
Dorothy Jeakins
Profile info
Known forCostume & Make-Up
GenderFemale
Birthday11 January 1914
Died21 November 1995 (age 81)
Place of birthSan Diego, California, USA
Known credits59
Biography
Dorothy Jeakins (January 11, 1914 – November 21, 1995) was an American costume designer. Born in San Diego, California, she attended public school in Los Angeles from first grade through high school. As a senior at Fairfax High School, she was offered a scholarship to study at the Otis Art Institute (now known as Otis College of Art and Design). She also attended the Art Students League of Los Angeles, under Stanton Macdonald-Wright. She was later awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Otis College in 1987. Jeakins worked on WPA projects and as a Disney artist in the 1930s. Her fashion career be…

The Dead
1987 · Costume Designer

On Golden Pond
1981 · Costume Design

The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 · Costume Design

North Dallas Forty
1979 · Costume Design

Love and Bullets
1979 · Costume Design

The Betsy
1978 · Costume Design

Audrey Rose
1977 · Costume Design

I Will, I Will...For Now
1976 · Costume Design

The Hindenburg
1975 · Costume Design

The Yakuza
1974 · Costume Design

Young Frankenstein
1974 · Costume Design

The Savage Is Loose
1974 · Costume Design

The Way We Were
1973 · Costume Design

Fat City
1972 · Costume Design

Fuzz
1972 · Costume Design

The Molly Maguires
1970 · Costume Design

True Grit
1969 · Costume Design

The Stalking Moon
1968 · Costumer

The Fixer
1968 · Costume Design

Finian's Rainbow
1968 · Costume Design

Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967 · Costume Design

The Flim-Flam Man
1967 · Costume Design

Any Wednesday
1966 · Costume Design

Hawaii
1966 · Hepzibah Hale

Hawaii
1966 · Costume Designer

The Fool Killer
1965 · Costume Design

The Sound of Music
1965 · Costume Design

The Night of the Iguana
1964 · Costume Design

Ensign Pulver
1964 · Costume Design

The Best Man
1964 · Costume Supervisor

The Music Man
1962 · Costume Design

All Fall Down
1962 · Costume Design

The Children's Hour
1961 · Costume Design

Let's Make Love
1960 · Costume Design

Elmer Gantry
1960 · Costume Design

The Unforgiven
1960 · Costume Design

Green Mansions
1959 · Costume Design

South Pacific
1958 · Costume Design

Desire Under the Elms
1958 · Costume Design

Annie Get Your Gun
1957 · Costume Design

Mayerling
1957 · Costume Design

Friendly Persuasion
1956 · Costume Design

The Ten Commandments
1956 · Costume Design

Three Coins in the Fountain
1954 · Costume Design

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953 · Costume Design

City of Bad Men
1953 · Costume Design

Inferno
1953 · Costume Design

White Witch Doctor
1953 · Costume Design
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