Personal Info

Known For

Costume & Make-Up

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1897-10-28

Deathday

1981-10-24 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

San Bernadino, California, USA

Also Known As

Edith Claire Posener

Edith Head

Biography

Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiress (1949) and ending with The Sting (1973).

Known For

8.1%

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

7.0%

And the Oscar Goes To...

Feb 1, 2014

6.6%

The Ed Sullivan Show

Jun 20, 1948

5.1%

The Oscar

Mar 4, 1966

6.2%

The Pleasure of His Company

Jun 1, 1961

7.1%

The Women Who Run Hollywood

May 16, 2016

5.6%

The Merv Griffin Show

Oct 1, 1962

7.0%

Lucy Gallant

Oct 20, 1955

TSJ

6.5%

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Jul 29, 1957

7.5%

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

Nov 26, 2002

6.5%

Dinah!

Oct 21, 1974

6.0%

Hollywood Extra Girl

Aug 22, 1935

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Acting

2016

The Women Who Run Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2002

Edith Head: The Paramount Years as Self (archive footage)

1981

Edith Head as Self

1974		Dinah! as Self
1974		Flick Flack

1971		Columbo as Edith Head
1971		V.I.P. Schaukel as Self

1969

The Art of Exaggeration: Designs for Sweet Charity by Edith Head as Host

1966

The Oscar as Edith Head

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1961

The Pleasure of His Company as Dress Designer (uncredited)

1957

Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self

1955

Lucy Gallant as Edith Head

1950

The Costume Designer as Self (uncredited)

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1935

Hollywood Extra Girl as Edith Head (uncredited)

Art

1949

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Production Design

Costume & Make-Up

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as Costume Design

1980

The Last Married Couple in America as Costume Design

1979

Women in White as Costume Design

1978		Return Engagement as Costume Design
1978		The Big Fix as Costume Design
1978		Little Women as Costume Design
1978		Olly, Olly, Oxen Free as Costume Design
1978		Sextette as Costume Design

1977		Sunshine Christmas as Costume Design
1977		Sex and the Married Woman as Costume Design
1977		Airport '77 as Costume Design

1976		The Disappearance of Aimee as Costume Design
1976		Amelia Earhart as Costume Design
1976		Family Plot as Costume Design
1976		W.C. Fields and Me as Costume Design
1976		Gable and Lombard as Costume Design

1975		The Man Who Would Be King as Wardrobe Designer
1975		Rooster Cogburn as Costume Design
1975		The Great Waldo Pepper as Costume Design

1974

Airport 1975 as Costume Design

1973		The Sting as Costume Design
1973		The Don Is Dead as Costume Design
1973		A Doll's House as Costume Design
1973		Showdown as Costume Design

1972		The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Costume Design
1972		Pete 'n' Tillie as Costume Design
1972		Hammersmith Is Out as Costumer
1972		The Screaming Woman as Costume Design

1971

Sometimes a Great Notion as Costume Design

1970		Myra Breckinridge as Costumer
1970		Colossus: The Forbin Project as Costume Design
1970		Airport as Costume Design
1970		Skullduggery as Costume Design
1970		Story of a Woman as Costume Design

1969		Topaz as Costume Design
1969		Downhill Racer as Costume Design
1969		Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Costume Design
1969		Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Costume Design
1969		The Lost Man as Costume Design
1969		Eye of the Cat as Costume Design
1969		Winning as Costume Design
1969		Sweet Charity as Costume Design

1968		Hellfighters as Costume Design
1968		House of Cards as Costume Design
1968		In Enemy Country as Costume Design
1968		What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Costume Design
1968		Blue as Costume Design

1967		Chuka as Costume Design
1967		Easy Come, Easy Go as Costume Design
1967		Barefoot in the Park as Costume Design
1967		The Caper of the Golden Bulls as Costume Design
1967		Hotel as Costume Design
1967		Warning Shot as Costume Design

1966		El Dorado as Costume Design
1966		The Swinger as Costume Design
1966		Penelope as Costume Design
1966		Penelope as Costumer
1966		This Property Is Condemned as Costume Design
1966		Torn Curtain as Costume Design
1966		Assault on a Queen as Costume Design
1966		The Last of the Secret Agents? as Costume Design
1966		Paradise, Hawaiian Style as Costume Design
1966		Johnny Reno as Costume Design

