---
name: "Edith Head"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edith-head"
fi1m_id: "edith-head"
imdb_id: "nm0372128"
tmdb_id: 4350
wikidata_id: "Q234961"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "28 October 1897"
died: "24 October 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 36
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 36
updated: "2026-09-26T15:25:17.164132+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Edith Head

## Identity

Edith Head

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edith-head
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edith-head
- **IMDb ID:** nm0372128
- **TMDB ID:** 4350
- **Wikidata ID:** Q234961
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Head, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234961, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4350

Costume designer. Born 28 October 1897 in San Bernadino, California, USA. Died 24 October 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 28 October 1897, San Bernadino, California, USA
- **Died:** 24 October 1981
- **Active:** 1927–1973
- **Also known as:** Edith Claire Posener
- **Frequently works with:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/person/alfred-hitchcock.md), [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md), [Burt Lancaster](https://film.one/person/burt-lancaster.md), [James Stewart](https://film.one/person/james-stewart.md), [Bing Crosby](https://film.one/person/bing-crosby.md), [Charles Brackett](https://film.one/person/charles-brackett.md), [Hal B. Wallis](https://film.one/person/hal-b-wallis.md), [Jerry Lewis](https://film.one/person/jerry-lewis.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 8 Oscars (8 won · 26 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 78 (1), 1930s 81 (2), 1940s 83 (10), 1950s 80 (16), 1960s 79 (5), 1970s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 77 across 27 titles
- **Score spread:** 20 at 80+, 14 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 25, Romance 15, Comedy 11, Thriller 8, Crime 7, Mystery 6
- **Screen time:** 70 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $757m across 28 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Head, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234961, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4350

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*All About Eve*](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md) (90), [*Ace in the Hole*](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md) (87), [*The Ten Commandments*](https://film.one/film/the-ten-commandments.md) (67)
- **Tubi:** [*Witness for the Prosecution*](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md) (87), [*Wings*](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shane*](https://film.one/film/shane.md) (83), [*Separate Tables*](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md) (74)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Here Comes Mr. Jordan*](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md) (77), [*The Bells of St. Mary's*](https://film.one/film/the-bells-of-st-marys.md) (64)
- **Peacock:** [*The Birds*](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Edith Head (née Posener) was an American costume designer whose career spanned five decades and hundreds of films. She worked primarily at Paramount Pictures, where she became head of the costume department, and later at Universal. Head received 35 Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design and won a record eight times, from *The Heiress* (1949) to *The Sting* (1973).

She designed costumes for eleven films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, including *Rear Window* (1954) and *Vertigo* (1958). Other notable credits include *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), *Roman Holiday* (1953), *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1961), *The Birds* (1963) and *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969). Head was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in 1981.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, oscars.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (36)

- *The Sting* (1973), Fi1m 85, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sting.md)
- *Airport* (1970), Fi1m 56, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md)
- *Marnie* (1964), Fi1m 68, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/marnie.md)
