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name: "Vera West"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vera-west"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "25 June 1898"
died: "29 June 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
updated: "2026-09-16T12:05:55.966505+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."
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# Vera West

Costume designer. Born 25 June 1898 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 29 June 1947.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 25 June 1898, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 29 June 1947
- **Active:** 1935–1943
- **Also known as:** Vera

## Biography

Vera West was an American costume designer. She served as chief costume designer at Universal Pictures from 1928 to 1947, overseeing designs for approximately 400 films across genres, with particular prominence in the studio's horror productions.

Her credited work includes *The Man Who Laughs* (1928), *Dracula* (1931), *The Mummy* (1932), *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), *The Wolf Man* (1941), *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943) and *The Killers* (1946). She trained at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. West was inducted into the Costume Designers Guild Hall of Fame in 2005.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), Fi1m 88, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)
- *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), Fi1m 89, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/bride-of-frankenstein.md)

## Also known for

- *Dracula* (1931), Costume Design
- *The Mummy* (1932), Costume Design
- *The Wolf Man* (1941), Costume Design
- *The Killers* (1946), Costume Supervisor
- *Son of Frankenstein* (1939), Costume Design, Costume Designer
- *Dracula's Daughter* (1936), Costume Supervisor
- *Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man* (1943), Costume Design
- *The Man Who Laughs* (1928), Costume Design

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