Sydney Guilaroff

Overview

Sydney Guilaroff (November 2, 1907 – May 25, 1997) was a hair stylist during Hollywood’s Golden Age who was the first to receive on-screen credit in films. He worked for more than forty years at the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios on more than a thousand films. He was instrumental in crafting many of the hairstyles which became the signature looks for numerous film stars.

Over his long and distinguished career, Guilaroff's other clients included Elizabeth Taylor, Lana Turner, Greta Garbo, Lena Horne, Greer Garson, Debbie Reynolds, Ann-Margret, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Hedy Lamarr, Kathryn Grayson, Liza Minnelli, Clare Booth Luce, Ginger Rogers, Geraldine Page, Libby Holman, and Nancy Reagan. He was the stylist of choice for such male stars as Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra

Guilaroff won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or Special for The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987) starring Ann-Margret and Claudette Colbert.

Known for

Acting
2019	Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner	Actor	Self (archive footage)	59 Average
2004	Checking Out: Grand Hotel	Actor	Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)	59 Average
2002	Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star	Actor	Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)	59 Average
1995	Inside the Dream Factory	Actor	Self	59 Average
1977	New York, New York	Actor	Hairdresser	62 Fair
Costume & Make-Up
1989	Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1987	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles	Costume & Make-Up	Hairdresser	68 Fair
1984	A Streetcar Named Desire	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1981	...All the Marbles	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1978	Return Engagement	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	N/A N/A
1977	New York, New York	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	62 Fair
1971	Carnal Knowledge	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1969	The Happy Ending	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1969	The Gypsy Moths	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1969	The Extraordinary Seaman	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1969	Sweet Charity	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	60 Fair
1968	The Split	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1968	The Legend of Lylah Clare	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1968	Rosemary's Baby	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	75 Good
1968	Speedway	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1968	Stay Away, Joe	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1968	Sol Madrid	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1967	The Graduate	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	74 Good
1967	Point Blank	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	63 Fair
1967	Divorce American Style	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1967	Don't Make Waves	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1967	Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1967	Return of the Gunfighter	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1967	Hot Rods to Hell	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1967	The Venetian Affair	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1966	Grand Prix	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	62 Fair
1966	Grand Prix	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	62 Fair
1966	Gambit	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	61 Fair
1966	Penelope	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1966	Spinout	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1966	Seconds	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	64 Fair
1966	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	70 Good
1966	The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1965	Harum Scarum	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1965	The Great Race	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	63 Fair
1965	The Sandpiper	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1965	Harlow	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1965	Once a Thief	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1965	Girl Happy	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1965	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1965	The Rounders	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1964	The Yellow Rolls-Royce	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1964	Sex and the Single Girl	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1964	36 Hours	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1964	Goodbye Charlie	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1964	The Americanization of Emily	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1964	The Outrage	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1964	The Night of the Iguana	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	61 Fair
1964	What a Way to Go!	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	60 Fair
1964	The Unsinkable Molly Brown	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1964	7 Faces of Dr. Lao	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1964	Kissin' Cousins	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1964	Viva Las Vegas	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1964	Seven Days in May	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	62 Fair
1963	The Prize	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1963	Sunday in New York	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1963	It Happened at the World's Fair	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1963	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1962	Billy Rose's Jumbo	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1962	How the West Was Won	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	64 Fair
1962	Gypsy	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1962	Period of Adjustment	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1962	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1962	All Fall Down	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1962	Sweet Bird of Youth	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1962	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1961	The Misfits	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	63 Fair
1960	Cimarron	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1960	BUtterfield 8	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1960	All the Fine Young Cannibals	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1960	Bells Are Ringing	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1960	The Time Machine	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	67 Fair
1960	Please Don't Eat the Daisies	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1960	Home from the Hill	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1959	Ask Any Girl	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1959	North by Northwest	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	77 Good
1959	The World, the Flesh and the Devil	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1959	The Mating Game	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1959	Watusi	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1959	Green Mansions	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1958	The Tunnel of Love	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1958	Party Girl	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1958	The Badlanders	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1958	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	69 Fair
1958	The High Cost of Loving	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1958	Gigi	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1958	The Sheepman	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1958	Saddle the Wind	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1957	Raintree County	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1957	Don't Go Near the Water	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1957	Man on Fire	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1957	Gun Glory	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1957	Silk Stockings	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1957	Designing Woman	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1957	This Could Be the Night	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1957	Ten Thousand Bedrooms	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1956	The Opposite Sex	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1956	Tea and Sympathy	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1956	The Power and the Prize	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1956	Lust for Life	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	62 Fair
1956	High Society	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	62 Fair
1956	The Catered Affair	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1956	Gaby	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1956	Tribute to a Bad Man	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1956	Forbidden Planet	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	68 Fair