1965		Inside Daisy Clover as Costume Design
1965		Boeing, Boeing as Costume Design
1965		The Slender Thread as Costume Design
1965		Red Line 7000 as Costume Design
1965		The Great Race as Costume Design
1965		The Family Jewels as Costume Design
1965		The Hallelujah Trail as Costume Design
1965		The Sons of Katie Elder as Costume Design
1965		Harlow as Costume Design
1965		John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Costume Design
1965		Love Has Many Faces as Costume Design
1965		Sylvia as Costume Design

1964		The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Costume Design
1964		Sex and the Single Girl as Costume Design
1964		The Disorderly Orderly as Costume Design
1964		36 Hours as Costume Design
1964		Roustabout as Costume Design
1964		Where Love Has Gone as Costume Design
1964		A House Is Not a Home as Costume Design
1964		What a Way to Go! as Costume Design
1964		Marnie as Costume Design
1964		The Patsy as Costume Design
1964		Lady in a Cage as Costume Design
1964		The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour as Costume Design
1964		Man's Favorite Sport? as Costume Design

1963		Love with the Proper Stranger as Costume Design
1963		Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? as Costume Design
1963		Who's Minding the Store? as Costume Design
1963		Fun in Acapulco as Costume Design
1963		A New Kind of Love as Costume Design
1963		Donovan's Reef as Costume Design
1963		Come Blow Your Horn as Costume Design
1963		The Nutty Professor as Costume Design
1963		Hud as Costume Design
1963		My Six Loves as Costume Design
1963		The Birds as Costume Design
1963		Critic's Choice as Costume Design

1962		A Girl Named Tamiko as Costume Design
1962		Who's Got the Action? as Costume Design
1962		Girls! Girls! Girls! as Costume Design
1962		It's Only Money as Costume Design
1962		Hatari! as Costume Design
1962		Escape from Zahrain as Costume Design
1962		The Counterfeit Traitor as Costume Design
1962		The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Costume Design
1962		My Geisha as Costume Design

1961		Pocketful of Miracles as Costume Design
1961		The Errand Boy as Costume Design
1961		Blue Hawaii as Costume Design
1961		Summer and Smoke as Costume Design
1961		Too Late Blues as Costume Design
1961		Breakfast at Tiffany's as Costume Supervisor
1961		The Ladies Man as Costume Design
1961		The Pleasure of His Company as Costume Design
1961		On the Double as Costume Design
1961		All in a Night's Work as Costume Design

1960		Pepe as Costume Design
1960		Cinderfella as Costume Design
1960		G.I. Blues as Costume Design
1960		The Facts of Life as Costume Design
1960		The Rat Race as Costume Design
1960		Heller in Pink Tights as Costume Design
1960		Visit to a Small Planet as Costume Design

1959		The Jayhawkers! as Costume Design
1959		Career as Costume Design
1959		A Hole in the Head as Costume Design
1959		That Kind of Woman as Costume Design
1959		But Not for Me as Costume Design
1959		Last Train from Gun Hill as Costume Design
1959		Don't Give Up the Ship as Costume Design
1959		The Five Pennies as Costume Design
1959		The Hangman as Costume Design
1959		Alias Jesse James as Costume Design
1959		The Black Orchid as Costume Design
1959		The Trap as Costume Design

1958		Separate Tables as Costume Design
1958		Houseboat as Costume Design
1958		The Geisha Boy as Costume Design
1958		The Party Crashers as Costume Design
1958		The Matchmaker as Costume Design
1958		Rock-a-Bye Baby as Costume Design
1958		King Creole as Costumer
1958		Vertigo as Costume Design
1958		Maracaibo as Costume Design
1958		Hot Spell as Costume Design
1958		St. Louis Blues as Costume Design
1958		Teacher's Pet as Costume Design

1957		Witness for the Prosecution as Costume Design
1957		Wild Is the Wind as Costume Design
1957		The Sad Sack as Costume Design
1957		The Tin Star as Costume Design
1957		The Devil's Hairpin as Costume Design
1957		Hear Me Good as Costume Design
1957		Loving You as Costume Design
1957		Beau James as Costume Design
1957		The Delicate Delinquent as Costume Design
1957		Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Costume Design
1957		The Buster Keaton Story as Costume Design
1957		Fear Strikes Out as Costume Design
1957		Funny Face as Costume Design

