- Known For
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- March 22, 1920
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- November 2, 1990
Travilla
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 designer at Columbia in 1941. However, during his two-year tenure he received rather few assignments and left disillusioned. Little work came his way during the next few years, until, in 1946, he was spotted in a nightclub (selling travel sketches of the South Pacific) by the actress Ann Sheridan, who beca…
Filmography
tvThe Thorn Birds
1983 · Costume Design
movieJacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1981 · Costume Design
movieEvita Peron
1981 · Costume Design
movieThe Silent Lovers
1980 · Costume Design
movieThe Scarlett O'Hara War
1980 · Costume Design
movieThis Year's Blonde
1980 · Costume Design
movieCaboblanco
1980 · Costume Design
movieShe's Dressed to Kill
1979 · Costume Design
movieThe Boston Strangler
1968 · Costume Supervisor
movieThe Secret Life of an American Wife
1968 · Costume Design
movieValley of the Dolls
1967 · Costume Design
movieValley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967 · Himself
movieJacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967
movieTake Her, She's Mine
1963 · Costume Design
movieMary, Mary
1963 · Costume Designer
movieThe Stripper
1963 · Costume Design
movieFrom the Terrace
1960 · Costume Design
tvShirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Costume Designer
movieBus Stop
1956 · Costume Design
movie23 Paces to Baker Street
1956 · Costume Design
movieThe Proud Ones
1956 · Costume Design
movieThe Revolt of Mamie Stover
1956 · Costume Design
movieThe Bottom of the Bottle
1956 · Costume Design
movieThe Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956 · Costume Design
movieThe Rains of Ranchipur
1955 · Costume Design
movieThe Tall Men
1955 · Costume Design
movieThe Left Hand of God
1955 · Costume Design
movieHow to Be Very, Very Popular
1955 · Costume Design
movieThe Seven Year Itch
1955 · Costume Design
movieWhite Feather
1955 · Costume Design
movieThere's No Business Like Show Business
1954 · Costume Design
movieThree Young Texans
1954 · Costume Design
movieBlack Widow
1954 · Costume Design
movieBroken Lance
1954 · Costume Design
movieThe Raid
1954 · Costume Design
movieGarden of Evil
1954 · Costume Design
moviePrincess of the Nile
1954 · Costume Design
movieRiver of No Return
1954 · Costume Design
movieHell and High Water
1954 · Costume Designer
movieMan in the Attic
1953 · Costume Design
movieKing of the Khyber Rifles
1953 · Costume Design
movieHow to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · Costume Design
movieAppointment in Honduras
1953 · Costume Design
movieGentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Costume Design
moviePowder River
1953 · Costume Design
movieThe Farmer Takes a Wife
1953 · Costume Design
moviePickup on South Street
1953 · Costume Design
movieThe Girl Next Door
1953 · Costume Design
movieBloodhounds of Broadway
1952 · Costume Design
movieMonkey Business
1952 · Costume Designer
movieDreamboat
1952 · Costume Design
movieDon't Bother to Knock
1952 · Costume Design
movieViva Zapata!
1952 · Costume Design
movieThe Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · Costume Design
movieMeet Me After the Show
1951 · Costume Design
movieOn the Riviera
1951 · Costume Design
movieRawhide
1951 · Costume Design
movieBird of Paradise
1951 · Costume Design
movieAmerican Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950 · Costume Design
movieI'll Get By
1950 · Costume Design
movieMister 880
1950 · Costume Design
movieNo Way Out
1950 · Costume Design
moviePanic in the Streets
1950 · Costume Design
movieThe Gunfighter
1950 · Costume Design
movieThe Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950 · Costume Design
movieMother Didn't Tell Me
1950 · Costume Design
movieWhen Willie Comes Marching Home
1950 · Costume Design
movieThe Inspector General
1949 · Costume Design
movieDancing in the Dark
1949 · Costume Design
movieLook for the Silver Lining
1949 · Costume Design
movieFlamingo Road
1949 · Costume Design
movieAdventures of Don Juan
1948 · Costume Supervisor
movieTwo Guys from Texas
1948 · Costume Design
movieSilver River
1948 · Costume Designer, Wardrobe Designer
movieMy Wild Irish Rose
1947 · Costume Design
movieEscape Me Never
1947 · Costume Design
movieCry Wolf
1947 · Costume Design
movieThe Unfaithful
1947 · Costume Designer
movieLove and Learn
1947 · Wardrobe Designer
movieNora Prentiss
1947 · Costume Design
movieThe Beast with Five Fingers
1947 · Wardrobe Designer
movieThe Woman of the Town
1943 · Costume Design
movieThe Desperadoes
1943 · Costume Design
movieFiesta
1941 · Costume Design