Travilla
Profile info
Known forCostume & Make-Up
GenderMale
Birthday22 March 1920
Died2 November 1990 (age 70)
Place of birthLos Angeles, California, USA
Known credits85
Biography
The man who draped a fringed Idaho potato sack on Marilyn Monroe for a famous snapshot - proving that she looked good in anything - was born on Catalina Island off the California coast on March 22 1920. He studied at the Chouinard School of Art in L.A., showing a precocious talent for drawing fashion design from an early age. By the time he was sixteen, he made money by selling sketches of costume designs for showgirls he had studied at burlesque houses. Found unfit for wartime duties due to flat feet, William Travilla made his way to Hollywood and signed his first contract as costume designe…
The Thorn Birds
1983 · Costume Design
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1981 · Costume Design
Evita Peron
1981 · Costume Design
The Silent Lovers
1980 · Costume Design
The Scarlett O'Hara War
1980 · Costume Design
This Year's Blonde
1980 · Costume Design
Caboblanco
1980 · Costume Design
She's Dressed to Kill
1979 · Costume Design
The Boston Strangler
1968 · Costume Supervisor
The Secret Life of an American Wife
1968 · Costume Design
Valley of the Dolls
1967 · Costume Design
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967 · Himself
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967
Take Her, She's Mine
1963 · Costume Design
Mary, Mary
1963 · Costume Designer
The Stripper
1963 · Costume Design
From the Terrace
1960 · Costume Design
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Costume Designer
Bus Stop
1956 · Costume Design
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956 · Costume Design
The Proud Ones
1956 · Costume Design
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
1956 · Costume Design
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956 · Costume Design
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956 · Costume Design
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955 · Costume Design
The Tall Men
1955 · Costume Design
The Left Hand of God
1955 · Costume Design
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955 · Costume Design
The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Costume Design
White Feather
1955 · Costume Design
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954 · Costume Design
Three Young Texans
1954 · Costume Design
Black Widow
1954 · Costume Design
Broken Lance
1954 · Costume Design
The Raid
1954 · Costume Design
Garden of Evil
1954 · Costume Design
Princess of the Nile
1954 · Costume Design
River of No Return
1954 · Costume Design
Hell and High Water
1954 · Costume Designer
Man in the Attic
1953 · Costume Design
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953 · Costume Design
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · Costume Design
Appointment in Honduras
1953 · Costume Design
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Costume Design
Powder River
1953 · Costume Design
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953 · Costume Design
Pickup on South Street
1953 · Costume Design
The Girl Next Door
1953 · Costume Design
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