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name: "Howard Shoup"
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roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "29 August 1903"
died: "29 May 1987"
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updated: "2026-09-19T15:41:49.410084+00:00"
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# Howard Shoup

Costume designer. Born 29 August 1903 in Dallas, Texas, USA. Died 29 May 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 29 August 1903, Dallas, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 29 May 1987
- **Also known as:** Shoup
- **Academy Awards:** 5 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Shoup, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795251/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13866

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Ocean's Eleven*](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md) (55)

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## Biography

Howard Shoup was an American costume designer. He was born Conway Howard Shoup on 29 August 1903 in Dallas, Texas, and died on 29 May 1987 in Los Angeles, California.

Shoup worked on more than 170 films between 1937 and 1967, primarily at Warner Bros. and MGM. His credits include *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), *House of Wax* (1953), *Calamity Jane* (1953) and *Gypsy* (1962). He received five Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design, all in the black-and-white category.

Shoup was a co-founder of the Costume Designers Guild in 1966. He was the long-term romantic partner of artist Sascha Brastoff and designed costumes for Judy Garland's 1961 Carnegie Hall concert and 1962 television special.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), Fi1m 55, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md)

## Complete filmography (122)

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

- *The Candy Snatchers* (1973), as Jewelry Store Salesman
- *If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium* (1969), Costume Design
- *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), Costume Design
- *Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad* (1967), Costume Design
- *Hotel* (1967), Costume Design
- *An American Dream* (1966), Costume Design
- *A Rage to Live* (1965), Costume Design
- *Youngblood Hawke* (1964), Costume Design
- *Kisses for My President* (1964), Costume Design
- *A Distant Trumpet* (1964), Costume Design
- *A Child Is Waiting* (1963), Wardrobe Designer
- *Gypsy* (1962), Costume Design
- *Rome Adventure* (1962), Costume Design
- *Susan Slade* (1961), Costume Design
- *Claudelle Inglish* (1961), Costume Design
- *Parrish* (1961), Costume Design
- *Portrait of a Mobster* (1961), Costume Design
- *A Fever in the Blood* (1961), Costume Design
- *The Crowded Sky* (1960), Costume Design
- *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), Costume Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md)
- *The Bramble Bush* (1960), Costume Design
- *The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond* (1960), Costume Design
- *Cash McCall* (1960), Costume Design
- *Ice Palace* (1960), Costume Design
- *Tom, Dick and Harriet* (1960), Costume Design
- *A Summer Place* (1959), Costume Design
- *The Young Philadelphians* (1959), Costume Designer
- *Westbound* (1959), Costume Design
- *Island of Lost Women* (1959), Costume Design
- *Marjorie Morningstar* (1958), Costume Consultant
- *I Married a Woman* (1958), Costume Design
- *Bombers B-52* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Unholy Wife* (1957), Costume Design
- *Bundle of Joy* (1956), Costume Design
- *Serenade* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell* (1955), Costume Design
- *Sincerely Yours* (1955), Costume Design
- *Pete Kelly's Blues* (1955), Costume Design
- *Young at Heart* (1954), Wardrobe Designer
- *Calamity Jane* (1953), Wardrobe Designer
- *So Big* (1953), Costume Design
- *No Escape* (1953), Wardrobe Designer
- *House of Wax* (1953), Costume Design
- *The Jazz Singer* (1953), Costume Design
- *Faithful in My Fashion* (1946), Costume Design
- *Presenting Lily Mars* (1943), Costume Design