1956		The Rainmaker as Costume Design
1956		Hollywood or Bust as Costume Design
1956		The Ten Commandments as Costume Design
1956		The Search for Bridey Murphy as Costume Design
1956		Pardners as Costume Design
1956		The Leather Saint as Costume Design
1956		That Certain Feeling as Costume Design
1956		The Mountain as Costume Design
1956		The Man Who Knew Too Much as Costume Design
1956		The Birds and the Bees as Costume Design
1956		The Scarlet Hour as Costume Design

1955		The Court Jester as Costume Design
1955		The Rose Tattoo as Costume Design
1955		Artists and Models as Costume Design
1955		Lucy Gallant as Costume Design
1955		The Desperate Hours as Costume Design
1955		The Trouble with Harry as Costume Design
1955		The Seven Little Foys as Costume Design
1955		The Girl Rush as Costume Design
1955		You're Never Too Young as Costume Design
1955		To Catch a Thief as Costume Design
1955		Strategic Air Command as Costume Design
1955		The Far Horizons as Costume Design
1955		Hell's Island as Wardrobe Supervisor
1955		Run for Cover as Costume Design

1954		3 Ring Circus as Costume Design
1954		The Country Girl as Costume Design
1954		The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Costume Design
1954		White Christmas as Costume Design
1954		Sabrina as Costume Supervisor
1954		About Mrs. Leslie as Costume Design
1954		Rear Window as Costume Design
1954		Living It Up as Costume Design
1954		Secret of the Incas as Costume Design
1954		Elephant Walk as Costume Design
1954		Casanova's Big Night as Costume Design
1954		Knock on Wood as Costume Design
1954		The Naked Jungle as Costume Design
1954		Jivaro as Costume Design
1954		Alaska Seas as Costume Design

1953		Money from Home as Costume Design
1953		Forever Female as Costume Design
1953		Here Come the Girls as Costume Design
1953		Those Redheads from Seattle as Costume Design
1953		Roman Holiday as Costume Design
1953		The War of the Worlds as Costume Design
1953		The Caddy as Costume Design
1953		Arrowhead as Costume Design
1953		Houdini as Costume Design
1953		Pony Express as Costume Design
1953		Sangaree as Costume Design
1953		Scared Stiff as Costume Design
1953		Shane as Costume Design
1953		Road to Bali as Costume Design

1952		Off Limits as Costume Design
1952		Come Back, Little Sheba as Costume Design
1952		Thunder in the East as Costume Design
1952		Just for You as Costume Design
1952		Somebody Loves Me as Costume Design
1952		Caribbean as Costume Design
1952		The Savage as Costume Design
1952		Carrie as Costume Design
1952		Son of Paleface as Costume Design
1952		The Turning Point as Costume Design
1952		Jumping Jacks as Costume Design
1952		Denver and Rio Grande as Costume Design
1952		The Atomic City as Costume Design
1952		Stolen Face as Costume Design
1952		My Son John as Costume Design
1952		Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick as Costume Design
1952		Something to Live For as Costume Design
1952		The Greatest Show on Earth as Costume Design
1952		Sailor Beware as Costume Design

1951		My Favorite Spy as Costume Design
1951		The Stooge as Costume Design
1951		Submarine Command as Costumer
1951		Detective Story as Costume Design
1951		Here Comes the Groom as Costume Design
1951		When Worlds Collide as Costume Design
1951		Darling, How Could You! as Costume Design
1951		Peking Express as Costume Design
1951		Ace in the Hole as Costume Design
1951		A Place in the Sun as Costume Design
1951		That's My Boy as Costume Design
1951		Dear Brat as Costume Design
1951		The Lemon Drop Kid as Costume Design

1950		Mr. Music as Costume Design
1950		Let's Dance as Costume Design
1950		Copper Canyon as Costume Design
1950		All About Eve as Costume Design
1950		Branded as Costume Design
1950		September Affair as Costume Design
1950		Dark City as Costume Design
1950		The Furies as Costume Design
1950		Sunset Boulevard as Costume Design
1950		My Friend Irma Goes West as Costume Design
1950		Riding High as Costume Design
1950		No Man of Her Own as Costume Design
1950		My Foolish Heart as Costume Design

1949		Samson and Delilah as Costume Design
1949		The Great Lover as Costume Design
1949		The File on Thelma Jordon as Costume Design
1949		Beyond the Forest as Costume Design
1949		My Friend Irma as Costume Design
1949		The Heiress as Costume Design
1949		Red, Hot and Blue as Costume Design
1949		Rope of Sand as Costume Design
1949		Manhandled as Costume Design
1949		The Great Gatsby as Costume Design
1949		The Accused as Costume Design

