Edith Head

Edith Head, Self portrait and autograph

Edith Head, Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Blvd" directed by Billy Wilder, 1950

Edith Head, 1950's

Edith Head, Vivian Fosters, Orry Kelly, Bernard Newman, Travis Banton,, Adrian, and Irene. 1941.

Edith Head, Audrey Hepburnn Funny Face directed by Stanley Donen, 1957

Edith Head, drawing for Elizabeth Taylor in A place in a sun, 1951.

Edith tweaks a costume for the 1944 movie "Here Come the Waves"

Edith Head and Grace Kelly review sketches for To Catch A Thief

Edith Head, Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Blvd" directed by Billy Wilder, 1950

Edith Head, costume designer, 1955

Edith Head, Grace Kelly Life Magazine, 1955.

Tippi Hedren, in "the birds" directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1963

Edith Head has been nominated 35 times for an Oscar, winning 8 The Heiress 1 directed by William Wyller 1949, Samson et Delilah directed by Cecil.B.DeMille 1949, All about Eve directed by L.Mankiewicz 1950, A place in a sun directed by George Stevens 1951, Roman Holidays directed by William Wyller 1953, Sabrina directed by Billy Wilder 1954, The facts of Life directed by Melvin french and Norman Panama 1960, The Sting directed by George Roy Hill 1973

Edith Head,Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief (1955, Paramount)

Edith Head, Elizabeth Taylor in A place in a sun 1951 with Montgomery Clift directed by George Stevens

Edith Head and Audrey Hepburn, 1953 © Bob Willoughby

Edith Head, Audrey Hepburnn Funny Face directed by Stanley Donen, 1957

Edith Head, Audrey Hepburn in Roman Hollydays directed by William Wyler, 1953

Edith Head, Grace kelly in rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1954

Edith Head, Vera Elen dancing to White chrismass, December 1954, photo by Loomis Dean

Edith Head, Actress Grace Kelly at home, putting white glove on as she chats with her escort, Paramount producer Don Hartman, costume designer Edith Head (2L) & French ballerina Renee (Zizi) Jeanmaire preparing to attend the 27th annual Academy Awards ceremony.

Edith Head, Sophia Loren

Edith Head,Anna May Wong in Dangerous to Know (1938, Paramount)

Edith Head, drawing for Marilyn Maxwell in "Rock a Bye Baby"

Edith Head, All about Eve , 1950. Directed by L. Mankiewicz, Bette Davis

Edith Head, Veronika Lake in This gun for Hire, 1942

Edith Head, Mae West in She done him wrong 1933, directed by Lowell Sherman

Edith Head,Gail Patrick in Her Husband Lies (1937, Paramount)

Edith Head, drawing for " Any thing goes " costume to be worm by Zizi Jeanmaire, 1955

Edith Head, Grace Kelly in To Catch A Thief directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1955

Edith Head, Kim Novak in Vertigo directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1958

Edith Head in her studio 1955

Edith Head, Mel Ferrer, and Audrey Hepburn blow out the candle on Head's birthday cake at a party at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 1955.Photo by Darlene Hammond/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Edith Head, Mae West in She Done Him Wrong (1933, Paramount)

Edith Head and Alfred Hitchcock on Family Plot 1976 © Larry Barbier

Edith Head, Tippi Hedren in Marnie directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1964

Edith Head and Gloria Swanson, 1950

Edith Head, Claudette Colbert in Zaza (1939, Paramount)

Edith Head, 1960's.

Edith Head, 1951, photo by Bud Freakier

Edith Head, Grace Kelly in Rear Window, 1954

Edith Head, Ilona Massey, 1942

Edith Head, Audrey Hepburnn Funny Face directed by Stanley Donen, 1957

Edith Head, Shirley MacLaine

Edith Head, Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Blvd" directed by Billy Wilder, 1950

Edith Head, drawing for Bette Davis in "All about Eve" directed by L.Mankiewicz, 1950

Edith Head, Kim Novak in Vertigo directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1958

Edith Head,Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire (1941, RKO)

Edith Head, Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Blvd" directed by Billy Wilder, 1950

Edith Head, Dorothy Lamour in Jungle Princess (1936, Paramount)