- *Hud* (1963), Fi1m 86, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/hud.md)
- *The Birds* (1963), Fi1m 86, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md)
- *The Ladies Man* (1961), Fi1m 72, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladies-man.md)
- *Separate Tables* (1958), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md)
- *Vertigo* (1958), Fi1m 92, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md)
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Fi1m 87, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)
- *The Ten Commandments* (1956), Fi1m 67, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ten-commandments.md)
- *Artists and Models* (1955), Fi1m 72, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/artists-and-models.md)
- *The Rose Tattoo* (1955), Fi1m 76, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rose-tattoo.md)
- *Rear Window* (1954), Fi1m 94, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md)
- *The Country Girl* (1954), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-country-girl.md)
- *Roman Holiday* (1953), Fi1m 88, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/roman-holiday.md)
- *Shane* (1953), Fi1m 83, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/shane.md)
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), Fi1m 56, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md)
- *A Place in the Sun* (1951), Fi1m 81, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-place-in-the-sun.md)
- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), Fi1m 87, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)
- *All About Eve* (1950), Fi1m 90, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md)
- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), Fi1m 91, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)
- *The Heiress* (1949), Fi1m 90, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-heiress.md)
- *Notorious* (1946), Fi1m 92, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/notorious.md)
- *The Bells of St. Mary's* (1945), Fi1m 64, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bells-of-st-marys.md)
- *The Lost Weekend* (1945), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-weekend.md)
- *Double Indemnity* (1944), Fi1m 92, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md)
- *Going My Way* (1944), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)
- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), Fi1m 77, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)
- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), Fi1m 78, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)
- *Sullivan's Travels* (1941), Fi1m 88, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/sullivans-travels.md)
- *The Lady Eve* (1941), Fi1m 90, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-eve.md)
- *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Fi1m 78, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md)
- *Love Me Tonight* (1932), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/love-me-tonight.md)
- *Wings* (1927), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md)

## Complete filmography (480)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid* (1982), Costume Design
- *The Last Married Couple in America* (1980), Costume Design
- *Women in White* (1979), series, Costume Design
- *Return Engagement* (1978), Costume Design
- *The Big Fix* (1978), Costume Design
- *Little Women* (1978), series, Costume Design
- *Olly Olly Oxen Free* (1978), Costume Design
- *Sextette* (1978), Costume Design
- *Sunshine Christmas* (1977), Costume Design
- *Sex and the Married Woman* (1977), Costume Design
- *Airport '77* (1977), Costume Design
- *The Disappearance of Aimee* (1976), Costume Design
- *Amelia Earhart* (1976), Costume Design
- *Family Plot* (1976), Costume Design
- *W.C. Fields and Me* (1976), Costume Design
- *Gable and Lombard* (1976), Costume Design
- *The Man Who Would Be King* (1975), Wardrobe Designer
- *Rooster Cogburn* (1975), Costume Design
- *The Great Waldo Pepper* (1975), Costume Design
- *Airport 1975* (1974), Costume Design
- *The Sting* (1973), Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sting.md)
- *The Don Is Dead* (1973), Costume Design
- *A Doll's House* (1973), Costume Design
- *Showdown* (1973), Costume Design
- *Pete 'n' Tillie* (1972), Costume Design
- *The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean* (1972), Costume Design
- *Hammersmith Is Out* (1972), Costumer
