William Travilla

William Travilla (March 22, 1920 - November 2, 1990), who went by the professional name of Travilla, was an American costume designer for theatre, film, and television. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/32/William-Travilla.html Willam Travilla biography] ] He is perhaps best-known for dressing Marilyn 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 the Errol Flynn swashbuckler "Adventures of Don Juan". This led to better assignments. He worked mainly at Twentieth Century-Fox and his credits include Elia 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 other Academy 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.

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