---
name: "Jean Louis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-louis"
fi1m_id: "jean-louis"
imdb_id: "nm0521872"
tmdb_id: 12145
wikidata_id: "Q1685654"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "5 October 1907"
died: "20 April 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-09-25T06:29:20.602995+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."
---

# Jean Louis

## Identity

Jean Louis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-louis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-louis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0521872
- **TMDB ID:** 12145
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1685654
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Louis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1685654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521872/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12145

Costume designer. Born 5 October 1907 in Paris, France. Died 20 April 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 5 October 1907, Paris, France
- **Died:** 20 April 1997
- **Active:** 1946–1967
- **Also known as:** Louis Andre Berthault , Jean Louis Berthault
- **Frequently works with:** [Broderick Crawford](https://film.one/person/broderick-crawford.md), [Burt Lancaster](https://film.one/person/burt-lancaster.md), [Glenn Ford](https://film.one/person/glenn-ford.md), [Gloria Grahame](https://film.one/person/gloria-grahame.md), [Humphrey Bogart](https://film.one/person/humphrey-bogart.md), [Rita Hayworth](https://film.one/person/rita-hayworth.md), [Stanley Kramer](https://film.one/person/stanley-kramer.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 13 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 73 (3), 1950s 78 (6), 1960s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 77 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Romance 6, Thriller 3, Crime 2, War 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 21 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $134m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Louis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1685654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521872/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12145

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Big Heat*](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md) (86), [*From Here to Eternity*](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md) (83), [*Judgment at Nuremberg*](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md) (82), [*The Caine Mutiny*](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md) (76)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Gilda*](https://film.one/film/gilda.md) (78), [*Born Yesterday*](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md) (76), [*All the King's Men*](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md) (74)

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## Biography

Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthault) was a French-American costume designer. He was born in Paris on 5 October 1907 and died in Palm Springs, California, on 20 April 1997.

Before moving to Hollywood he worked in New York for fashion designer Hattie Carnegie. He served as head designer at Columbia Pictures from 1944 to 1960 and later freelanced, with credits including *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), for which he designed gowns for Marlene Dietrich. He won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for *The Solid Gold Cadillac* (1956) and received multiple nominations for other films such as *From Here to Eternity* (1953) and *A Star Is Born* (1954).

Among his notable designs were the black satin strapless gown worn by Rita Hayworth in *Gilda* (1946). He also created stagewear for Marlene Dietrich and designed for numerous Hollywood stars including Loretta Young, whom he married in 1993.

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

## On Fi1m (11)

- *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), Fi1m 70, Wardrobe Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md)
- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), Fi1m 82, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md)
- *Imitation of Life* (1959), Fi1m 86, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/imitation-of-life.md)
- *Picnic* (1955), Fi1m 63, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/picnic.md)
- *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), Fi1m 76, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md)
- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), Fi1m 83, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md)
- *The Big Heat* (1953), Fi1m 86, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md)
- *Born Yesterday* (1950), Fi1m 76, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md)
- *All the King's Men* (1949), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md)
- *The Reckless Moment* (1949), Fi1m 68, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-reckless-moment.md)
- *Gilda* (1946), Fi1m 78, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/gilda.md)