- *The Screaming Woman* (1972), Costume Design
- *Sometimes a Great Notion* (1971), Costume Design
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Edith Head — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *Myra Breckinridge* (1970), Costumer
- *Colossus: The Forbin Project* (1970), Costume Design
- *Airport* (1970), Costume Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *Skullduggery* (1970), Costume Design
- *Story of a Woman* (1970), Costume Design
- *Topaz* (1969), Costume Design
- *Downhill Racer* (1969), Costume Design
- *Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here* (1969), Costume Design
- *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md)
- *The Lost Man* (1969), Costume Design
- *Eye of the Cat* (1969), Costume Design
- *Winning* (1969), Costume Design
- *Sweet Charity* (1969), Costume Design
- *The Art of Exaggeration: Designs for Sweet Charity by Edith Head* (1969), as Host
- *Hellfighters* (1968), Costume Design
- *House of Cards* (1968), Costume Design
- *In Enemy Country* (1968), Costume Design
- *What's So Bad About Feeling Good?* (1968), Costume Design
- *Blue* (1968), Costume Design
- *Chuka* (1967), Costume Design
- *Easy Come, Easy Go* (1967), Costume Design
- *Barefoot in the Park* (1967), Costume Design
- *The Caper of the Golden Bulls* (1967), Costume Design
- *Hotel* (1967), Costume Design
- *Warning Shot* (1967), Costume Design
- *El Dorado* (1966), Costume Design
- *The Swinger* (1966), Costume Design
- *Penelope* (1966), Costume Design, Costumer
- *This Property Is Condemned* (1966), Costume Design
- *Torn Curtain* (1966), Costume Design
- *Assault on a Queen* (1966), Costume Design
- *The Last of the Secret Agents?* (1966), Costume Design
- *Paradise, Hawaiian Style* (1966), Costume Design
- *Johnny Reno* (1966), Costume Design
- *The Oscar* (1966), as Edith Head · Costume Design
- *Inside Daisy Clover* (1966), Costume Design
- *Boeing, Boeing* (1965), Costume Design
- *The Slender Thread* (1965), Costume Design
- *Red Line 7000* (1965), Costume Design
- *The Great Race* (1965), Costume Design
- *The Family Jewels* (1965), Costume Design
- *The Sons of Katie Elder* (1965), Costume Design
- *The Hallelujah Trail* (1965), Costume Design
- *Harlow* (1965), Costume Design
- *John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!* (1965), Costume Design
- *Love Has Many Faces* (1965), Costume Design
- *Sylvia* (1965), Costume Design
- *The Yellow Rolls-Royce* (1964), Costume Design
- *Sex and the Single Girl* (1964), Costume Design
- *The Disorderly Orderly* (1964), Costume Design
- *36 Hours* (1964), Costume Design
- *Roustabout* (1964), Costume Design
- *Where Love Has Gone* (1964), Costume Design
- *A House Is Not a Home* (1964), Costume Design
- *Marnie* (1964), Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/marnie.md)
- *What a Way to Go!* (1964), Costume Design
- *The Patsy* (1964), Costume Design
- *Lady in a Cage* (1964), Costume Design
- *The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour* (1964), Costume Design
- *Man's Favorite Sport?* (1964), Costume Design
- *Love with the Proper Stranger* (1963), Costume Design
- *Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?* (1963), Costume Design
- *Who's Minding the Store?* (1963), Costume Design
- *Fun in Acapulco* (1963), Costume Design
- *A New Kind of Love* (1963), Costume Design
- *Donovan's Reef* (1963), Costume Design
- *Come Blow Your Horn* (1963), Costume Design
- *The Nutty Professor* (1963), Costume Design
- *Hud* (1963), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/hud.md)
- *My Six Loves* (1963), Costume Design
- *The Birds* (1963), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md)
- *Critic's Choice* (1963), Costume Design
- *A Girl Named Tamiko* (1962), Costume Design
- *Who's Got the Action?* (1962), Costume Design
- *Girls! Girls! Girls!* (1962), Costume Design
- *It's Only Money* (1962), Costume Design
- *Hatari!* (1962), Costume Design
- *Escape from Zahrain* (1962), Costume Design
- *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* (1962), Costume Design
- *The Counterfeit Traitor* (1962), Costume Design
- *My Geisha* (1962), Costume Design
- *Pocketful of Miracles* (1961), Costume Design
- *The Errand Boy* (1961), Costume Design
- *Blue Hawaii* (1961), Costume Design
- *Summer and Smoke* (1961), Costume Design
- *Too Late Blues* (1961), Costume Design
- *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1961), Costume Supervisor
