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Gwen Wakeling (1901–1982)

Costume Designer | Costume and Wardrobe Department

Gwen Wakeling was born in Detroit. Her father was a mining engineer whose work resulted in the family moving every few years, and she wound up living everywhere from Seattle to Los Angeles to Prescott, Arizona. Upon graduating high school she got a job as a fashion artist in a department store. She soon was hired by director Cecil B. DeMille when he was working for Pathe Studios... See full bio »

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Gwen Sewell
in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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(age 81) in Los Angeles County, California, USA
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1966 Frankie and Johnny
 
1965 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series)
– The Lady in the Bottle (1965)
 
1959 Jet Over the Atlantic
 
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
– Mother Goose (1958)
– The Sleeping Beauty (1958)
– The Nightingale (1958)
 
1958 From the Earth to the Moon
 
1957 The River's Edge
 
1956 Johnny Concho
 
1956 Great Day in the Morning
 
1955 Blood Alley (costumes designed by)
 
1955 Tennessee's Partner
 
1955 Pearl of the South Pacific
 
1955 Escape to Burma
 
1954 Track of the Cat
 
1951 Valentino (gowns)
 
1949 Samson and Delilah
 
1947 Unconquered
 
1944 Cover Girl (gowns)
 
1942 Tales of Manhattan
 
1942 This Above All
 
1942 My Gal Sal
 
1942 Moontide
 
1942 To the Shores of Tripoli
 
1942 Rings on Her Fingers
 
1942 Roxie Hart
 
1942 Song of the Islands
 
1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
 
1941 Rise and Shine
 
1941 Confirm or Deny
 
1941 I Wake Up Screaming
 
1941 How Green Was My Valley (costumes)
 
1941 Swamp Water
 
1941 International Lady
 
1941 Week-End in Havana
 
1941 A Man Betrayed (gowns)
 
1940 Young People (costumes)
 
1940 Brigham Young
 
1940 Star Dust
 
1940 Johnny Apollo (costumes)
 
1940 The Grapes of Wrath (costumes)
 
1940 He Married His Wife (costumes)
 
1940 The Blue Bird (costumes)
 
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk (costumes)
 
1939 The Rains Came (costumes)
 
1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
 
1939 Hotel for Women
 
1939 Susannah of the Mounties (costumes)
 
1939 The Gorilla
 
1939 Return of the Cisco Kid
 
1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles
 
1939 The Little Princess (costumes)
 
1939 Tail Spin
 
1938 Kentucky
 
1938 Thanks for Everything
 
1938 Just Around the Corner (costumes)
 
1938 Submarine Patrol
 
1938 Straight Place and Show
 
1938 Gateway
 
1938 Little Miss Broadway (costumes)
 
1938 I'll Give a Million
 
1938 Three Blind Mice
 
1938 Kidnapped
 
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band (costumes)
 
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (costumes)
 
1938 Sally, Irene and Mary
 
1938 The Baroness and the Butler
 
1937 Second Honeymoon
 
1937 Heidi (costumes)
 
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town (costumes)
 
1937 Danger: Love at Work
 
1937 Wife, Doctor and Nurse
 
1937 Wake Up and Live
 
1937 Love Under Fire
 
1937 Wee Willie Winkie (costumes)
 
1937 Seventh Heaven
 
1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing!
 
1937 On the Avenue (costumes)
 
1936 Banjo on My Knee
 
1936 White Hunter
 
1936 Pigskin Parade
 
1936 Ladies in Love
 
1936 Dimples (costumes)
 
1936 Ramona
 
1936 Girls' Dormitory
 
1936 Poor Little Rich Girl (costumes)
 
1936 Private Number (costumes)
 
1936 The Road to Glory
 
1936 Half Angel
 
1936 Human Cargo
 
1936 Under Two Flags (costumes)
 
1936 Captain January (costumes)
 
1936 Everybody's Old Man
 
1936 The Country Doctor
 
1936 It Had to Happen
 
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island
 
1936 King of Burlesque (costumes)
 
1935 The Littlest Rebel (costumes)
 
1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
 
1934 Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (gowns)
 
1934 The Affairs of Cellini (costumes designed by)
 
1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
 
1934 The Count of Monte Cristo (gowns)
 
1934 Born to Be Bad
 
1934 The Last Gentleman
 
1934 Looking for Trouble
 
1934 The House of Rothschild (costumes designed by)
 
1933 Gallant Lady
 
1933 Advice to the Lovelorn
 
1933 Broadway Thru a Keyhole
 
1932 Carnival Boat
 
1932 Lady with a Past
 
1932 A Woman Commands
 
1932 Prestige (costumes)
 
1932 Panama Flo (costumes)
 
1931 The Big Shot
 
1931 Suicide Fleet (uncredited)
 
1931 Bad Company
 
1931 Freighters of Destiny (uncredited)
 
1931 The Tip-Off
 
1931 The Big Gamble
 
1931 Devotion
 
1931 Rebound
 
1931 The Common Law (costumes)
 
1931 Born to Love (costumes)
 
1931 Beyond Victory
 
1931 Lonely Wives
 
1931 The Painted Desert
 
1930 Sin Takes a Holiday (costumes)
 
1930/I Big Money
 
1930 Her Man
 
1930 Holiday
 
1930 Swing High
 
1930 Officer O'Brien
 
1930 The Grand Parade
 
1929 This Thing Called Love
 
1929 Rich People
 
1929 Red Hot Rhythm
 
1929 The Racketeer (costumes by)
 
1929 Her Private Affair
 
1929 Paris Bound
 
1927 The Girl in the Pullman
 
1927 A Harp in Hock
 
1927 The King of Kings (uncredited)
 
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1961 Most Dangerous Man Alive (wardrober)
 
1954 Passion (wardrobe designer)
 
1954 Silver Lode (wardrobe designer)
 
1954 The High and the Mighty (wardrobe designer)
 
1949 Samson and Delilah (costumes)
 
1931 Suicide Fleet (costumer - uncredited)
 
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5' 6" (1.68 m)
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