1948		Miss Tatlock's Millions as Costume Design
1948		June Bride as Costume Design
1948		Isn't It Romantic? as Costume Design
1948		Sorry, Wrong Number as Costume Design
1948		Rachel and the Stranger as Costume Design
1948		Night Has a Thousand Eyes as Costume Design
1948		A Foreign Affair as Costume Design
1948		So Evil My Love as Costume Design
1948		Dream Girl as Costume Design
1948		The Emperor Waltz as Costume Design
1948		My Own True Love as Costume Design
1948		The Sainted Sisters as Costume Design
1948		The Big Clock as Costume Design

1947		I Walk Alone as Costume Design
1947		Road to Rio as Costume Design
1947		Saigon as Costume Design
1947		Where There's Life as Costume Design
1947		Wild Harvest as Costume Design
1947		Variety Girl as Costume Design
1947		Cry Wolf as Costume Design
1947		Desert Fury as Costume Design
1947		The Perils of Pauline as Costume Design
1947		The Trouble with Women as Costume Design
1947		Welcome Stranger as Costume Design
1947		Dear Ruth as Costume Design
1947		The Other Love as Costume Design
1947		Blaze of Noon as Costume Design
1947		Ramrod as Costume Design
1947		The Farmer's Daughter as Costume Design
1947		My Favorite Brunette as Costume Design
1947		The Two Mrs. Carrolls as Costume Design
1947		California as Costume Design
1947		The Perfect Marriage as Costume Design

1946		Cross My Heart as Costume Design
1946		Blue Skies as Costume Design
1946		Notorious as Costume Design
1946		The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Costume Design
1946		The Bride Wore Boots as Costume Design
1946		The Virginian as Costume Design
1946		The Blue Dahlia as Costume Design
1946		The Blue Dahlia as Costumer
1946		To Each His Own as Costume Design
1946		Road to Utopia as Costume Design
1946		My Reputation as Costume Design

1945		The Stork Club as Costume Design
1945		The Bells of St. Mary's as Costume Design
1945		Masquerade in Mexico as Costume Design
1945		The Lost Weekend as Costume Design
1945		Hold That Blonde! as Costume Design
1945		Love Letters as Costume Design
1945		Christmas in Connecticut as Costume Design
1945		Incendiary Blonde as Costume Design
1945		Out of This World as Costume Design
1945		The Affairs of Susan as Costume Design
1945		You Came Along as Costume Design
1945		A Medal for Benny as Costume Design
1945		Bring on the Girls as Costume Designer

1944		I'll Be Seeing You as Costume Design
1944		Here Come the Waves as Costume Design
1944		And Now Tomorrow as Costume Design
1944		Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Costume Design
1944		Rainbow Island as Costume Design
1944		The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek as Costume Design
1944		Hail the Conquering Hero as Costume Design
1944		The Great Moment as Costume Design
1944		I Love a Soldier as Costume Design
1944		Double Indemnity as Costume Design
1944		Tender Comrade as Costume Design
1944		Ministry of Fear as Costume Design
1944		And the Angels Sing as Costume Design
1944		The Uninvited as Costume Design
1944		Lady in the Dark as Costume Design
1944		Standing Room Only as Costume Design
1944		Going My Way as Costume Design

1943		True to Life as Costume Design
1943		Riding High as Costume Design
1943		Flesh and Fantasy as Costume Design
1943		Hostages as Costume Design
1943		Let's Face It as Costume Design
1943		Five Graves to Cairo as Costume Design
1943		Lady of Burlesque as Costume Design
1943		China as Costume Design
1943		No Time for Love as Costume Design
1943		They Got Me Covered as Costume Design
1943		Young and Willing as Costume Design
1943		The Crystal Ball as Costume Design

1942		Lucky Jordan as Costume Design
1942		Road to Morocco as Costume Design
1942		I Married a Witch as Costume Design
1942		The Major and the Minor as Costume Design
1942		The Glass Key as Costume Design
1942		The Gay Sisters as Costume Design
1942		Beyond the Blue Horizon as Costume Design
1942		Are Husbands Necessary? as Costume Design
1942		This Gun for Hire as Costume Design
1942		My Favorite Blonde as Costume Design
1942		The Remarkable Andrew as Costume Design
1942		Star Spangled Rhythm as Costume Design
1942		The Fleet's In as Costume Design
1942		The Lady Has Plans as Costume Design
1942		Holiday Inn as Costume Design

