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Helen Rose
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Born February 2, 1904Died November 9, 1985 (81 years)
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Helen Rose (February 2, 1904 – November 9, 1985) was an American costume designer and clothing designer who spent the bulk of her career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Helen Rose was born on February 2, 1904, to William Bromberg and Ray Bobbs in Chicago, Illinois of German and Russian descent. She attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then designed nightclub and stage costumes for various acts. She moved to Los Angeles in 1929, where she designed outfits for Fanchon and Marco and later the Ice Follies. In the early 1940s she spent two years working for 20th Century Fox, where she designed wardrobes for musical selections. In 1943 MGM hired her in the wake of Adrian's departure and by the late 1940s Rose was promoted to chief designer at the studio.
Rose won two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, for The Bad and the Beautiful in 1952 and for I'll Cry Tomorrow in 1955. She was nominated a further eight times and was also very well known for designing famous wedding dresses of the era. She designed the famous wedding dress of Grace Kelly when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. She also designed clothing for Elizabeth Taylor in the movies Father of the Bride and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as well as Elizabeth Taylor's wedding dress when she married Conrad "Nicky" Hilton.
In the late 1960s, Rose left the studio to open her own design business and continued to provide fancy attire for the famed and the wealthy. She also wrote a fashion column. She wrote two books - her autobiography Just Make Them Beautiful in 1976 and "The Glamorous World of Helen Rose". In the 1970s Rose also staged a traveling fashion show featuring some of her MGM-designed costumes that was called "The Helen Rose Show".
Helen was married to Harry V. Rose, whose birth name was Harry Rosenstein (1902–1993), and they had a daughter. She died in Palm Springs, California in 1985.
Helen Rose (February 2, 1904 – November 9, 1985) was an American costume designer and clothing designer who spent the bulk of her career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Helen Rose was born on February 2, 1904, to William Bromberg and Ray Bobbs in Chicago, Illinois of German and Russian descent. She attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then designed nightclub and stage costumes for various acts. She moved to Los Angeles in 1929, where she designed outfits for Fanchon and Marco and later the Ice Follies. In the early 1940s she spent two years working for 20th Century Fox, where she designed wardrobes for musical selections. In 1943 MGM hired her in the wake of Adrian's departure and by the late 1940s Rose was promoted to chief designer at the studio.
Rose won two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, for The Bad and the Beautiful in 1952 and for I'll Cry Tomorrow in 1955. She was nominated a further eight times and was also very well known for designing famous wedding dresses of the era. She designed the famous wedding dress of Grace Kelly when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. She also designed clothing for Elizabeth Taylor in the movies Father of the Bride and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as well as Elizabeth Taylor's wedding dress when she married Conrad "Nicky" Hilton.
In the late 1960s, Rose left the studio to open her own design business and continued to provide fancy attire for the famed and the wealthy. She also wrote a fashion column. She wrote two books - her autobiography Just Make Them Beautiful in 1976 and "The Glamorous World of Helen Rose". In the 1970s Rose also staged a traveling fashion show featuring some of her MGM-designed costumes that was called "The Helen Rose Show".
Helen was married to Harry V. Rose, whose birth name was Harry Rosenstein (1902–1993), and they had a daughter. She died in Palm Springs, California in 1985.
