Edith Head

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Born

October 28, 1897 · San Bernardino, California, USA

Died

October 24, 1981

Birth name

Edith Claire Posener

Edith was the chief costume designer for Universal Studios having started her career as a sketch artist at Paramount. Sweet Charity was her 1,130th film, Over the years she had over30 Oscar nominations of which she won 7. She wrote two books, The Dress Doctor and How to Dress For Success. In 1959 she was chosen as Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles Times