JL
Jean Louis
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Born October 5, 1907Died April 20, 1997 (89 years)
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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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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Jean Louis Filmography
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | 40 Carats · as Costume Design |
| 1973 | Lost Horizon · as Costume Design |
| 1973 | An Evening with Marlene Dietrich · as Costume Design |
| 1968 | Don't Just Stand There · as Costume Design |
| 1968 | The Hell with Heroes · as Costume Design |
| 1967 | P.J. · as Costume Design |
| 1967 | Banning · as Costume Designer |
| 1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · as Wardrobe Supervisor |
| 1967 | Rosie! · as Costume Design |
| 1967 | Thoroughly Modern Millie · as Costume Design |
| 1967 | The Ballad of Josie · as Costume Design |
| 1966 | Gambit · as Costume Design |
| 1966 | Blindfold · as Costume Designer |
| 1966 | Madame X · as Costume Designer |
| 1966 | A Man Could Get Killed · as Wardrobe Coordinator |
| 1965 | Mirage · as Costume Design |
| 1965 | Bus Riley's Back in Town · as Costume Design |
| 1965 | Green Acres (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 1965 | That Funny Feeling · as Costumer |
| 1965 | Strange Bedfellows · as Costume Design |
| 1964 | I'd Rather Be Rich · as Costume Designer |
| 1964 | Send Me No Flowers · as Costume Design |
| 1964 | Bedtime Story · as Costume Designer |
| 1963 | For Love or Money · as Costume Design |
| 1963 | The Thrill of It All · as Costume Design |
| 1962 | If a Man Answers · as Costume Design |
| 1962 | The New Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg · as Costume Design |
| 1961 | Back Street · as Costume Designer |
| 1961 | The Misfits · as Costume Design |
| 1960 | Song Without End · as Costume Design |
| 1960 | Portrait in Black · as Costume Design |
| 1960 | Strangers When We Meet · as Costume Design |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | Suddenly, Last Summer · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | The Last Angry Man · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | Pillow Talk · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | They Came to Cordura · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night · as Costume Design |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night · as Assistant Editor |
| 1959 | Imitation of Life · as Costume Designer |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah · as Costume Design |
| 1958 | Bell Book and Candle · as Costume Design |
| 1957 | Pal Joey · as Costume Design |
| 1957 | The Brothers Rico · as Costume Designer |
| 1957 | 3:10 to Yuma · as Costume Design |
| 1957 | Jeanne Eagels · as Costume Design |
| 1957 | The Garment Jungle · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | The Montecarlo Story · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | Nightfall · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | You Can't Run Away from It · as Costume Designer |
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves · as Costume Designer |
| 1956 | The Solid Gold Cadillac · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | The Eddy Duchin Story · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | Over-Exposed · as Costume Design |
| 1956 | Jubal · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | Picnic · as Costume Designer |
| 1955 | Queen Bee · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | Count Three and Pray · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | My Sister Eileen · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | Tight Spot · as Costume Designer |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | The Violent Men · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | Three for the Show · as Costume Design |
| 1955 | The Long Gray Line · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | Human Desire · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | Phffft · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | The Iron Glove · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | Pushover · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny · as Costume Design |
| 1954 | It Should Happen to You · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Bad for Each Other · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Miss Sadie Thompson · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | The Big Heat · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Let's Do It Again · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Serpent of the Nile · as Costume Design |
| 1953 | Salome · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | The Happy Time · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | The Golden Hawk · as Costume Designer |
| 1952 | The Four Poster · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | The Brigand · as Costume Designer |
| 1952 | Assignment: Paris · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | Captain Pirate · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | Affair in Trinidad · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | Paula · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | The Marrying Kind · as Costume Design |
| 1952 | The First Time · as Costume Designer |