- *The Ladies Man* (1961), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladies-man.md)
- *The Pleasure of His Company* (1961), as Dress Designer (uncredited) · Costume Design
- *On the Double* (1961), Costume Design
- *All in a Night's Work* (1961), Costume Design
- *Pepe* (1960), Costume Design
- *Cinderfella* (1960), Costume Design
- *G.I. Blues* (1960), Costume Design
- *The Facts of Life* (1960), Wardrobe Designer
- *The Rat Race* (1960), Costume Design
- *Heller in Pink Tights* (1960), Costume Design
- *Visit to a Small Planet* (1960), Costume Design
- *The Jayhawkers!* (1959), Costume Design
- *Career* (1959), Costume Design
- *A Hole in the Head* (1959), Costume Design
- *That Kind of Woman* (1959), Costume Design
- *But Not for Me* (1959), Costume Design
- *Last Train from Gun Hill* (1959), Costume Design
- *Don't Give Up the Ship* (1959), Costume Design
- *The Five Pennies* (1959), Costume Design
- *The Hangman* (1959), Costume Design
- *Alias Jesse James* (1959), Costume Design
- *The Black Orchid* (1959), Costume Design
- *The Trap* (1959), Costume Design
- *Separate Tables* (1958), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md)
- *Houseboat* (1958), Costume Design
- *The Geisha Boy* (1958), Costume Design
- *The Party Crashers* (1958), Costume Design
- *Rock-a-Bye Baby* (1958), Costume Design
- *The Matchmaker* (1958), Costume Design
- *King Creole* (1958), Costumer
- *Vertigo* (1958), Costume Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md)
- *Hot Spell* (1958), Costume Design
- *Maracaibo* (1958), Costume Design
- *St. Louis Blues* (1958), Costume Design
- *Teacher's Pet* (1958), Costume Design
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Costume Design — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *Wild Is the Wind* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Sad Sack* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Tin Star* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Devil's Hairpin* (1957), Costume Design
- *Hear Me Good* (1957), Costume Design
- *Loving You* (1957), Costume Design
- *Beau James* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Delicate Delinquent* (1957), Costume Design
- *Gunfight at the O.K. Corral* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Buster Keaton Story* (1957), Costume Design
- *Fear Strikes Out* (1957), Costume Design
- *Funny Face* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Rainmaker* (1956), Costume Design
- *Hollywood or Bust* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Ten Commandments* (1956), Costume Design — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ten-commandments.md)
- *The Search for Bridey Murphy* (1956), Costume Design
- *Pardners* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Leather Saint* (1956), Costume Design
- *That Certain Feeling* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Mountain* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)
- *The Birds and the Bees* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Scarlet Hour* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Court Jester* (1955), Costume Design
- *The Rose Tattoo* (1955), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rose-tattoo.md)
- *Artists and Models* (1955), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/artists-and-models.md)
- *Lucy Gallant* (1955), as Edith Head · Costume Design
- *The Desperate Hours* (1955), Costume Design
- *The Trouble with Harry* (1955), Costume Design
- *The Seven Little Foys* (1955), Costume Design
- *The Girl Rush* (1955), Costume Design
- *You're Never Too Young* (1955), Costume Design
- *To Catch a Thief* (1955), Costume Design
- *The Far Horizons* (1955), Costume Design
- *Hell's Island* (1955), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Run for Cover* (1955), Costume Design
- *Strategic Air Command* (1955), Costume Design
- *3 Ring Circus* (1954), Costume Design
- *The Country Girl* (1954), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-country-girl.md)
- *The Bridges at Toko-Ri* (1954), Costume Design
- *White Christmas* (1954), Costume Design
- *Sabrina* (1954), Costume Supervisor
- *Living It Up* (1954), Costume Design
- *About Mrs. Leslie* (1954), Costume Design
- *Rear Window* (1954), Costume Design — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md)
- *Secret of the Incas* (1954), Costume Design
- *Elephant Walk* (1954), Costume Design
- *Casanova's Big Night* (1954), Costume Design
- *Knock on Wood* (1954), Costume Design
- *The Naked Jungle* (1954), Costume Design
