Helen Rose
Helen Rose (actually Helen Bromberg ; born February 2, 1904 in Chicago , Illinois , † November 9, 1985 in Palm Springs , California ) was an American costume and fashion designer who won two Oscar for best costume design and eight more Time was nominated for this award. She has also designed wedding dresses for Grace Kelly , Elizabeth Taylor , Debbie Reynolds and other film actresses.
Life
Helen Bromberg grew up with her parents and two younger siblings in Cook County , Illinois , and began designing costumes for theaters and nightclubs as a dressmaker at the age of 15 .
In the mid-1930s she began working as a costume designer in the Hollywood film industry and, after We're in the Legion Now (1936), was involved in setting up around 150 films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer until the end of the 1960s .
At the 1952 Academy Awards , she and Gile Steele were nominated for the Oscar for the best costume design for the first time, for the color film The Great Caruso (1951). In 1953 she not only won her first Oscar for costumes in the black and white film City of Illusions (1952), but was also nominated with Gile Steele for the Oscar for costumes in the color film The Merry Widow (1952).
Further nominations for the Oscar in the category Best Costume Design followed in 1954 with Herschel McCoy for the black-and-white film You and No Others (1953), 1955 for the black-and-white film Die Intriganten (1954) and 1956 for the color film Interrupted Melodie (1955). At the Academy Awards in 1956 , she also received her second Oscar for best costumes; this time for the color film And Tomorrow I'll Cry (1955).
Subsequently, she was nominated three more times for the Oscar for best costumes in black and white films: 1957 for The Power and the Prize ( The Power and the Prize ) in 1960 for the pain in the ass and finally at the Academy Awards in 1967 for face without a name .
Other well-known films with costumes designed by her were This is New York (1949), A Gift from Heaven (1951), Hearts in Fever (1953) and The Top Ten Thousand (1956). Over the course of her 30-year career, she has worked with film directors such as Richard Thorpe , Curtis Bernhardt , Robert Wise , Daniel Mann , Henry Koster , George Marshall , Delbert Mann , Sidney Sheldon , Stanley Donen , Gene Kelly , Vincente Minnelli and Charles Walters .
Helen Rose also worked as a fashion designer and designed wedding dresses for actresses such as Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds. After leaving MGM, she founded her own fashion company in the late 1960s, wrote a book and a column, and performed her designs at various fashion shows .
Filmography (selection)
- 1943: Coney Island
- 1945: Broadway Melody 1950 (Ziegfeld Follies)
- 1947: Good News
- 1948: swirls around Judy ( A Date with Judy )
- 1948: act of violence ( Act of Violence )
- 1949: Today we're going for a stroll ( On the Town )
- 1950: Duel in the ring ( Annie Get Your Gun )
- 1950: From cats and male cats ( The Big Hangover )
- 1950: Father of the Bride ( Father of the Bride )
- 1950: Three little words ( Three Little Words )
- 1951: A Gift from Heaven ( Father's Little Dividend )
- 1951: The Great Caruso ( The Great Caruso )
- 1952: The Merry Widow (The Merry Widow)
- 1952: City of Illusions ( The Bad and the Beautiful )
- 1953: A spoiled Beast ( The Girl Who Had Everything )
- 1953: You and no other ( Dream Wife )
- 1953: Hearts in Fever ( Torch Song )
- 1953: Mogambo
- 1954: Symphony of the Heart ( Rhapsody )
- 1954: Her Twelve Men ( Her Twelve Men )
- 1954: Back then in Paris ( The Last Time I Saw Paris )
- 1954: The Intriguers ( Executive Suite )
- 1954: Green Fire ( Green Fire )
- 1954: Alt Heidelberg ( The Student Prince )
- 1955: the glass slipper ( The Glass Slipper )
- 1955: Mostly cheerful ( It's Always Fair Weather )
- 1955: Tyrannical Love ( Love Me or Leave Me )
- 1955: And tomorrow I'll cry ( I'll Cry Tomorrow )
- 1956: The Swan ( The Swan )
- 1956: The Top Ten Thousand ( High Society )
- 1956: The Power and the Prize ( The Power and the Prize )
- 1956: kidnapping ( ransom! )
- 1956: Alert in Space ( Forbidden Planet )
- 1956: Different from the others ( Tea and Sympathy )
- 1957: Why did I say yes? ( Designing Woman )
- 1957: silk stockings ( Silk Stockings )
- 1958: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ( Cat on a Hot Tin Roof )
- 1958: Babies to Order ( The Tunnel of Love )
- 1959: French beds ( Count Your Blessings )
- 1960: Telephone Butterfield 8 ( BUtterfield 8 )
- 1961: Bachelor in Paradise ( Bachelor in Paradise )
- 1961: go naked into the world ( Go Naked in the World )
- 1966: Paris is full of love ( Made in Paris )
- 1966: Face without a name ( Mister Buddwing )
Web links
- Helen Rose in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rose, Helen |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bromberg, Helen (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American costume and fashion designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1985 |
Place of death | Palm Springs , California , USA |