCostume Design 1950No Man of Her OwnCostume Design 1950My Foolish HeartCostume Design 1949Samson and DelilahCostume Design 1949The Great LoverCostume Design 1949The File on Thelma JordonCostume Design 1949Beyond the ForestCostume Design 1949My Friend IrmaCostume Design 1949The HeiressCostume Design 1949Red, Hot and BlueCostume Design 1949Rope of SandCostume Design 1949ManhandledCostume Design 1949The Great GatsbyCostume Design 1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProduction Design 1949The AccusedCostume Design 1948Miss Tatlock's MillionsCostume Design 1948June BrideCostume Design 1948Isn't It Romantic?Costume Design 1948Sorry, Wrong NumberCostume Design 1948Rachel and the StrangerCostume Design 1948Night Has a Thousand EyesCostume Design 1948A Foreign AffairCostume Design 1948So Evil My LoveCostume Design 1948Dream GirlCostume Design 1948The Emperor WaltzCostume Design 1948My Own True LoveCostume Design 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowTVSelf 1948The Sainted SistersCostume Design 1948The Big ClockCostume Design 1947I Walk AloneCostume Design 1947Road to RioCostume Design 1947SaigonCostume Design 1947Where There's LifeCostume Design 1947Wild HarvestCostume Design 1947Variety GirlCostume Design 1947Cry WolfCostume Design 1947Desert FuryCostume Design 1947The Perils of PaulineCostume Design 1947The Trouble with WomenCostume Design 1947Welcome StrangerCostume Design 1947Dear RuthCostume Design 1947The Other LoveCostume Design 1947Blaze of NoonCostume Design 1947RamrodCostume Design 1947The Farmer's DaughterCostume Design 1947My Favorite BrunetteCostume Design 1947The Two Mrs. CarrollsCostume Design 1947CaliforniaCostume Design 1947The Perfect MarriageCostume Design 1946Cross My HeartCostume Design 1946Blue SkiesCostume Design 1946NotoriousCostume Design 1946The Strange Love of Martha IversCostume Design 1946The Bride Wore BootsCostume Design 1946The VirginianCostume Design 1946The Blue DahliaCostume Design · Costumer 1946To Each His OwnCostume Design 1946Road to UtopiaCostume Design 1946My ReputationCostume Design 1945The Stork ClubCostume Design 1945The Bells of St. Mary'sCostume Design 1945Masquerade in MexicoCostume Design 1945The Lost WeekendCostume Design 1945Hold That Blonde!Costume Design 1945Love LettersCostume Design 1945Christmas in ConnecticutCostume Design 1945Incendiary BlondeCostume Design 1945Out of This WorldCostume Design 1945The Affairs of SusanCostume Design 1945You Came AlongCostume Design 1945A Medal for BennyCostume Design 1945Bring on the GirlsCostume Design 1944I'll Be Seeing YouCostume Design 1944Here Come the WavesCostume Design 1944And Now TomorrowCostume Design 1944Our Hearts Were Young and GayCostume Design 1944Rainbow IslandCostume Design 1944The Miracle of Morgan's CreekCostume Design 1944Hail the Conquering HeroCostume Design 1944The Great MomentCostume Design 1944I Love a SoldierCostume Design 1944Double IndemnityCostume Design 1944Tender ComradeCostume Design 1944Ministry of FearCostume Design 1944And the Angels SingCostume Design 1944The UninvitedCostume Design 1944Lady in the DarkCostume Design 1944Standing Room OnlyCostume Design 1944Going My WayCostume Design 1943True to LifeCostume Design 1943Riding HighCostume Design 1943Flesh and FantasyCostume Design 1943HostagesCostume Design 1943Let's Face ItCostume Design 1943Five Graves to CairoCostume Design 1943Lady of BurlesqueCostume Design 1943ChinaCostume Design 1943No Time for LoveCostume Design 1943They Got Me CoveredCostume Design 1943Young and WillingCostume Design 1943The Crystal BallCostume Design 1942Lucky JordanCostume Design 1942Road to MoroccoCostume Design 1942I Married a WitchCostume Design 1942The Major and the MinorCostume Design 1942The Glass KeyCostume Design 1942The Gay SistersCostume Design 1942Holiday InnCostume Design 1942Beyond the Blue HorizonCostume Design 1942Are Husbands Necessary?Costume