Costume designer Helen Rose (February 2, 1904 - November 9, 1985) spent the bulk of her career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she clothed the stars of 200 films.
A native of Chicago, she began designing nightclub and stage costumes at age 15. She also costumed for an ice show before moving to Hollywood in the early 40s where she spent two years working for 20th Century Fox. Rose won two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, for The Bad and the...
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Costume designer Helen Rose (February 2, 1904 - November 9, 1985) spent the bulk of her career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she clothed the stars of 200 films.
A native of Chicago, she began designing nightclub and stage costumes at age 15. She also costumed for an ice show before moving to Hollywood in the early 40s where she spent two years working for 20th Century Fox. Rose won two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, for The Bad and the Beautiful in 1952 and for I'll Cry Tomorrow in 1955. She was nominated a further eight times. She was also very well known for designing the wedding dress of Grace Kelly when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956.
In the late 60s, Rose left the studio to open her own design business and continued to provide fancy attire for the famed and the wealthy. She also wrote a fashion column, wrote her autobiograph Just Make Them Beautiful (1976), and staged travelling fashion shows.
Helen was married to Harry Rose.
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