- *Jivaro* (1954), Costume Design
- *Alaska Seas* (1954), Costume Design
- *Money from Home* (1953), Costume Design
- *Forever Female* (1953), Costume Design
- *Here Come the Girls* (1953), Costume Design
- *Those Redheads from Seattle* (1953), Costume Design
- *Roman Holiday* (1953), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/roman-holiday.md)
- *The Caddy* (1953), Costume Design
- *Arrowhead* (1953), Costume Design
- *Houdini* (1953), Costume Design
- *Pony Express* (1953), Costume Design
- *Sangaree* (1953), Costume Design
- *Scared Stiff* (1953), Costume Design
- *Shane* (1953), Costume Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/shane.md)
- *The War of the Worlds* (1953), Costume Design
- *Come Back, Little Sheba* (1953), Costume Design
- *Off Limits* (1952), Costume Design
- *Road to Bali* (1952), Costume Design
- *Thunder in the East* (1952), Costume Design
- *Just for You* (1952), Costume Design
- *Somebody Loves Me* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Savage* (1952), Costume Design
- *Caribbean* (1952), Costume Design
- *Carrie* (1952), Costume Design
- *Son of Paleface* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Turning Point* (1952), Costume Design
- *Jumping Jacks* (1952), Costume Design
- *Denver and Rio Grande* (1952), Costume Design
- *Stolen Face* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Atomic City* (1952), Costume Design
- *My Son John* (1952), Costume Design
- *Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick* (1952), Costume Design
- *Something to Live For* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), Costume Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md)
- *Sailor Beware* (1952), Costume Design
- *My Favorite Spy* (1951), Costume Design
- *The Stooge* (1951), Costume Design
- *Submarine Command* (1951), Costumer
- *Detective Story* (1951), Costume Design
- *Here Comes the Groom* (1951), Costume Design
- *When Worlds Collide* (1951), Costume Design
- *Darling, How Could You!* (1951), Costume Design
- *Peking Express* (1951), Costume Design
- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), Costume Design — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)
- *A Place in the Sun* (1951), Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/a-place-in-the-sun.md)
- *That's My Boy* (1951), Costume Design
- *Dear Brat* (1951), Costume Design
- *The Lemon Drop Kid* (1951), Costume Design
- *Mr. Music* (1950), Costume Design
- *Let's Dance* (1950), Costume Design
- *Copper Canyon* (1950), Costume Design
- *All About Eve* (1950), Costume Design — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md)
- *Branded* (1950), Costume Design
- *September Affair* (1950), Costume Design
- *Dark City* (1950), Costume Design
- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), Costume Design — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)
- *The Furies* (1950), Costume Design
- *My Friend Irma Goes West* (1950), Costume Design
- *Riding High* (1950), Costume Design
- *No Man of Her Own* (1950), Costume Design
- *My Foolish Heart* (1950), Costume Design
- *Samson and Delilah* (1949), Costume Design
- *The Great Lover* (1949), Costume Design
- *The File on Thelma Jordon* (1949), Costume Design
- *Beyond the Forest* (1949), Costume Design
- *My Friend Irma* (1949), Costume Design
- *The Heiress* (1949), Costume Design — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-heiress.md)
- *Red, Hot and Blue* (1949), Costume Design
- *Rope of Sand* (1949), Costume Design
- *Manhandled* (1949), Costume Design
- *The Great Gatsby* (1949), Costume Design
- *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court* (1949), Production Design
- *The Accused* (1949), Costume Design
- *Miss Tatlock's Millions* (1948), Costume Design
- *June Bride* (1948), Costume Design
- *Isn't It Romantic?* (1948), Costume Design
- *Sorry, Wrong Number* (1948), Costume Design
- *Rachel and the Stranger* (1948), Costume Design
- *A Foreign Affair* (1948), Costume Design
- *Night Has a Thousand Eyes* (1948), Costume Design
- *So Evil My Love* (1948), Costume Design
- *Dream Girl* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Emperor Waltz* (1948), Costume Design
- *My Own True Love* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Sainted Sisters* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Big Clock* (1948), Costume Design
- *I Walk Alone* (1947), Costume Design
- *Road to Rio* (1947), Costume Design
- *Saigon* (1947), Costume Design
