About

Known credits:
57
Birthday:
1902-07-21
Place of birth:
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Website:
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Leah Rhodes

Overview

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Leah Rhodes (July 21, 1902, Port Arthur, Texas – October 17, 1986) was an American costume designer.

Rhodes was born Leah Margaret Montgomery in Port Arthur, Texas. As a young woman, Rhodes worked as a sign painted and window designer in Port Arthur and San Antonio. In 1921, she married auto mechanic Russel Spurgeon Rhodes. Five years later the couple moved to the San Fernando Valley where Russel managed a car dealership.

After moving to California, Rhodes began working as a buyer and shopper for Warner Brothers. Eventually, she became Orry-Kelly's chief assistant. When Orry-Kelly enlisted in the army, Rhodes took over Bette Davis's wardrobe for Old Acquaintances.

Rhodes gained more attention after working on The Big Sleep in 1946. This led to films like Key Largo (1948), Adventures of Don Juan (1949) (for which she won the Academy Award for Costume Design), White Heat (1949) and Strangers on a Train (1951). Her last film was the Howard Hawks Western Rio Lobo, in 1970.

Known for

Costume & Make-Up
1970 Rio Lobo Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1968 5 Card Stud Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1967 The Fox Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1967 The Fox Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Designer 59
Average
1967 Good Times Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1965 Tickle Me Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1958 Kings Go Forth Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1957 Forty Guns Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1953 The Lone Hand Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1953 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Designer 58
Average
1952 April in Paris Costume & Make-Up Costumer 58
Average
1952 The Winning Team Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
Average
1952 The Winning Team Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Designer 59
Average
1952 About Face Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1952 Bugles in the Afternoon Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1952 Room for One More Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1951 I'll See You in My Dreams Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1951 Come Fill the Cup Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1951 The Golden Horde Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1951 The Mark of the Renegade Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1951 Strangers on a Train Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 72
Good
1951 Only the Valiant Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1951 Lightning Strikes Twice Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1950 Three Secrets Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Designer 58
Average
1950 The Breaking Point Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Designer 60
Fair
1950 Tea for Two Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
Average
1950 Bright Leaf Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Supervisor 58
Average
1950 Caged Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1950 Chain Lightning Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1950 Backfire Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1949 White Heat Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
1949 Colorado Territory Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Master 59
Average
1949 Night Unto Night Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1948 Adventures of Don Juan Costume & Make-Up Costume Supervisor 59
Average
1948 Two Guys from Texas Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1948 Key Largo Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
1948 Wallflower Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1948 My Girl Tisa Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1947 The Voice of the Turtle Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1947 Stallion Road Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1946 Never Say Goodbye Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Designer 58
Average
1946 The Big Sleep Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Designer 70
Good
1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1946 Janie Gets Married Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1945 Too Young to Know Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
N/A
1945 Hotel Berlin Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1945 Roughly Speaking Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1944 Experiment Perilous Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1944 The Conspirators Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1944 Crime by Night Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1944 Janie Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1944 Between Two Worlds Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1943 Northern Pursuit Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1943 Find the Blackmailer Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1941 The Smiling Ghost Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1939 Old Hickory Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average