About

Known credits:
193
Birthday:
1902-06-04
Place of birth:
Oakland, California, USA
Website:
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Walter Plunkett

Overview

Walter Plunkett (June 5, 1902 – March 8, 1982) was a prolific costume designer who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry.

Plunkett's first credited work as a costume designer was the 1927 film Hard-Boiled Haggerty. At RKO, he developed a huge costume and wardrobe department that became a major studio asset. Given free rein, he set about creating costumes that rivaled the work of his contemporaries, such as Travis Banton and Adrian. Plunkett's best-known work is featured in two films, Gone with the Wind (1939) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which he lampooned his initial style of the Roaring Twenties. In 1951, Plunkett shared an Oscar with Orry-Kelly and Irene Sharaff for An American in Paris.

Known for

Acting
1957 Van Gogh: Darkness into Light Actor Self N/A
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Costume & Make-Up
1965 7 Women Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1965 Marriage on the Rocks Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1962 How the West Was Won Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
Fair
1962 Two Weeks in Another Town Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1962 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1961 Pocketful of Miracles Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
1960 Cimarron Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1960 Bells Are Ringing Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1960 Pollyanna Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 61
Fair
1960 Home from the Hill Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1958 Some Came Running Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1958 The Law and Jake Wade Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1958 The Sheepman Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1958 The Brothers Karamazov Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1957 Raintree County Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1957 Gun Glory Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1957 The Wings of Eagles Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Master 59
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1956 Lust for Life Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 62
Fair
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1956 Tribute to a Bad Man Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1956 Forbidden Planet Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 68
Fair
1956 Diane Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1955 The King's Thief Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1955 The Scarlet Coat Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1955 Moonfleet Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1955 The Glass Slipper Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1955 Jupiter's Darling Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
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1955 Many Rivers to Cross Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1954 Deep in My Heart Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1954 Athena Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 65
Fair
1954 Valley of the Kings Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1953 Kiss Me Kate Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1953 The Actress Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1953 Young Bess Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1952 Million Dollar Mermaid Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1952 Plymouth Adventure Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1952 The Prisoner of Zenda Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1952 Carbine Williams Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1952 Singin' in the Rain Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 78
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1951 Westward the Women Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1951 The Man with a Cloak Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1951 An American in Paris Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
Fair
1951 The Law and the Lady Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1951 Show Boat Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1951 Kind Lady Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Designer 59
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1951 Soldiers Three Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1951 Mr. Imperium Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1951 Payment on Demand Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 The Magnificent Yankee Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 Two Weeks with Love Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1950 King Solomon's Mines Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1950 Summer Stock Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 The Toast of New Orleans Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1950 The Happy Years Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 Father of the Bride Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
1950 Annie Get Your Gun Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 Stars in My Crown Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 Black Hand Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 The Outriders Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 Adam's Rib Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
1949 That Forsyte Woman Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1949 Madame Bovary Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1949 The Secret Garden Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 Little Women Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
1948 The Kissing Bandit Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
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1948 The Three Musketeers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1948 Summer Holiday Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1947 Song of Love Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1947 The Sea of Grass Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1947 Green Dolphin Street Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1946 Duel in the Sun Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1945 Along Came Jones Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1945 A Song to Remember Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1944 Knickerbocker Holiday Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1943 In Old Oklahoma Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1943 Forever and a Day Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1942 Lady for a Night Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1941 The Corsican Brothers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1941 Lydia Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1941 Ladies in Retirement Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1940 Vigil in the Night Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 62
Fair
1939 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1939 Gone with the Wind Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 77
Good
1939 Stagecoach Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 70
Good
1938 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
Average
1937 Nothing Sacred Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1937 The Woman I Love Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1937 The Soldier and the Lady Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1937 Quality Street Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1936 The Plough and the Stars Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1936 A Woman Rebels Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1936 Mary of Scotland Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1936 Chatterbox Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1935 Another Face Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 To Beat the Band Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1935 Annie Oakley Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1935 The Three Musketeers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1935 The Rainmakers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1935 His Family Tree Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 The Return Of Peter Grimm Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 Alice Adams Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1935 Hot Tip Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 Jalna Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 The Arizonian Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1935 Village Tale Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1935 Hooray for Love Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 The Informer Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1935 Chasing Yesterday Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 Captain Hurricane Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 Enchanted April Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 The Little Minister Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 West of the Pecos Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1934 The Silver Streak Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Lightning Strikes Twice Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 Dangerous Corner Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Anne of Green Gables Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 By Your Leave Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 Woman in the Dark Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Kentucky Kernels Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Wednesday's Child Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 The Gay Divorcee Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1934 Gridiron Flash Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 The Richest Girl in the World Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 The Age of Innocence Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 Down to Their Last Yacht Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 The Fountain Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Their Big Moment Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 His Greatest Gamble Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 Bachelor Bait Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Hat, Coat and Glove Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Of Human Bondage Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1934 We're Rich Again Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 Let's Try Again Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Murder on the Blackboard Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 The Life of Vergie Winters Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Stingaree Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Where Sinners Meet Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 Strictly Dynamite Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Sing and Like it Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 This Man Is Mine Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 Success at Any Price Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 The Crime Doctor Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
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1934 Spitfire Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1934 Keep 'Em Rolling Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Hips, Hips, Hooray! Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Long Lost Father Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 Man of Two Worlds Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1934 The Meanest Gal in Town Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1933 Flying Down to Rio Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1933 The Son of Kong Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1933 Little Women Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1933 The Right To Romance Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1933 Ace of Aces Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1933 Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1933 Ann Vickers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1933 Morning Glory Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1933 Blind Adventure Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1933 No Marriage Ties Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1933 Double Harness Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1933 Emergency Call Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1933 Melody Cruise Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1933 Tomorrow at Seven Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1933 Cross Fire Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1933 The Silver Cord Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1933 Sweepings Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1933 King Kong Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 71
Good
1933 Scarlet River Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1933 Christopher Strong Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1933 The Great Jasper Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1933 Lucky Devils Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1933 The Past of Mary Holmes Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1932 The Animal Kingdom Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1932 Night After Night Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1932 The Phantom of Crestwood Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1932 The Most Dangerous Game Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
1930 Dixiana Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1929 Seven Keys to Baldpate Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1929 The Vagabond Lover Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1929 Tanned Legs Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1929 Night Parade Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1929 Half Marriage Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1929 The Delightful Rogue Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1929 The Very Idea Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1929 Rio Rita Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1929 Love In The Desert Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1927 Legionnaires in Paris Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1927 The Bandit's Son Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1926 A Regular Scout Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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