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Travilla (1920–1990)

Costume Designer | Costume and Wardrobe Department

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... See full bio »

Born:

William Jack Travilla
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1984-1986 Dallas (TV series)
– Blast from the Past (1986)
– Hello... Goodbye... Hello (1986)
– Thrice in a Lifetime (1986)
– Serendipity (1986)
– J.R. Rising (1986)
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1984-1986 Knots Landing (TV series)
– The Longest Night (1986)
– Thicker Than Water (1986)
– His Brother's Keeper (1986)
– A Change of Heart (1986)
– Arsenic and Old Waste (1986)
See all 60 episodes »
 
1985 My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (TV movie)
 
1983 The Thorn Birds (TV mini-series)
– Part 4 (1983)
– Part 3 (1983)
– Part 2 (1983)
– Part 1 (1983)
 
1981 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (TV movie)
 
1981 Evita Peron (TV movie)
 
1980 The Silent Lovers (TV movie)
 
1980 The Scarlett O'Hara War (TV movie)
 
1980 This Year's Blonde (TV movie)
 
1980 Cabo Blanco
 
1979 She's Dressed to Kill (TV movie)
 
1970 WUSA
 
1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
 
1969 The Big Cube (gowns)
 
1968 The Secret Life of an American Wife
 
1967 Valley of the Dolls (gowns)
 
1963 Take Her, She's Mine (gowns)
 
1963 Mary, Mary
 
1963 The Stripper
 
1960 From the Terrace
 
1957 The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
 
1956 Bus Stop (costumes designed by)
 
1956 The Proud Ones
 
1956 23 Paces to Baker Street
 
1956 The Revolt of Mamie Stover
 
1956 The Bottom of the Bottle
 
1956 The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
 
1955 The Rains of Ranchipur
 
1955 Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
 
1955 The Tall Men
 
1955 The Left Hand of God
 
1955 How to Be Very, Very Popular
 
1955 The Seven Year Itch (costumes designed by)
 
1955 White Feather
 
1954 There's No Business Like Show Business
 
1954 Black Widow
 
1954 The Raid
 
1954 The Gambler from Natchez
 
1954 Broken Lance
 
1954 Garden of Evil
 
1954 Princess of the Nile
 
1954 The Rocket Man
 
1954 River of No Return
 
1954 Hell and High Water
 
1954 Three Young Texans
 
1953 Man in the Attic
 
1953 King of the Khyber Rifles
 
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire (costumes designed by)
 
1953 Appointment in Honduras (uncredited)
 
1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (costumes designed by)
 
1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife
 
1953 Powder River
 
1953 Pickup on South Street
 
1953 The Girl Next Door
 
1953 Down Among the Sheltering Palms
 
1952 Bloodhounds of Broadway
 
1952 Monkey Business (costumes designed by)
 
1952 Dreamboat
 
1952 Don't Bother to Knock
 
1952 Lydia Bailey
 
1952 The Pride of St. Louis
 
1952 Viva Zapata!
 
1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still
 
1951 Meet Me After the Show
 
1951 Take Care of My Little Girl
 
1951 On the Riviera
 
1951 Half Angel (as William Travilla)
 
1951 Rawhide
 
1951 Bird of Paradise
 
1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines
 
1950 I'll Get By
 
1950 Mister 880
 
1950 No Way Out
 
1950 The Gunfighter (costumes designed by)
 
1950 Panic in the Streets
 
1950 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
 
1950 Mother Didn't Tell Me (as William Travilla)
 
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home
 
1949 The Inspector General (costumes)
 
1949 Dancing in the Dark (as William Travilla)
 
1949 Look for the Silver Lining
 
1948 Two Guys from Texas
 
1947 Escape Me Never (costume designer: ballet)
 
1947 That Hagen Girl
 
1947 Cry Wolf
 
1947 Love and Learn
 
1947 Nora Prentiss
 
1944 Ever Since Venus
 
1943 The Woman of the Town (gowns)
 
1943 Two Señoritas from Chicago
 
1943 Redhead from Manhattan
 
1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad (as William Travilla)
 
1941 Fiesta
 
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1995 The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special) (gowns: Cybill Shepherd)
 
1984 A Streetcar Named Desire (TV movie) (costumes: Ann Margret)
 
1968-1970 Julia (TV series) (miss carroll's woolmark wardrobe created by - 7 episodes)
– Long Time No Ski (1970) (miss carroll's woolmark wardrobe created by)
– Father of the Bribe (1970) (miss carroll's woolmark wardrobe created by)
– Hilda's No Help (1969) (miss carroll's woolmark wardrobe created by)
– Romeo and Julia (1969) (miss carroll's woolmark wardrobe created by)
– The Undergraduate (1969) (miss carroll's woolmark wardrobe created by)
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1968 The Boston Strangler (costume supervisor)
 
1965 Something Special (TV movie) (gowns)
 
1964 Signpost to Murder (gowns: Miss Woodward - as William Travilla)
 
1960 The Loretta Young Show (TV series) (gowns: Loretta Young - 2 episodes)
– Switchblade (1960) (gowns: Loretta Young)
– Faith, Hope and Mr. Flaherty (1960) (gowns: Loretta Young)
 
1952 She's Working Her Way Through College (wardrobe)
 
1950 Woman on the Run (clothes: Miss Sheridan - as Wm. Travilla)
 
1949 Flamingo Road (gowns designer: Miss Crawford)
 
1948 Adventures of Don Juan (wardrobe)
 
1948 Good Sam (costumes: Miss Sheridan - as William Travilla)
 
1948 Silver River (wardrobe)
 
1947 My Wild Irish Rose (wardrobe)
 
1947 Always Together (wardrobe)
 
1947 The Unfaithful (wardrobe)
 
1946 The Beast with Five Fingers (wardrober)
 
1946 The Verdict (wardrobe)
 
1946 Night and Day (costume designer: dance costumes)
 
1943 The Desperadoes (costumes: Miss Trevor)
 
1941 All-American Co-Ed (costumes)
 
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1979 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 May 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1967 Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage (TV movie)
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