Design 1942This Gun for HireCostume Design 1942My Favorite BlondeCostume Design 1942The Remarkable AndrewCostume Design 1942Star Spangled RhythmCostume Design 1942The Fleet's InCostume Design 1942The Lady Has PlansCostume Design 1941Bahama PassageCostume Design 1941Ball of FireCostume Design · Costumer 1941Sullivan's TravelsCostume Design 1941SkylarkCostume Design 1941Birth of the BluesCostume Design 1941New York TownCostume Design 1941The Great Man's LadyCostume Design 1941You Belong to MeCostume Design 1941Nothing but the TruthCostume Design 1941Hold Back the DawnCostume Design 1941Aloma of the South SeasCostume Design 1941Here Comes Mr. JordanCostume Design 1941Kiss the Boys GoodbyeCostume Design 1941Caught in the DraftCostume Design 1941West Point WidowCostume Design 1941Road to ZanzibarCostume Design 1941The Lady EveCostume Design 1941Life with HenryCostume Design 1940Love Thy NeighborCostume Design 1940The Mad DoctorCostume Design 1940The Texas Rangers Ride AgainCostume Design 1940Dancing on a DimeCostume Design 1940Rhythm on the RiverCostume Design 1940The Great McGintyCostume Design 1940Moon Over BurmaCostume Design 1940UntamedCostume Design 1940The Ghost BreakersCostume Design 1940SafariCostume Design 1940Buck Benny Rides AgainCostume Design 1940TyphoonCostume Design 1940The Farmer's DaughterCostume Design 1940Road to SingaporeCostume Design 1940Adventure in DiamondsCostume Design 1940Remember the NightCostume Design 1939The Great Victor HerbertCostume Design 1939The Cat and the CanaryCostume Design 1939Disputed PassageCostume Design 1939Honeymoon in BaliCostume Design 1939The Star MakerCostume Design 1939Beau GesteCostume Design 1939The Magnificent FraudCostume Design 1939Man About TownCostume Design 1939Invitation to HappinessCostume Design 1939The Gracie Allen Murder CaseCostume Design 1939Man of ConquestCostume Design 1939Hotel ImperialCostume Design 1939Sudden MoneyCostume Design 1939King of ChinatownCostume Design 1939Never Say DieCostume Design 1939Cafe SocietyCostume Design 1939Paris HoneymoonCostume Design 1939ZazaCostume Design 1939DisbarredCostume Design 1938Artists and Models AbroadCostume Design 1938Thanks for the MemoryCostume Design 1938If I Were KingCostume Design 1938Spawn of the NorthCostume Design 1938Give Me a SailorCostume Design 1938The TexansCostume Design 1938Men with WingsCostume Design 1938Tropic HolidayCostume Design 1938Cocoanut GroveCostume Design 1938College SwingCostume Design 1938Her Jungle LoveCostume Design 1938Dangerous to KnowCostume Design 1938Mad About MusicCostume Design 1938The Big Broadcast of 1938Costume Design 1937Wells FargoCostume Design 1937Hell TownCostume Design 1937Thrill of a LifetimeCostume Design 1937Blossoms On BroadwayCostume Design 1937This Way PleaseCostume Design 1937Ebb TideCostume Design 1937Double or NothingCostume Design 1937Sophie Lang Goes WestCostume Design 1937Souls at SeaCostume Design 1937ExclusiveCostume Design 1937Turn Off the MoonCostume Design 1937Waikiki WeddingCostume Design 1937Her Husband LiesCostume Design 1937John Meade's WomanCostume Design 1936College HolidayCostume Design 1936Murder with PicturesCostume Design 1936The Texas RangersCostume Design 1936Rhythm on the RangeCostume Design 1936The Return of Sophie LangCostume Design 1936PoppyCostume Design 1936Early to BedCostume Design 1936Till We Meet AgainCostume Design 1935Hollywood Extra GirlEdith Head (uncredited)1934She Loves Me NotCostume Design 1934Death Takes a HolidayCostume Design 1933Cradle SongCostume Design 1933She Done Him WrongCostume Design 1932Love Me TonightCostume Design 1931The Lawyer's SecretCostume Design 1930Only the BraveCostume Design 1929The Saturday Night KidCostume Design 1928Ladies of the MobCostume Design 1928The Legion of the CondemnedCostume Design 1927WingsCostume Design 1926MantrapCostume Design 1925Are Parents People?Costume Design 1924Peter PanCostume Design