About

Known credits:
150
Birthday:
1907-10-05
Place of birth:
Paris, France
Website:
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Jean Louis

Overview

Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthault; October 5, 1907 in Paris, France – April 20, 1997 in Palm Springs, California) was a French-born, Hollywood costume designer and an Academy Award winner for Best Costume Design.

Before coming to Hollywood, he worked in New York for fashion entrepreneur Hattie Carnegie, where the clientele included Joan Cohn, the wife of Columbia Pictures studio chief Harry Cohn.

He worked as head designer for Columbia Pictures from 1944 to 1960. His most famous works include Rita Hayworth's black satin strapless dress from Gilda (1946), Marlene Dietrich's celebrated beaded souffle stagewear for her cabaret world tours, as well as the sheer, sparkling gown that Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to John F. Kennedy in 1962.

The dress was so tight that he is believed to have actually sewn it while Monroe was wearing it. The idea of dresses being a nude color, with crystals coating it, stunned audiences. It gave the members of the audience the illusion that Monroe was nude, except for discretely placed rhinestones covering them head to toe.

Louis had originally designed a version of the dress for Marlene Dietrich, who wore it in her concert shows. An impressed Monroe asked Dietrich about it, who told her how the dress's illusion worked, and sent her to Louis to design a similar dress for her Kennedy appearance. While Dietrich had been seen wearing her version before Monroe, the press coverage surrounding Monroe's appearance at Madison Square Garden in her style of gown swept the globe. This robe became—besides the white one from "The Seven Year Itch"—Marilyn Monroe's most famous robe, selling at auction in 2016 for 4.8 million dollars.

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Known for

Costume & Make-Up
1973 I Wish You Love Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1973 40 Carats Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1973 Lost Horizon Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1968 Don't Just Stand There Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1968 The Hell with Heroes Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1968 P.J. Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1968 The Ballad of Josie Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Supervisor 69
Fair
1967 Rosie! Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1966 Gambit Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 61
Fair
1966 A Man Could Get Killed Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Coordinator 58
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1965 Mirage Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1965 That Funny Feeling Costume & Make-Up Costumer 59
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1965 Bus Riley's Back in Town Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1965 Strange Bedfellows Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1964 Send Me No Flowers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1963 For Love or Money Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1963 The Thrill of It All Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1962 If a Man Answers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1961 Judgment at Nuremberg Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 72
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1961 The Misfits Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
1960 Song Without End Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1960 Portrait in Black Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1960 Strangers When We Meet Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1960 Who Was That Lady? Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1959 Suddenly, Last Summer Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
1959 The Last Angry Man Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1959 Pillow Talk Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
1959 Imitation of Life Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 64
Fair
1959 They Came to Cordura Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1959 Middle of the Night Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1958 The Last Hurrah Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
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1958 Bell, Book and Candle Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1957 Pal Joey Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1957 The Brothers Rico Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1957 3:10 to Yuma Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
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1957 Jeanne Eagels Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1957 The Garment Jungle Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1956 The Monte Carlo Story Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1956 Nightfall Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1956 Autumn Leaves Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1956 The Eddy Duchin Story Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1956 Over-Exposed Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1956 Jubal Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1955 Picnic Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1955 Queen Bee Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1955 Count Three and Pray Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1955 My Sister Eileen Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1955 5 Against the House Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1955 Tight Spot Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1955 Three for the Show Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1955 The Violent Men Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1955 The Long Gray Line Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1954 Phffft Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1954 A Star Is Born Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
1954 Human Desire Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1954 Pushover Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1954 The Caine Mutiny Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
Fair
1954 The Iron Glove Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1954 It Should Happen to You Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1953 Bad for Each Other Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1953 Miss Sadie Thompson Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1953 The Big Heat Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
1953 From Here to Eternity Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 66
Fair
1953 Let's Do It Again Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1953 Serpent of the Nile Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1953 Salome Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1952 The Happy Time Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1952 The Golden Hawk Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
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1952 The Four Poster Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1952 Assignment: Paris Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1952 Captain Pirate Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1952 Affair in Trinidad Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1952 Paula Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1952 The Marrying Kind Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1952 Scandal Sheet Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1951 The Son of Dr. Jekyll Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1951 The Family Secret Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1951 The Magic Carpet Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
Average
1951 The Texas Rangers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1951 Lorna Doone Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1951 Saturday's Hero Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 Born Yesterday Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
1950 The Flying Missile Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1950 The Killer That Stalked New York Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 The Fuller Brush Girl Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1950 The Petty Girl Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1950 Fortunes of Captain Blood Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Designer 59
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1950 In a Lonely Place Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
1950 No Sad Songs for Me Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1950 Kill the Umpire Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 A Woman of Distinction Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 Father Is a Bachelor Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1950 The Traveling Saleswoman Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1949 The Reckless Moment Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 60
Fair
1949 And Baby Makes Three Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1949 Tell It to the Judge Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 All the King's Men Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 61
Fair
1949 Tokyo Joe Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 Mr. Soft Touch Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 Anna Lucasta Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1949 Lust for Gold Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 Johnny Allegro Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 The Undercover Man Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1949 The Undercover Man Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 The Walking Hills Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Designer 59
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1949 Knock on Any Door Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 Slightly French Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1949 Shockproof Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1948 The Dark Past Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1948 You Gotta Stay Happy Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1948 The Return of October Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1948 The Loves of Carmen Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1948 The Man from Colorado Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1948 The Fuller Brush Man Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1948 The Black Arrow Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1948 The Mating of Millie Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1948 The Sign of the Ram Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1948 I Love Trouble Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1947 The Lady from Shanghai Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
1947 It Had to Be You Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1947 Her Husband's Affairs Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1947 Down to Earth Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1947 Framed Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1947 Mr. District Attorney Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1947 Johnny O'Clock Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1946 Dead Reckoning Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1946 The Return of Monte Cristo Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1946 The Jolson Story Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1946 Gallant Journey Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1946 The Thrill of Brazil Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1946 Renegades Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1946 Gilda Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
1946 The Kid from Brooklyn Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1946 The Gentleman Misbehaves Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1946 Tomorrow Is Forever Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1946 Meet Me on Broadway Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1945 My Name Is Julia Ross Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1945 Kiss and Tell Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1945 Over 21 Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1945 Tonight and Every Night Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1944 Together Again Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1944 Strange Affair Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1944 The Impatient Years Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1944 Secret Command Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average

Editing
1959 Middle of the Night Editing Assistant Editor 59
Average