- *Where There's Life* (1947), Costume Design
- *Wild Harvest* (1947), Costume Design
- *Variety Girl* (1947), Costume Design
- *Cry Wolf* (1947), Costume Design
- *Desert Fury* (1947), Costume Design
- *The Perils of Pauline* (1947), Costume Design
- *The Trouble with Women* (1947), Costume Design
- *Welcome Stranger* (1947), Costume Design
- *Dear Ruth* (1947), Costume Design
- *The Other Love* (1947), Costume Design
- *Ramrod* (1947), Costume Design
- *Blaze of Noon* (1947), Costume Design
- *The Farmer's Daughter* (1947), Costume Design
- *My Favorite Brunette* (1947), Costume Design
- *The Two Mrs. Carrolls* (1947), Costume Design
- *California* (1947), Costume Design
- *The Perfect Marriage* (1947), Costume Design
- *Cross My Heart* (1946), Costume Design
- *Blue Skies* (1946), Costume Design
- *Notorious* (1946), Costume Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/notorious.md)
- *The Strange Love of Martha Ivers* (1946), Costume Design
- *The Bride Wore Boots* (1946), Costume Design
- *The Virginian* (1946), Costume Design
- *The Blue Dahlia* (1946), Costume Design, Costumer
- *To Each His Own* (1946), Costume Design
- *Road to Utopia* (1946), Costume Design
- *My Reputation* (1946), Costume Design
- *The Stork Club* (1945), Costume Design
- *The Bells of St. Mary's* (1945), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bells-of-st-marys.md)
- *Masquerade in Mexico* (1945), Costume Design
- *The Lost Weekend* (1945), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-weekend.md)
- *Hold That Blonde!* (1945), Costume Design
- *Love Letters* (1945), Costume Design
- *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945), Costume Design
- *Incendiary Blonde* (1945), Costume Design
- *Out of This World* (1945), Costume Design
- *The Affairs of Susan* (1945), Costume Design
- *You Came Along* (1945), Costume Design
- *A Medal for Benny* (1945), Costume Design
- *Bring on the Girls* (1945), Costume Design
- *I'll Be Seeing You* (1944), Costume Design
- *Here Come the Waves* (1944), Costume Design
- *And Now Tomorrow* (1944), Costume Design
- *Our Hearts Were Young and Gay* (1944), Costume Design
- *Rainbow Island* (1944), Costume Design
- *The Miracle of Morgan's Creek* (1944), Costume Design
- *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944), Costume Design
- *The Great Moment* (1944), Costume Design
- *I Love a Soldier* (1944), Costume Design
- *Double Indemnity* (1944), Costume Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md)
- *Tender Comrade* (1944), Costume Design
- *Ministry of Fear* (1944), Costume Design
- *And the Angels Sing* (1944), Costume Design
- *The Uninvited* (1944), Costume Design
- *Lady in the Dark* (1944), Costume Design
- *Standing Room Only* (1944), Costume Design
- *Going My Way* (1944), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)
- *True to Life* (1943), Costume Design
- *Riding High* (1943), Costume Design
- *Flesh and Fantasy* (1943), Costume Design
- *Hostages* (1943), Costume Design
- *Let's Face It* (1943), Costume Design
- *Five Graves to Cairo* (1943), Costume Design
- *Lady of Burlesque* (1943), Costume Design
- *China* (1943), Costume Design
- *No Time for Love* (1943), Costume Design
- *They Got Me Covered* (1943), Costume Design
- *Young and Willing* (1943), Costume Design
- *The Crystal Ball* (1943), Costume Design
- *Lucky Jordan* (1942), Costume Design
- *Road to Morocco* (1942), Costume Design
- *I Married a Witch* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Major and the Minor* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Glass Key* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Gay Sisters* (1942), Costume Design
- *Holiday Inn* (1942), Costume Design
- *Beyond the Blue Horizon* (1942), Costume Design
- *Are Husbands Necessary?* (1942), Costume Design
- *This Gun for Hire* (1942), Costume Design
- *My Favorite Blonde* (1942), Costume Design
- *Star Spangled Rhythm* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Remarkable Andrew* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Fleet's In* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Lady Has Plans* (1942), Costume Design
- *Bahama Passage* (1941), Costume Design
- *Ball of Fire* (1941), Costume Design, Costumer
- *Sullivan's Travels* (1941), Costume Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/sullivans-travels.md)
- *Skylark* (1941), Costume Design
- *Birth of the Blues* (1941), Costume Design
- *The Great Man's Lady* (1941), Costume Design
- *New York Town* (1941), Costume Design