- *Whistling in Dixie* (1942), Costume Design
- *Seven Sweethearts* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Affairs of Martha* (1942), Costume Design
- *Tarzan's New York Adventure* (1942), Costume Designer
- *Grand Central Murder* (1942), Costume Design
- *Fingers at the Window* (1942), Costume Design
- *The Male Animal* (1942), Costume Design
- *Nazi Agent* (1942), Costume Design
- *Captains of the Clouds* (1942), Costume Design
- *A Yank on the Burma Road* (1942), Costume Design
- *All Through the Night* (1942), Costume Design
- *Steel Against the Sky* (1941), Costume Design, Wardrobe Designer
- *Nine Lives Are Not Enough* (1941), Costume Design
- *Kisses for Breakfast* (1941), Costume Design
- *Out of the Fog* (1941), Costume Design
- *Shining Victory* (1941), Costume Design
- *Footsteps in the Dark* (1941), Costume Design
- *The Case of the Black Parrot* (1941), Costume Designer
- *Four Mothers* (1941), Costume Design
- *She Couldn't Say No* (1940), Costume Design
- *Father Is A Prince* (1940), Costume Design
- *South of Suez* (1940), Costume Designer
- *Tugboat Annie Sails Again* (1940), Costume Design
- *City for Conquest* (1940), Costume Design
- *Flowing Gold* (1940), Costume Design
- *The Man Who Talked Too Much* (1940), Costume Design
- *Murder in the Air* (1940), Costume Design
- *Torrid Zone* (1940), Costume Design
- *It All Came True* (1940), Costume Design
- *Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet* (1940), Costume Design
- *Castle on the Hudson* (1940), Costume Design
- *Calling Philo Vance* (1940), Costume Design
- *Four Wives* (1939), Costume Design
- *Private Detective* (1939), Costume Design
- *Espionage Agent* (1939), Wardrobe Coordinator
- *No Place to Go* (1939), Costume Design
- *Everybody's Hobby* (1939), Costume Design
- *Each Dawn I Die* (1939), Costume Design
- *Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite* (1939), Costume Design
- *Daughters Courageous* (1939), Costume Design
- *The Man Who Dared* (1939), Costume Design
- *The Kid from Kokomo* (1939), Costume Design
- *Torchy Runs for Mayor* (1939), Costume Design
- *On Trial* (1939), Costume Design, Unit Production Manager
- *Secret Service of the Air* (1939), Costume Design
- *Yes, My Darling Daughter* (1939), Costume Design
- *Torchy Blane in Chinatown* (1939), Costume Design
- *Off the Record* (1939), Costume Designer
- *Going Places* (1938), Costume Design
- *Torchy Gets Her Man* (1938), Costume Design
- *Broadway Musketeers* (1938), Costume Design
- *Mr. Chump* (1938), Costume Design
- *Racket Busters* (1938), Costume Design
- *When Were You Born* (1938), Costume Design
- *Men Are Such Fools* (1938), Costume Design
- *Mystery House* (1938), Costume Design
- *Torchy Blane in Panama* (1938), Costume Design
- *Accidents Will Happen* (1938), Costume Design
- *Over the Wall* (1938), Costume Design
- *He Couldn't Say No* (1938), Costume Design
- *Love, Honor and Behave* (1938), Costume Design
- *A Slight Case of Murder* (1938), Costume Design
- *Blondes at Work* (1938), Costume Design
- *Sergeant Murphy* (1938), Costume Design
- *Submarine D-1* (1937), Costume Design
- *The Adventurous Blonde* (1937), Costume Design
- *The Perfect Specimen* (1937), Costume Design
- *Alcatraz Island* (1937), Costume Design
- *The Footloose Heiress* (1937), Costume Design
- *Love Is on the Air* (1937), Costume Design
- *Back in Circulation* (1937), Costume Design
- *Talent Scout* (1937), Costume Design
- *Slim* (1937), Costume Design
- *The Case of the Stuttering Bishop* (1937), Costume Design
- *A Family Affair* (1937), Costume Design
- *Ready, Willing and Able* (1937), Wardrobe Supervisor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 5 nominated

- 1966: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *A Rage to Live*
- 1965: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Kisses for My President*
- 1962: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Claudelle Inglish*
- 1961: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond*
- 1960: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Young Philadelphians*

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

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