- William Travilla
William Travilla (
March 22 ,1920 -November 2 ,1990 ), who went by the professional name of Travilla, was an Americancostume designer for theatre, film, and television. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/William-Travilla.html Willam Travilla biography] ] He is perhaps best-known for dressingMarilyn Monroe in eight of her films. [ [http://www.marilynmonroe.ca/camera/galleries/costumes/travilla/ William Travilla's Marilyn Monroe] ]Travilla first came to
Hollywood in 1941. After work on several B movies, he earned an Oscar in 1949 for theErrol Flynn swashbuckler "Adventures of Don Juan ". This led to better assignments. He worked mainly atTwentieth Century-Fox and his credits includeElia Kazan 's "Viva Zapata! " in 1952, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" in 1953, "The Seven Year Itch " in 1955, "The Rains of Ranchipur " (1955), "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes " (1955), "The Tall Men " (1955), "Bus Stop" (1956) and "Valley of the Dolls" in 1967. Travilla's otherAcademy Award nominations were for "How to Marry a Millionaire " in 1953, "There's No Business Like Show Business" in 1954 and "The Stripper " in 1963.In the late 1970s, Travilla began working mainly in television. One of his most widely seen latter day projects was the TV
mini-series "The Thorn Birds " in 1983. Travilla was nominated for Emmy awards seven times for his work on television. In 1980, he won the Emmy for "Outstanding Costume Design for a Limited Series or a Special" for "The Scarlett O'Hara War", and in 1985 he won the "Outstanding Costume Design for a Series" Emmy for his work on the television show Dallas. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871359/awards Travilla at the IMDB (awards)] ]He died in
Los Angeles, California , at age 69.References
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