| 1952 | Scandal Sheet · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | The Son of Dr. Jekyll · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | The Family Secret · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | The Magic Carpet · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | Saturday's Hero · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | Never Trust a Gambler · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | Two of a Kind · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | Mask of the Avenger · as Costume Designer |
| 1951 | The Texas Rangers · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | Lorna Doone · as Costume Design |
| 1951 | The Brave Bulls · as Costume Designer |
| 1950 | Born Yesterday · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | He's a Cockeyed Wonder · as Costume Designer |
| 1950 | The Killer That Stalked New York · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Emergency Wedding · as Costume Designer |
| 1950 | Between Midnight and Dawn · as Costume Designer |
| 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Rogues of Sherwood Forest · as Costume Designer |
| 1950 | The Petty Girl · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | In a Lonely Place · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Fortunes of Captain Blood · as Wardrobe Designer |
| 1950 | No Sad Songs for Me · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Cargo to Capetown · as Costume Designer |
| 1950 | The Good Humor Man · as Costume Designer |
| 1950 | A Woman of Distinction · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | Father Is a Bachelor · as Costume Design |
| 1950 | The Traveling Saleswoman · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | The Reckless Moment · as Costume Designer |
| 1949 | And Baby Makes Three · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | All the King's Men · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | Tokyo Joe · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | Jolson Sings Again · as Costume Designer |
| 1949 | Mr. Soft Touch · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | Anna Lucasta · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | Lust for Gold · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | Johnny Allegro · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | The Undercover Man · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | Knock on Any Door · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | The Walking Hills · as Wardrobe Designer |
| 1949 | Slightly French · as Costume Design |
| 1949 | Shockproof · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | Ladies of the Chorus · as Costume Designer |
| 1948 | The Dark Past · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | Luxury Liner · as Costume Designer |
| 1948 | You Gotta Stay Happy · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | The Return of October · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | The Gallant Blade · as Costume Designer |
| 1948 | The Loves of Carmen · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | The Man from Colorado · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | The Fuller Brush Man · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | The Black Arrow · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | The Mating of Millie · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | The Sign of the Ram · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | To the Ends of the Earth · as Costume Designer |
| 1948 | Relentless · as Costume Designer |
| 1948 | I Love Trouble · as Costume Design |
| 1948 | The Swordsman · as Costume Designer |
| 1947 | The Lady from Shanghai · as Costume Design |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You · as Costume Design |
| 1947 | Her Husband's Affairs · as Costume Design |
| 1947 | Down to Earth · as Costume Designer |
| 1947 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. · as Costume Designer |
| 1947 | Framed · as Costume Design |
| 1947 | The Guilt of Janet Ames · as Costume Designer |
| 1947 | Johnny O'Clock · as Costume Design |
| 1947 | Mr. District Attorney · as Costume Design |
| 1947 | Blind Spot · as Costume Designer |
| 1946 | Dead Reckoning · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | The Return of Monte Cristo · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | The Jolson Story · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | Gallant Journey · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | The Thrill of Brazil · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | Renegades · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | The Walls Came Tumbling Down · as Costume Designer |
| 1946 | Gilda · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest · as Costume Designer |
| 1946 | Tomorrow Is Forever · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | Meet Me on Broadway · as Costume Design |
| 1946 | One Way to Love · as Costume Designer |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes · as Costume Design |
| 1945 | My Name Is Julia Ross · as Costume Design |
| 1945 | Lawless Empire · as Costume Designer |
| 1945 | Kiss and Tell · as Costume Design |
| 1945 | Over 21 · as Costume Design |
| 1945 | A Thousand and One Nights · as Costume Designer |
| 1945 | Leave It to Blondie · as Costume Designer |
| 1945 | Tonight and Every Night · as Costume Design |
| 1944 | Together Again · as Costume Design |
| 1944 | Carolina Blues · as Costume Designer |
| 1944 | Strange Affair · as Costume Design |
| 1944 | The Impatient Years · as Costume Design |
| 1944 | Secret Command · as Costume Design |