Helen Rose Filmography
| 1975 | Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait · as Self |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The 25th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner For Costume Design Black & White Film |
| 1968 | How Sweet It Is! · as Costume Design |
| 1966 | Made in Paris · as Costume Designer |
| 1964 | Goodbye Charlie · as Costume Design |
| 1963 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father · as Costume Design |
| 1961 | Two Loves · as Costume Design |
| 1961 | Bachelor in Paradise · as Costume Design |
| 1961 | Ada · as Costume Design |
| 1961 | The Honeymoon Machine · as Costume Design |
| 1961 | Go Naked in the World · as Costume Design |
| 1960 | BUtterfield 8 · as Costume Design |
| 1960 | All the Fine Young Cannibals · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | The Gazebo · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | It Started with a Kiss · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | The Mating Game · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | Count Your Blessings · as Costume Design |
| 1958 | The Reluctant Debutante · as Wardrobe Supervisor |
| 1958 | Party Girl · as Costume Design |
| 1958 | The Tunnel of Love · as Costume Design |
| 1958 | Torpedo Run · as Costume Designer |
| 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · as Costume Design |
| 1958 | The High Cost of Loving · as Costume Mistress |
| 1957 | This Could Be the Night · as Costume Designer |
| 1957 | Don't Go Near the Water · as Costume Design |
| 1957 | Silk Stockings · as Costume Design |
| 1957 | Something of Value · as Costume Designer |
| 1957 | Designing Woman · as Costume Design |
| 1957 | Designing Woman · as Story Suggested By |
| 1957 | Ten Thousand Bedrooms · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | The Opposite Sex · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | Gaby · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | Tea and Sympathy · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | The Power and the Prize · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | High Society · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | Forbidden Planet · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | The Swan · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | I'll Cry Tomorrow · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | The Glass Slipper · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | The Cobweb · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | The Tender Trap · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | It's Always Fair Weather · as Costume Designer |
| 1955 | Interrupted Melody · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | Love Me or Leave Me · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | Bedevilled · as Costume Designer |
| 1955 | Hit the Deck · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | Jupiter's Darling · as Costume Designer |
| 1954 | Green Fire · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | Deep in My Heart · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | The Last Time I Saw Paris · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | Athena · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | Rogue Cop · as Costume Designer |
| 1954 | Rose Marie · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | Her Twelve Men · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | The Student Prince · as Costume Designer |
| 1954 | Flame and the Flesh · as Costume Designer |
| 1954 | Rhapsody · as Costume Designer: Women's Costumes |
| 1954 | Executive Suite · as Costume Designer |
| 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Easy to Love · as Costume Designer |
| 1953 | Escape from Fort Bravo · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Give a Girl a Break · as Costume Designer |
| 1953 | Mogambo · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Torch Song · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Latin Lovers · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Sombrero · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Dangerous When Wet · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Dream Wife · as Costume Designer |
| 1953 | Remains to Be Seen · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Jeopardy · as Costume Designer |
| 1953 | Small Town Girl · as Costume Designer |
| 1953 | The Girl Who Had Everything · as Costume Designer |
| 1953 | The Story of Three Loves · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | I Love Melvin · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | Above and Beyond · as Costume Designer: Women's Costumes |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | Million Dollar Mermaid · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | Everything I Have Is Yours · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | Because You're Mine · as Costume Designer |
| 1952 | The Merry Widow · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | Skirts Ahoy! · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | Holiday for Sinners · as Costume Mistress |
| 1952 | Washington Story · as Costume Designer |
| 1952 | Invitation · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | Glory Alley · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | The Girl in White · as Costume Designer |
| 1952 | Love Is Better Than Ever · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | The Belle of New York · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | The Light Touch · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | Too Young to Kiss · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | The Unknown Man · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | Callaway Went Thataway · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | Bannerline · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | Texas Carnival · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | The Strip · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | Rich, Young and Pretty · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | Strictly Dishonorable · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | Excuse My Dust · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | No Questions Asked · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | Father's Little Dividend · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | Royal Wedding · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | Three Guys Named Mike · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | Grounds for Marriage · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Pagan Love Song · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Two Weeks with Love · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | To Please a Lady · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Right Cross · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Summer Stock · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | The Toast of New Orleans · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | A Lady Without Passport · as Costume Designer |
| 1950 | Duchess of Idaho · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Three Little Words · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Nancy Goes to Rio · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | On the Town · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | East Side, West Side · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | That Midnight Kiss · as Costume Designer |
| 1949 | The Stratton Story · as Costume Designer |
| 1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | Words and Music · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | Act of Violence · as Costume Designer |
| 1948 | Luxury Liner · as Costume Designer |
| 1948 | A Date with Judy · as Costume Designer |
| 1948 | Homecoming · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | Big City · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild · as Costume Designer |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies · as Costume Designer |
| 1947 | The Unfinished Dance · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By · as Costume Designer |
| 1946 | Two Sisters from Boston · as Costume Designer |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls · as Costume Design |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies · as Costume Design |
| 1943 | Stormy Weather · as Costume Design |
| 1943 | Coney Island · as Costume Design |
| 1943 | Hello Frisco, Hello · as Costume Design |