Travilla

Travilla

Costume & Make-UpActor Mar 22 (died age 70) Los Angeles, California, USA 1941–1983 (42 year career)
6.0 avg rating

Biography

The man who draped a fringed Idaho potato sack on Marilyn Monroe for a famous snapshot - proving that she looked good in anything - was born on Catalina Island off the California coast on March 22 1920. He studied at the Chouinard School of Art in L.A., showing a precocious talent for drawing fashion design from an early age. By the time he was sixteen, he made money by selling sketches of costume designs for showgirls he had studied at burlesque houses. Found unfit for wartime duties due to fl…

Known For

Filmography

Crew (83)

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Movies (81)

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

1981

Costume Design

7.5
Evita Peron

Evita Peron

1981

Costume Design

The Silent Lovers

The Silent Lovers

1980

Costume Design

3.5
Caboblanco

Caboblanco

1980

Costume Design

5.3
This Year's Blonde

This Year's Blonde

1980

Costume Design

5.7
The Scarlett O'Hara War

The Scarlett O'Hara War

1980

Costume Design

6.1
She's Dressed to Kill

She's Dressed to Kill

1979

Costume Design

5.4
The Boston Strangler

The Boston Strangler

1968

Costume Supervisor

6.7
The Secret Life of an American Wife

The Secret Life of an American Wife

1968

Costume Design

6.0
Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

1967

Costume Design

6.0
Mary, Mary

Mary, Mary

1963

Costume Designer

4.4
Take Her, She's Mine

Take Her, She's Mine

1963

Costume Design

5.3
The Stripper

The Stripper

1963

Costume Design

4.4
From the Terrace

From the Terrace

1960

Costume Design

6.6
The Revolt of Mamie Stover

The Revolt of Mamie Stover

1956

Costume Design

6.5
The Proud Ones

The Proud Ones

1956

Costume Design

6.5
Bus Stop

Bus Stop

1956

Costume Design

6.1
The Bottom of the Bottle

The Bottom of the Bottle

1956

Costume Design

5.1
23 Paces to Baker Street

23 Paces to Baker Street

1956

Costume Design

6.7
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

1956

Costume Design

5.8
The Tall Men

The Tall Men

1955

Costume Design

6.4
The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

1955

Costume Design

7.1
White Feather

White Feather

1955

Costume Design

6.6
The Rains of Ranchipur

The Rains of Ranchipur

1955

Costume Design

5.0
The Left Hand of God

The Left Hand of God

1955

Costume Design

6.3
How to Be Very, Very Popular

How to Be Very, Very Popular

1955

Costume Design

4.1
Garden of Evil

Garden of Evil

1954

Costume Design

6.1
Hell and High Water

Hell and High Water

1954

Costume Designer

6.0
There's No Business Like Show Business

There's No Business Like Show Business

1954

Costume Design

6.1
Broken Lance

Broken Lance

1954

Costume Design

6.5
River of No Return

River of No Return

1954

Costume Design

6.7
Black Widow

Black Widow

1954

Costume Design

6.3
Three Young Texans

Three Young Texans

1954

Costume Design

5.2
The Raid

The Raid

1954

Costume Design

6.5
Princess of the Nile

Princess of the Nile

1954

Costume Design

7.1
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953

Costume Design

7.3
Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

1953

Costume Design

7.4
How to Marry a Millionaire

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953

Costume Design

6.8
Powder River

Powder River

1953

Costume Design

6.2
The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

1953

Costume Design

4.0
King of the Khyber Rifles

King of the Khyber Rifles

1953

Costume Design

5.8
Appointment in Honduras

Appointment in Honduras

1953

Costume Design

5.7
Man in the Attic

Man in the Attic

1953

Costume Design

5.4
The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1953

Costume Design

3.3
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952

Costume Designer

6.7
Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

Costume Design

6.6
Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata!

1952

Costume Design

6.9
Bloodhounds of Broadway

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1952

Costume Design

6.9
Dreamboat

Dreamboat

1952

Costume Design

5.9
The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

Costume Design

7.5
Rawhide

Rawhide

1951

Costume Design

6.7
Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

1951

Costume Design

5.7
On the Riviera

On the Riviera

1951

Costume Design

5.9
Meet Me After the Show

Meet Me After the Show

1951

Costume Design

4.7
I'll Get By

I'll Get By

1950

Costume Design

5.6
The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter

1950

Costume Design

7.3
Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

1950

Costume Design

6.9
When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950

Costume Design

6.8
No Way Out

No Way Out

1950

Costume Design

6.9
Mister 880

Mister 880

1950

Costume Design

7.1
Mother Didn't Tell Me

Mother Didn't Tell Me

1950

Costume Design

5.6
American Guerrilla in the Philippines

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950

Costume Design

5.4
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950

Costume Design

5.0
The Inspector General

The Inspector General

1949

Costume Design

6.6
Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

1949

Costume Design

7.0
Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark

1949

Costume Design

5.0
Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining

1949

Costume Design

5.7
Silver River

Silver River

1948

Costume Designer

6.0
Silver River

Silver River

1948

Wardrobe Designer

6.0
Adventures of Don Juan

Adventures of Don Juan

1948

Costume Supervisor

6.6
Two Guys from Texas

Two Guys from Texas

1948

Costume Design

6.0
Love and Learn

Love and Learn

1947

Wardrobe Designer

5.5
Cry Wolf

Cry Wolf

1947

Costume Design

5.9
Nora Prentiss

Nora Prentiss

1947

Costume Design

6.2
The Unfaithful

The Unfaithful

1947

Costume Designer

5.8
My Wild Irish Rose

My Wild Irish Rose

1947

Costume Design

6.0
Escape Me Never

Escape Me Never

1947

Costume Design

4.3
The Beast with Five Fingers

The Beast with Five Fingers

1947

Wardrobe Designer

6.4
The Desperadoes

The Desperadoes

1943

Costume Design

5.7
The Woman of the Town

The Woman of the Town

1943

Costume Design

6.2
Fiesta

Fiesta

1941

Costume Design

5.0