1941		Bahama Passage as Costume Design
1941		Ball of Fire as Costume Design
1941		Ball of Fire as Costumer
1941		Sullivan's Travels as Costume Design
1941		Skylark as Costume Design
1941		Birth of the Blues as Costume Design
1941		New York Town as Costume Design
1941		The Great Man's Lady as Costume Design
1941		You Belong to Me as Costume Design
1941		Nothing But the Truth as Costume Design
1941		Hold Back the Dawn as Costume Design
1941		Aloma of the South Seas as Costume Design
1941		Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Costume Design
1941		Kiss the Boys Goodbye as Costume Design
1941		Caught in the Draft as Costume Design
1941		West Point Widow as Costume Design
1941		Road to Zanzibar as Costume Design
1941		The Lady Eve as Costume Design
1941		Life with Henry as Costume Design

1940		Love Thy Neighbor as Costume Design
1940		The Mad Doctor as Costume Design
1940		The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Costume Design
1940		Dancing on a Dime as Costume Design
1940		Rhythm on the River as Costume Design
1940		The Great McGinty as Costume Design
1940		Moon Over Burma as Costume Design
1940		Untamed as Costume Design
1940		The Ghost Breakers as Costume Design
1940		Safari as Costume Design
1940		Buck Benny Rides Again as Costume Design
1940		Typhoon as Costume Design
1940		Road to Singapore as Costume Design
1940		Adventure in Diamonds as Costume Design
1940		Remember the Night as Costume Design

1939		The Great Victor Herbert as Costume Design
1939		The Cat and the Canary as Costume Design
1939		Disputed Passage as Costume Design
1939		Honeymoon in Bali as Costume Design
1939		The Star Maker as Costume Design
1939		Beau Geste as Costume Design
1939		The Magnificent Fraud as Costume Design
1939		Man About Town as Costume Design
1939		Invitation to Happiness as Costume Design
1939		The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Costume Design
1939		Man of Conquest as Costume Design
1939		Hotel Imperial as Costume Design
1939		Sudden Money as Costume Design
1939		King of Chinatown as Costume Design
1939		Never Say Die as Costume Design
1939		Cafe Society as Costume Design
1939		Paris Honeymoon as Costume Design
1939		Disbarred as Costume Design

1938		Zaza as Costume Design
1938		Artists and Models Abroad as Costume Design
1938		Thanks for the Memory as Costume Design
1938		If I Were King as Costume Design
1938		Spawn of the North as Costume Design
1938		Give Me a Sailor as Costume Design
1938		The Texans as Costume Design
1938		Men with Wings as Costume Design
1938		Tropic Holiday as Costume Design
1938		Cocoanut Grove as Costume Design
1938		College Swing as Costume Design
1938		Her Jungle Love as Costume Design
1938		Dangerous to Know as Costume Design
1938		Mad About Music as Costume Design
1938		The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Costume Design

1937		Wells Fargo as Costume Design
1937		Thrill of a Lifetime as Costume Design
1937		Blossoms On Broadway as Costume Design
1937		Ebb Tide as Costume Design
1937		This Way Please as Costume Design
1937		Double or Nothing as Costume Design
1937		Sophie Lang Goes West as Costume Design
1937		Souls at Sea as Costume Design
1937		Exclusive as Costume Design
1937		Turn Off the Moon as Costume Design
1937		Waikiki Wedding as Costume Design
1937		Her Husband Lies as Costume Design
1937		John Meade's Woman as Costume Design

1936		College Holiday as Costume Design
1936		Murder with Pictures as Costume Design
1936		The Texas Rangers as Costume Design
1936		Rhythm on the Range as Costume Design
1936		The Return of Sophie Lang as Costume Design
1936		Poppy as Costume Design
1936		Early to Bed as Costume Design
1936		Till We Meet Again as Costume Design

1934		She Loves Me Not as Costume Design
1934		Death Takes a Holiday as Costume Design

1933		Cradle Song as Costume Design
1933		She Done Him Wrong as Costume Design

1932

Love Me Tonight as Costume Design

1931

The Lawyer's Secret as Costume Design

1930

Only the Brave as Costume Design

1929

The Saturday Night Kid as Costume Design

1928		Ladies of the Mob as Costume Design
1928		The Legion of the Condemned as Costume Design

1927		Underworld as Assistant Costume Designer
1927		Wings as Costume Design

1926

Mantrap as Costume Design

1925

Are Parents People? as Costume Design

1924

Peter Pan as Costume Design