- *You Belong to Me* (1941), Costume Design
- *Nothing but the Truth* (1941), Costume Design
- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)
- *Aloma of the South Seas* (1941), Costume Design
- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), Costume Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)
- *Kiss the Boys Goodbye* (1941), Costume Design
- *Caught in the Draft* (1941), Costume Design
- *West Point Widow* (1941), Costume Design
- *Road to Zanzibar* (1941), Costume Design
- *The Lady Eve* (1941), Costume Design — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-eve.md)
- *Life with Henry* (1941), Costume Design
- *Love Thy Neighbor* (1940), Costume Design
- *The Mad Doctor* (1940), Costume Design
- *The Texas Rangers Ride Again* (1940), Costume Design
- *Dancing on a Dime* (1940), Costume Design
- *Rhythm on the River* (1940), Costume Design
- *The Great McGinty* (1940), Costume Design
- *Moon Over Burma* (1940), Costume Design
- *Untamed* (1940), Costume Design
- *The Ghost Breakers* (1940), Costume Design
- *Safari* (1940), Costume Design
- *Buck Benny Rides Again* (1940), Costume Design
- *Typhoon* (1940), Costume Design
- *The Farmer's Daughter* (1940), Costume Design
- *Road to Singapore* (1940), Costume Design
- *Adventure in Diamonds* (1940), Costume Design
- *Remember the Night* (1940), Costume Design
- *The Great Victor Herbert* (1939), Costume Design
- *The Cat and the Canary* (1939), Costume Design
- *Disputed Passage* (1939), Costume Design
- *Honeymoon in Bali* (1939), Costume Design
- *The Star Maker* (1939), Costume Design
- *Beau Geste* (1939), Costume Design
- *The Magnificent Fraud* (1939), Costume Design
- *Man About Town* (1939), Costume Design
- *Invitation to Happiness* (1939), Costume Design
- *The Gracie Allen Murder Case* (1939), Costume Design
- *Man of Conquest* (1939), Costume Design
- *Hotel Imperial* (1939), Costume Design
- *Sudden Money* (1939), Costume Design
- *King of Chinatown* (1939), Costume Design
- *Never Say Die* (1939), Costume Design
- *Cafe Society* (1939), Costume Design
- *Paris Honeymoon* (1939), Costume Design
- *Zaza* (1939), Costume Design
- *Disbarred* (1939), Costume Design
- *Artists and Models Abroad* (1938), Costume Design
- *Thanks for the Memory* (1938), Costume Design
- *If I Were King* (1938), Costume Design
- *Spawn of the North* (1938), Costume Design
- *Give Me a Sailor* (1938), Costume Design
- *The Texans* (1938), Costume Design
- *Men with Wings* (1938), Costume Design
- *Tropic Holiday* (1938), Costume Design
- *Cocoanut Grove* (1938), Costume Design
- *College Swing* (1938), Costume Design
- *Her Jungle Love* (1938), Costume Design
- *Dangerous to Know* (1938), Costume Design
- *Mad About Music* (1938), Costume Design
- *The Big Broadcast of 1938* (1938), Costume Design
- *Wells Fargo* (1937), Costume Design
- *Hell Town* (1937), Costume Design
- *Thrill of a Lifetime* (1937), Costume Design
- *Blossoms On Broadway* (1937), Costume Design
- *This Way Please* (1937), Costume Design
- *Ebb Tide* (1937), Costume Design
- *Double or Nothing* (1937), Costume Design
- *Sophie Lang Goes West* (1937), Costume Design
- *Souls at Sea* (1937), Costume Design
- *Exclusive* (1937), Costume Design
- *Turn Off the Moon* (1937), Costume Design
- *Waikiki Wedding* (1937), Costume Design
- *Her Husband Lies* (1937), Costume Design
- *John Meade's Woman* (1937), Costume Design
- *College Holiday* (1936), Costume Design
- *Murder with Pictures* (1936), Costume Design
- *The Texas Rangers* (1936), Costume Design
- *Rhythm on the Range* (1936), Costume Design
- *The Return of Sophie Lang* (1936), Costume Design
- *Poppy* (1936), Costume Design
- *Early to Bed* (1936), Costume Design
- *Till We Meet Again* (1936), Costume Design
- *Hollywood Extra Girl* (1935), as Edith Head (uncredited)
- *She Loves Me Not* (1934), Costume Design
- *Death Takes a Holiday* (1934), Costume Design
- *Cradle Song* (1933), Costume Design
- *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/she-done-him-wrong.md)
- *Love Me Tonight* (1932), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/love-me-tonight.md)
- *The Lawyer's Secret* (1931), Costume Design
- *Only the Brave* (1930), Costume Design
- *The Saturday Night Kid* (1929), Costume Design
- *Ladies of the Mob* (1928), Costume Design
- *The Legion of the Condemned* (1928), Costume Design
- *Wings* (1927), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md)
- *Mantrap* (1926), Costume Design
- *Are Parents People?* (1925), Costume Design