## Complete filmography (150)

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

- *I Wish You Love* (1973), Costume Design
- *40 Carats* (1973), Costume Design
- *Lost Horizon* (1973), Costume Design
- *Don't Just Stand There* (1968), Costume Design
- *The Hell with Heroes* (1968), Costume Design
- *P.J.* (1968), Costume Design
- *The Ballad of Josie* (1967), Costume Design
- *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), Wardrobe Supervisor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md)
- *Rosie!* (1967), Costume Design
- *Thoroughly Modern Millie* (1967), Costume Design
- *Gambit* (1966), Costume Design
- *A Man Could Get Killed* (1966), Wardrobe Coordinator
- *Mirage* (1965), Costume Design
- *That Funny Feeling* (1965), Costumer
- *Bus Riley's Back in Town* (1965), Costume Design
- *Strange Bedfellows* (1965), Costume Design
- *Send Me No Flowers* (1964), Costume Design
- *For Love or Money* (1963), Costume Design
- *The Thrill of It All* (1963), Costume Design
- *If a Man Answers* (1962), Costume Design
- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md)
- *The Misfits* (1961), Costume Design
- *Song Without End* (1960), Costume Design
- *Portrait in Black* (1960), Costume Design
- *Strangers When We Meet* (1960), Costume Design
- *Who Was That Lady?* (1960), Costume Design
- *Suddenly, Last Summer* (1959), Costume Design
- *The Last Angry Man* (1959), Costume Design
- *Pillow Talk* (1959), Costume Design
- *They Came to Cordura* (1959), Costume Design
- *Middle of the Night* (1959), Costume Design, Assistant Editor
- *Imitation of Life* (1959), Costume Designer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/imitation-of-life.md)
- *The Last Hurrah* (1958), Costume Design
- *Bell, Book and Candle* (1958), Costume Design
- *Pal Joey* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Brothers Rico* (1957), Costume Designer
- *3:10 to Yuma* (1957), Costume Design
- *Jeanne Eagels* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Garment Jungle* (1957), Costume Design
- *The Monte Carlo Story* (1956), Costume Design
- *Nightfall* (1956), Costume Design
- *The Solid Gold Cadillac* (1956), Costume Design
- *Autumn Leaves* (1956), Costume Designer
- *The Eddy Duchin Story* (1956), Costume Design
- *Over-Exposed* (1956), Costume Design
- *Jubal* (1956), Costume Design
- *Picnic* (1955), Costume Designer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/picnic.md)
- *Queen Bee* (1955), Costume Design
- *Count Three and Pray* (1955), Costume Design
- *My Sister Eileen* (1955), Costume Design
- *5 Against the House* (1955), Costume Design
- *Tight Spot* (1955), Costume Designer
- *Three for the Show* (1955), Costume Design
- *The Violent Men* (1955), Costume Design
- *The Long Gray Line* (1955), Costume Design
- *Phffft* (1954), Costume Design
- *A Star Is Born* (1954), Costume Design
- *Human Desire* (1954), Costume Design
- *Pushover* (1954), Costume Design
- *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md)
- *The Iron Glove* (1954), Costume Design
- *It Should Happen to You* (1954), Costume Design
- *Bad for Each Other* (1953), Costume Design
- *Miss Sadie Thompson* (1953), Costume Design
- *The Big Heat* (1953), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-heat.md)
- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), Costume Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md)
- *Let's Do It Again* (1953), Costume Design
- *Serpent of the Nile* (1953), Costume Design
- *Salome* (1953), Costume Design
- *The Happy Time* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Four Poster* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Golden Hawk* (1952), Costume Designer
- *Assignment: Paris* (1952), Costume Design
- *Captain Pirate* (1952), Costume Design
- *Affair in Trinidad* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Brigand* (1952), Costume Designer
- *Paula* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Marrying Kind* (1952), Costume Design
- *The First Time* (1952), Costume Design
- *Scandal Sheet* (1952), Costume Design
- *The Son of Dr. Jekyll* (1951), Costume Design
- *The Family Secret* (1951), Costume Design
- *The Magic Carpet* (1951), Costume Designer
- *The Texas Rangers* (1951), Costume Design
- *Lorna Doone* (1951), Costume Design
- *Saturday's Hero* (1951), Costume Design
- *Born Yesterday* (1950), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md)
- *The Flying Missile* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Killer That Stalked New York* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Fuller Brush Girl* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Petty Girl* (1950), Costume Design
- *Fortunes of Captain Blood* (1950), Wardrobe Designer
- *In a Lonely Place* (1950), Costume Design
- *No Sad Songs for Me* (1950), Costume Design
- *Kill the Umpire* (1950), Costume Design
- *A Woman of Distinction* (1950), Costume Design
- *Father Is a Bachelor* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Traveling Saleswoman* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Reckless Moment* (1949), Costume Designer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-reckless-moment.md)
- *And Baby Makes Three* (1949), Costume Design
- *Tell It to the Judge* (1949), Costume Design
- *All the King's Men* (1949), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md)
- *Tokyo Joe* (1949), Costume Design
- *Miss Grant Takes Richmond* (1949), Costume Design
- *Mr. Soft Touch* (1949), Costume Design
- *Anna Lucasta* (1949), Costume Design
- *Lust for Gold* (1949), Costume Design
- *Johnny Allegro* (1949), Costume Design
- *The Undercover Man* (1949), Costume Design, Costume Designer
- *The Walking Hills* (1949), Wardrobe Designer
- *Knock on Any Door* (1949), Costume Design
- *Slightly French* (1949), Costume Design
- *Shockproof* (1949), Costume Design
- *The Dark Past* (1948), Costume Design
- *You Gotta Stay Happy* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Return of October* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Loves of Carmen* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Man from Colorado* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Fuller Brush Man* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Black Arrow* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Mating of Millie* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Sign of the Ram* (1948), Costume Design
- *I Love Trouble* (1948), Costume Design
- *The Lady from Shanghai* (1947), Costume Design
- *It Had to Be You* (1947), Costume Design
- *Her Husband's Affairs* (1947), Costume Design
- *Down to Earth* (1947), Costume Designer
- *Framed* (1947), Costume Design
- *Mr. District Attorney* (1947), Costume Design
- *Johnny O'Clock* (1947), Costume Design
- *Dead Reckoning* (1946), Costume Design
- *The Return of Monte Cristo* (1946), Costume Design
- *The Jolson Story* (1946), Costume Design
- *Gallant Journey* (1946), Costume Design
- *The Thrill of Brazil* (1946), Costume Design
- *Renegades* (1946), Costume Design
- *Gilda* (1946), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/gilda.md)
- *The Kid from Brooklyn* (1946), Costume Design
- *The Gentleman Misbehaves* (1946), Costume Design
- *Tomorrow Is Forever* (1946), Costume Design
- *Meet Me on Broadway* (1946), Costume Design
- *She Wouldn't Say Yes* (1945), Costume Design
- *My Name Is Julia Ross* (1945), Costume Design
- *Kiss and Tell* (1945), Costume Design
- *Over 21* (1945), Costume Design
- *Tonight and Every Night* (1945), Costume Design
- *Together Again* (1944), Costume Design
- *Strange Affair* (1944), Costume Design
- *The Impatient Years* (1944), Costume Design
- *Secret Command* (1944), Costume Design

