Jean Louis

5 octobre 1907 — 20 avril 1997 (89 ans)
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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Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Les Désaxés
    Les Désaxés1961
  • Le Calvaire de Julia Ross
    Le Calvaire de Julia Ross1945
  • Le laitier de Brooklyn
    Le laitier de Brooklyn1946

Connue pour

  • Jugement à Nuremberg
    Jugement à Nuremberg1961
  • L'Adorable voisine
    L'Adorable voisine1958
  • Tant qu'il y aura des hommes
    Tant qu'il y aura des hommes1953
  • Une étoile est née
    Une étoile est née1954
  • Comment l'esprit vient aux femmes
    Comment l'esprit vient aux femmes1950
  • Millie
    Millie1967
  • Un hold-up extraordinaire
    Un hold-up extraordinaire1966
  • L'Affaire de Trinidad
    L'Affaire de Trinidad1952
  • Une femme qui s'affiche
    Une femme qui s'affiche1954
  • La Blonde ou la Rousse
    La Blonde ou la Rousse1957
  • Histoire d'un amour
    Histoire d'un amour1961
  • Une Cadillac en or massif
    Une Cadillac en or massif1956
  • Une femme diabolique
    Une femme diabolique1955

Filmographie

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1960
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