Jean Louis

5. oktober 1907 — 20. april 1997 (89 år)
Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthault; October 5, 1907 in Paris, France – April 20, 1997 in Palm Springs, California) was a French-born, Hollywood costume designer and an Academy Award winner for Best Costume Design.

Before coming to Hollywood, he worked in New York for fashion entrepreneur Hattie Carnegie, where the clientele included Joan Cohn, the wife of Columbia Pictures studio chief Harry Cohn.

He worked as head designer for Columbia Pictures from 1944 to 1960. His most famous works include Rita Hayworth's black satin strapless dress from Gilda (1946), Marlene Dietrich's celebrated beaded souffle stagewear for her cabaret world tours, as well as the sheer, sparkling gown that Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to John F. Kennedy in 1962.

The dress was so tight that he is believed to have actually sewn it while Monroe was wearing it. The idea of dresses being a nude color, with crystals coating it, stunned audiences. It gave the members of the audience the illusion that Monroe was nude, except for discretely placed rhinestones covering them head to toe.

Louis had originally designed a version of the dress for Marlene Dietrich, who wore it in her concert shows. An impressed Monroe asked Dietrich about it, who told her how the dress's illusion worked, and sent her to Louis to design a similar dress for her Kennedy appearance. While Dietrich had been seen wearing her version before Monroe, the press coverage surrounding Monroe's appearance at Madison Square Garden in her style of gown swept the globe. This robe became—besides the white one from "The Seven Year Itch"—Marilyn Monroe's most famous robe, selling at auction in 2016 for 4.8 million dollars.

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Film og serier på Plex

  • De Frigjorte
    De Frigjorte1961
  • My Name Is Julia Ross
    My Name Is Julia Ross1945
  • Vi, der går Mælkevejen
    Vi, der går Mælkevejen1946

Kendt for

  • Dommen i Nürnberg
    Dommen i Nürnberg1961
  • Heks med sex
    Heks med sex1958
  • Herfra til evigheden
    Herfra til evigheden1953
  • En stjerne fødes
    En stjerne fødes1954
  • Ikke helt almindelig
    Ikke helt almindelig1954
  • Født i går
    Født i går1950
  • Millie
    Millie1967
  • Pas på hovedet
    Pas på hovedet1966
  • Affæren i Trinidad
    Affæren i Trinidad1952
  • Pal Joey
    Pal Joey1957
  • Skjult kærlighed
    Skjult kærlighed1961
  • En Cadillac af guld
    En Cadillac af guld1956
  • Queen Bee
    Queen Bee1955

Filmografi

1961
1960
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