## Gallery

- ![Jean Louis](https://film.one/media/person/104830/gallery-eeb7e6580cfd.jpg) Jean Louis — Harry Chase, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Jean_Louis_1973_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jean Louis Lizon with the EMMI instrument at the integration laboratory at ESO Headquarters in Garching.](https://film.one/media/person/104830/gallery-944e8eedb639.jpg) Jean Louis Lizon with the EMMI instrument at the integration laboratory at ESO Headquarters in Garching. — ESO, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jean_Louis_Lizon_with_the_EMMI_%281990-hh-emmi-lizon%29.jpg/1280px-Jean_Louis_Lizon_with_the_EMMI_%281990-hh-emmi-lizon%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 13 nominated

- 1968: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Thoroughly Modern Millie*
- 1967: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Gambit*
- 1966: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Ship of Fools*
- 1962: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Judgment at Nuremberg*
- 1962: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *Back Street*
- 1959: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Bell, Book and Candle*
- 1958: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Pal Joey*
- 1957: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won), for *The Solid Gold Cadillac*
- 1956: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Queen Bee*
- 1955: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *It Should Happen to You*
- 1955: Best Costume Design, Color (nominated), for *A Star Is Born*
- 1954: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *From Here to Eternity*
- 1953: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Affair in Trinidad*
- 1951: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Born Yesterday*

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

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