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Revision as of 17:18, 28 January 2012
Helen Rose | |
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| Born | February 2, 1904 |
| Died | November 9, 1985 (aged 81) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
Helen Rose (February 2, 1904 - November 9, 1985) was an American costume designer and clothing designer who spent the bulk of her career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Career
Helen Rose was born on February 2, 1904 to William Bromberg and Ray Bobbs in Chicago, Illinois of German and Russian descent. She attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then designed nightclub and stage costumes for various acts.[1] She moved to Los Angeles in 1929, designing outfits for the Ice Follies. In the early 40s she spent two years working for 20th Century Fox, where she designed wardrobe for musical selections. In 1943 MGM hired her in the wake of Adrian's departure and by the late '40s Rose was promoted to chief designer at the studio.[1]
Rose won two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, for The Bad and the Beautiful in 1952 and for I'll Cry Tomorrow in 1955.[1] She was nominated a further eight times and was also very well known for designing famous wedding dresses of the era. She designed the famous wedding dress of Grace Kelly when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956.[2] She also designed clothing for Elizabeth Taylor in the movies Father of the Bride and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as well as Elizabeth Taylor's wedding dress when she married Conrad "Nicky" Hilton.[2][3]
In the late 60s, Rose left the studio to open her own design business and continued to provide fancy attire for the famed and the wealthy. She also wrote a fashion column. She wrote two books - her autobiography Just Make Them Beautiful in 1976 and "The Glamorous World of Helen Rose". In the '70s Rose also staged a traveling fashion show featuring some of her MGM-designed costumes that was called "The Helen Rose Show".[4][5]
Helen was married to Harry V. Rose, whose birth name was Harry Rosenstein (1902–1993), and they had a daughter. She died in Palm Springs, California in 1985.
Actresses Designed For
- Betty Grable in Coney Island, 1943
- Lena Horne in Stormy Weather, 1943
- Virginia O'Brien in The Harvey Girls, 1946
- Judy Garland in The Harvey Girls, 1946
- Carmen Miranda in Nancy Goes to Rio 1950
- Lana Turner in The Merry Widow and The Bad and The Beautiful, 1952
- Grace Kelly in Mogambo 1953
- Lauren Bacall in Designing Woman, 1957
- Elizabeth Taylor in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof 1958, and BUtterfield 8, 1960
- Doris Day in Love Me or Leave Me, 1955
- Grace Kelly in High Society and The Swan, 1956
- Marilyn Monroe in River of No Return 1954
References
- ^ a b c H. Kristina Haugland (2006). Grace kelly: icon of style to royal bride. Yale University Press. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ a b Ronald Bergan (March 31, 2011). "Designing Woman: Helen Rose". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ Toni Jones (March 24, 2011). "Elizabeth Taylor: the fashion icon". The Sun. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Helen Rose". Vintage Fashion Guild. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ Burt A. Folkart (November 12, 1985). "Film Costume Designer Helen Rose Dies". LA Times. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
Additional info
- 1910 United States Federal Census, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Enumeration District 7, Sheet 17, April 22–23, 1910.
- 1920 United States Federal Census, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Enumeration District 6, Sheet 10A, January 10, 1920.
- California Death Index on Ancestry.com.