Jean Louis
male
Born on October 05, 1907 (118 years old)
Passed Away on April 20, 1997
From Paris, France
Known for Costume & Make-Up
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 beaded souffle stagewear for her cabaret world tours, as well as the sheer, sparkling gown that Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to John F. Kennedy in 1962. The dress was so tight that he is believed to have actually sewn it while Monroe was wearing it. The idea of dresses being a nude color, with crystals coating it, stunned audiences. It gave the members of the audience the illusion that Monroe was nude, except for discretely placed rhinestones covering them head to toe. Louis had originally designed a version of the dress for Marlene Dietrich, who wore it in her concert shows. An impressed Monroe asked Dietrich about it, who told her how the dress's illusion worked, and sent her to Louis to design a similar dress for her Kennedy appearance. While Dietrich had been seen wearing her version before Monroe, the press coverage surrounding Monroe's appearance at Madison Square Garden in her style of gown swept the globe. This robe became—besides the white one from "The Seven Year Itch"—Marilyn Monroe's most famous robe, selling at auction in 2016 for 4.8 million dollars. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Crew Credits
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Picnic
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Costume Designer
1955
Count Three and Pray
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Costume Design
1955
Three for the Show
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Costume Design
1955
The Long Gray Line
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Costume Design
1955
The Violent Men
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Costume Design
1955
My Sister Eileen
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Costume Design
1955
5 Against the House
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Costume Design
1955
Queen Bee
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Costume Design
1955
Tight Spot
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Costume Designer
1955
- 1954
- 1953
- 1952
Paula
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Costume Design
1952
The Marrying Kind
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Costume Design
1952
Scandal Sheet
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Costume Design
1952
Assignment: Paris
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Costume Design
1952
Captain Pirate
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Costume Design
1952
The Four Poster
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Costume Design
1952
The Happy Time
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Costume Design
1952
Affair in Trinidad
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Costume Design
1952
The Golden Hawk
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Costume Designer
1952
The Brigand
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Costume Designer
1952
- 1951
- 1950
Fortunes of Captain Blood
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Wardrobe Designer
1950
The Fuller Brush Girl
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Costume Design
1950
The Traveling Saleswoman
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Costume Design
1950
A Woman of Distinction
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Costume Design
1950
The Petty Girl
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Costume Design
1950
In a Lonely Place
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Costume Design
1950
Father Is a Bachelor
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Costume Design
1950
The Flying Missile
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Costume Design
1950
Born Yesterday
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Costume Design
1950
The Killer That Stalked New York
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Costume Design
1950
No Sad Songs for Me
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Costume Design
1950
Kill the Umpire
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Costume Design
1950
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Lust for Gold
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Costume Design
1949
The Walking Hills
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Wardrobe Designer
1949
Knock on Any Door
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Costume Design
1949
Anna Lucasta
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Costume Design
1949
The Undercover Man
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Costume Design
1949
Tokyo Joe
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Costume Design
1949
Shockproof
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Costume Design
1949
And Baby Makes Three
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Costume Design
1949
Slightly French
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Costume Design
1949
The Reckless Moment
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Costume Designer
1949
Johnny Allegro
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Costume Design
1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
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Costume Design
1949
All the King's Men
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Costume Design
1949
Tell It to the Judge
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Costume Design
1949
Mr. Soft Touch
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Costume Design
1949
The Undercover Man
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Costume Designer
1949
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The Mating of Millie
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Costume Design
1948
The Return of October
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Costume Design
1948
The Loves of Carmen
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Costume Design
1948
The Black Arrow
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Costume Design
1948
The Fuller Brush Man
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Costume Design
1948
The Man from Colorado
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Costume Design
1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
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Costume Design
1948
The Sign of the Ram
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Costume Design
1948
The Dark Past
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Costume Design
1948
I Love Trouble
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Costume Design
1948
- 1947
- 1946
Gilda
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Costume Design
1946
Renegades
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Costume Design
1946
Meet Me on Broadway
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Costume Design
1946
The Thrill of Brazil
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Costume Design
1946
Gallant Journey
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Costume Design
1946
The Return of Monte Cristo
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Costume Design
1946
The Jolson Story
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Costume Design
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
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Costume Design
1946
Tomorrow Is Forever
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Costume Design
1946
The Gentleman Misbehaves
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Costume Design
1946
Dead Reckoning
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Costume Design
1946
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