- *Peter Pan* (1924), Costume Design

## Gallery

- ![MOVEMENT MONUMENT--Edith Head, Hollywood costume diva, at opening night of retrospective of her work from 1923 to present at Museum of Science and Industry. (1976)](https://film.one/media/person/59168/gallery-cd9ff8f62b25.jpg) MOVEMENT MONUMENT--Edith Head, Hollywood costume diva, at opening night of retrospective of her work from 1923 to present at Museum of Science and Industry. (1976) — Marianna Diamos, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Edith_Head%2C_1976.jpg/1280px-Edith_Head%2C_1976.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Edith Head](https://film.one/media/person/59168/gallery-f130cce6a674.jpg) Edith Head — Rothschild Photo Los Angeles., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Edith_Head_ca_1955.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![SNIP, SNIP—Edith Head is rushing a wedding gown for the Dick Tracy character Gravel Gertie in anticipation of her marriage to B.O. Plenty. Here the Hollywood fa (1946)](https://film.one/media/person/59168/gallery-463ce142f55c.jpg) SNIP, SNIP—Edith Head is rushing a wedding gown for the Dick Tracy character Gravel Gertie in anticipation of her marriage to B.O. Plenty. Here the Hollywood fa (1946) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Edith_Head_working_on_a_wedding_gown.jpg/1280px-Edith_Head_working_on_a_wedding_gown.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of American actress, dancer and singer Ann Miller and American costume designer Edith Head. (1950)](https://film.one/media/person/59168/gallery-41f01485d7a0.jpg) Photo of American actress, dancer and singer Ann Miller and American costume designer Edith Head. (1950) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Ann_Miller_%26_Edith_Head.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 8 won, 26 nominated

- 1978: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Airport '77*
- 1976: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Man Who Would Be King*
- 1974: Best Costume Design (won), for *The Sting*
- 1971: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Airport*
- 1970: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Sweet Charity*
- 1967: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Oscar*
- 1966: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Inside Daisy Clover*
- 1966: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Slender Thread*
- 1965: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *What a Way to Go!*
- 1965: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *A House Is Not a Home*
- 1964: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Wives and Lovers*
- 1964: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *A New Kind of Love*
- 1963: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *My Geisha*
- 1963: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance*
- 1962: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Pocketful of Miracles*
- 1961: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *The Facts of Life*
- 1961: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Pepe*
- 1960: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Five Pennies*
- 1960: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Career*
- 1959: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *The Buccaneer*
- 1958: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Funny Face*
- 1957: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Ten Commandments*
- 1957: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Proud and Profane*
- 1956: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Rose Tattoo*
- 1956: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *To Catch a Thief*
- 1955: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *Sabrina*
- 1954: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *Roman Holiday*
- 1953: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Greatest Show on Earth*
- 1953: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Carrie*
- 1952: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *A Place in the Sun*
- 1951: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *All About Eve*
- 1951: Best Costume Design, Color (won), for *Samson and Delilah*
- 1950: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *The Heiress*
- 1949: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Emperor Waltz*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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