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name: "Helen Rose"
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roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "2 February 1904"
died: "9 November 1985"
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updated: "2026-09-20T03:15:27.920144+00:00"
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# Helen Rose

Costume designer. Born 2 February 1904 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 9 November 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 2 February 1904, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 9 November 1985
- **Active:** 1950–1958
- **Frequently works with:** [Elizabeth Taylor](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-taylor-3635.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 8 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Rose, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455568, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3647

## Biography

Helen Rose (1904–1985) was an American costume designer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and began her career designing nightclub and stage costumes before moving to Los Angeles in 1929. She designed for Fanchon and Marco and the Ice Follies, then spent two years at 20th Century Fox before joining MGM in 1943.

Rose became chief designer at MGM in the late 1940s and remained there until the late 1960s. She received Academy Awards for Best Costume Design for *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952) and *I'll Cry Tomorrow* (1955), and was nominated eight further times. Among her credits are *On the Town* (1949), *Father of the Bride* (1950), *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952), *Mogambo* (1953), *Forbidden Planet* (1956), *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1958) and *BUtterfield 8* (1960). She also designed the wedding dress worn by Grace Kelly for her 1956 marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco, as well as Elizabeth Taylor's wedding dress for her marriage to Conrad Hilton.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Father of the Bride* (1950), Fi1m 77, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride.md)

## Complete filmography (116)

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

- *How Sweet It Is!* (1968), Costume Design
- *Goodbye Charlie* (1964), Costume Design
- *The Courtship of Eddie's Father* (1963), Costume Design
- *Bachelor in Paradise* (1961), Costume Design
- *Ada* (1961), Costume Design
- *The Honeymoon Machine* (1961), Costume Design
- *Two Loves* (1961), Costume Design
- *Go Naked in the World* (1961), Costume Design
- *BUtterfield 8* (1960), Costume Design
- *All the Fine Young Cannibals* (1960), Costume Design
- *The Gazebo* (1959), Costume Design
- *Ask Any Girl* (1959), Costume Design
- *It Started with a Kiss* (1959), Costume Design
- *The Mating Game* (1959), Costume Design
- *Count Your Blessings* (1959), Costume Design
- *The Tunnel of Love* (1958), Costume Design
- *Party Girl* (1958), Costume Design
- *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1958), Costume Design
- *The Reluctant Debutante* (1958), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *The High Cost of Loving* (1958), Costume Mistress
- *Don't Go Near the Water* (1957), Costume Design
- *Silk Stockings* (1957), Costume Design
- *Designing Woman* (1957), Costume Design
- *Ten Thousand Bedrooms* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Opposite Sex* (1956), Costume Design
- *Tea and Sympathy* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Power and the Prize* (1956), Costume Design
- *High Society* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Wedding in Monaco* (1956), Costume Designer
- *Gaby* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Swan* (1956), Costume Design
- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), Costume Design
- *Meet Me in Las Vegas* (1956), Costume Design
- *I'll Cry Tomorrow* (1955), Costume Design
- *The Tender Trap* (1955), Costume Design
- *It's Always Fair Weather* (1955), Costume Designer
- *The Cobweb* (1955), Costume Design
- *Love Me or Leave Me* (1955), Costume Design
- *Interrupted Melody* (1955), Costume Design
- *The Glass Slipper* (1955), Costume Design
- *Hit the Deck* (1955), Costume Design
- *Jupiter's Darling* (1955), Costume Designer
- *Green Fire* (1954), Costume Design
- *Deep in My Heart* (1954), Costume Design
- *The Last Time I Saw Paris* (1954), Costume Design
- *Athena* (1954), Costume Design
- *Her Twelve Men* (1954), Costume Design
- *Executive Suite* (1954), Costume Designer
- *Rose Marie* (1954), Costume Design
- *The Long, Long Trailer* (1954), Costume Design
- *Escape from Fort Bravo* (1953), Costume Design
- *Easy to Love* (1953), Costume Designer
- *Give a Girl a Break* (1953), Costume Designer
- *Torch Song* (1953), Costume Design
- *Mogambo* (1953), Costume Design
- *Latin Lovers* (1953), Costume Design
- *Dangerous When Wet* (1953), Costume Design
- *Remains to Be Seen* (1953), Costume Design
- *Sombrero* (1953), Costume Design
- *Jeopardy* (1953), Costume Designer
- *The Girl Who Had Everything* (1953), Costume Designer
- *The Story of Three Loves* (1953), Costume Design
- *I Love Melvin* (1953), Costume Design
- *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952), Costume Design
- *Million Dollar Mermaid* (1952), Costume Design
- *Everything I Have Is Yours* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Merry Widow* (1952), Costume Design
- *Holiday for Sinners* (1952), Costume Mistress
- *Glory Alley* (1952), Costume Design
- *Skirts Ahoy!* (1952), Costume Design
- *Love Is Better Than Ever* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Belle of New York* (1952), Costume Design
- *Invitation* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Light Touch* (1951), Costume Design
- *Too Young to Kiss* (1951), Costume Design
- *The Unknown Man* (1951), Costume Design
- *Callaway Went Thataway* (1951), Costume Design, Wardrobe Designer
- *Bannerline* (1951), Costume Design
- *Texas Carnival* (1951), Costume Design
- *The Strip* (1951), Costume Designer
- *No Questions Asked* (1951), Costume Design
- *Father's Little Dividend* (1951), Costume Design
- *Royal Wedding* (1951), Costume Design
- *Grounds for Marriage* (1951), Costume Design
- *Pagan Love Song* (1950), Costume Design
- *Two Weeks with Love* (1950), Costume Design
- *To Please a Lady* (1950), Costume Design
- *Right Cross* (1950), Costume Design
- *A Life of Her Own* (1950), Costume Design
- *Summer Stock* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Toast of New Orleans* (1950), Costume Design
- *Duchess of Idaho* (1950), Costume Design
- *Three Little Words* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Big Hangover* (1950), Costume Design
- *Father of the Bride* (1950), Costume Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride.md)
- *Annie Get Your Gun* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Reformer and the Redhead* (1950), Costume Design
- *Nancy Goes to Rio* (1950), Costume Design
- *East Side, West Side* (1949), Costume Design
- *On the Town* (1949), Costume Design
- *The Stratton Story* (1949), Costume Designer
- *Take Me Out to the Ball Game* (1949), Costume Design
- *Act of Violence* (1949), Costume Designer
- *Words and Music* (1948), Costume Design
- *A Date with Judy* (1948), Costume Designer
- *Homecoming* (1948), Costume Design
- *Big City* (1948), Costume Design
- *Good News* (1947), Costume Design
- *The Unfinished Dance* (1947), Costume Design
- *Till the Clouds Roll By* (1946), Costume Designer
- *Two Sisters from Boston* (1946), Costume Designer
- *The Harvey Girls* (1946), Costume Design
- *Ziegfeld Follies* (1945), Costume Design
- *Stormy Weather* (1943), Costume Design
- *Coney Island* (1943), Costume Design
- *Hello, Frisco, Hello* (1943), Costume Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 8 nominated

- 1967: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Mister Buddwing*
- 1960: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Gazebo*
- 1957: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Power and the Prize*
- 1956: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *I'll Cry Tomorrow*
- 1956: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Interrupted Melody*
- 1955: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Executive Suite*
- 1954: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Dream Wife*
- 1953: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *The Bad and the Beautiful*
- 1953: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Merry Widow*
- 1952: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *The Great Caruso*

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

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