Edith Head

Costume & Make-Up

Born: 1897-10-28
Died: 1981-10-24
From: San Bernadino, California, USA
Gender: Female
Popularity: 0.5

Also Known As

Edith Claire Posener

Biography

Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiress (1949) and ending with The Sting (1973).

Awards & Nominations10 won · 35 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Airport '77

1978
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

The Man Who Would Be King

1976
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

The Sting

1974
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

The Sting

1974
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Airport

1971
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Sweet Charity

1970
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

The Oscar

1967
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

Inside Daisy Clover

1966
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

The Slender Thread

1966
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

What a Way to Go!

1965
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

A House Is Not a Home

1965
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Wives and Lovers

1964
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Love with the Proper Stranger

1964
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

A New Kind of Love

1964
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

My Geisha

1963
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1963
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

Pocketful of Miracles

1962
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

The Facts of Life

1961
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

The Facts of Life

1961
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

Pepe

1961
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

The Five Pennies

1960
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Career

1960
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

The Buccaneer

1959
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

Funny Face

1958
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

The Ten Commandments

1957
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

The Proud and Profane

1957
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

The Rose Tattoo

1956
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

To Catch a Thief

1956
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Sabrina

1955
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Sabrina

1955
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Roman Holiday

1954
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Roman Holiday

1954
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

The Greatest Show on Earth

1953
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

Carrie

1953
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

A Place in the Sun

1952
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

A Place in the Sun

1952
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

All About Eve

1951
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

Samson and Delilah

1951
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

All About Eve

1951
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

Samson and Delilah

1951
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

The Heiress

1950
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White

The Heiress

1950
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

The Emperor Waltz

1949
🏆 Won

Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver Cup

🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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