1956	Meet Me in Las Vegas	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1956	Ransom!	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1955	I'll Cry Tomorrow	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1955	It's a Dog's Life	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1955	The Tender Trap	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1955	Kismet	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1955	Trial	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1955	It's Always Fair Weather	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1955	The King's Thief	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1955	The Cobweb	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1955	Love Me or Leave Me	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1955	The Prodigal	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1955	Hit the Deck	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1955	Jupiter's Darling	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1955	Many Rivers to Cross	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1954	Green Fire	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1954	Deep in My Heart	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1954	The Last Time I Saw Paris	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1954	Brigadoon	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1954	Her Twelve Men	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1954	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	65 Fair
1954	Executive Suite	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1954	Tennessee Champ	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1954	Rose Marie	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1954	The Great Diamond Robbery	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	N/A N/A
1953	Kiss Me, Kate	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1953	Easy to Love	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1953	Give a Girl a Break	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1953	All the Brothers Were Valiant	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1953	The Actress	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1953	The Affairs of Dobie Gillis	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1953	The Band Wagon	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	62 Fair
1953	Dangerous When Wet	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1953	Julius Caesar	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	62 Fair
1953	Young Bess	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1953	Remains to Be Seen	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1953	Bright Road	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1953	The Girl Who Had Everything	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1953	The Story of Three Loves	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1953	I Love Melvin	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1953	Lili	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1953	Rogue's March	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1952	The Bad and the Beautiful	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	63 Fair
1952	Desperate Search	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1952	The Prisoner of Zenda	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1952	Lone Star	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1952	The Merry Widow	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1952	My Man and I	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1952	Fearless Fagan	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1952	Holiday for Sinners	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1952	Shadow in the Sky	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1952	Pat and Mike	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1952	Skirts Ahoy!	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1952	Scaramouche	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1952	Young Man with Ideas	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1952	Carbine Williams	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1952	Singin' in the Rain	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	78 Good
1952	Love Is Better Than Ever	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1952	The Belle of New York	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1952	Invitation	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1952	The Wild North	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1951	Too Young to Kiss	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1951	Callaway Went Thataway	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1951	The Unknown Man	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1951	Quo Vadis	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	64 Fair
1951	Angels in the Outfield	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1951	Bannerline	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1951	Texas Carnival	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1951	An American in Paris	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	64 Fair
1951	The Strip	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1951	The Tall Target	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1951	Show Boat	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1951	Kind Lady	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1951	The Painted Hills	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1951	Father's Little Dividend	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1951	Cause for Alarm!	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1951	Royal Wedding	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1951	Mr. Imperium	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1951	Inside Straight	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1951	Three Guys Named Mike	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1951	Vengeance Valley	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1951	Grounds for Marriage	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1950	The Magnificent Yankee	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1950	Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1950	Kim	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1950	Two Weeks with Love	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1950	To Please a Lady	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1950	Right Cross	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1950	Summer Stock	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1950	The Toast of New Orleans	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1950	Duchess of Idaho	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1950	Three Little Words	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1950	Mystery Street	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1950	Shadow on the Wall	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1950	Father of the Bride	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	62 Fair
1950	Annie Get Your Gun	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1950	Please Believe Me	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1950	The Asphalt Jungle	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	66 Fair
1950	Stars in My Crown	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1950	The Reformer and the Redhead	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1950	The Yellow Cab Man	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1950	Side Street	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1950	Black Hand	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1950	Nancy Goes to Rio	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1950	The Outriders	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1950	Ambush	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1949	On the Town	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	62 Fair
1949	Tension	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1949	Adam's Rib	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	63 Fair
1949	That Forsyte Woman	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1949	Challenge to Lassie	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1949	The Red Danube	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1949	Madame Bovary	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1949	In the Good Old Summertime	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1949	The Great Sinner	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1949	Neptune's Daughter	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1949	The Stratton Story	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1949	Take Me Out to the Ball Game	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1948	Hills of Home	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1948	The Kissing Bandit	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1948	The Three Musketeers	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	60 Fair
1948	Julia Misbehaves	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1948	A Date with Judy	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1948	Easter Parade	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	61 Fair
1948	The Pirate	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1948	Summer Holiday	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1948	Big City	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1947	Good News	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1947	Desire Me	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1947	Song of the Thin Man	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	60 Fair
1947	The Hucksters	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1947	The Sea of Grass	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1947	Green Dolphin Street	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1946	Lady in the Lake	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1946	Undercurrent	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1946	Two Sisters from Boston	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1946	Two Smart People	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1945	Ziegfeld Follies	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1945	The Valley of Decision	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1944	Mrs. Parkington	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1944	Kismet	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1942	Panama Hattie	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1942	Apache Trail	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	59 Average
1942	Calling Dr. Gillespie	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1942	Mrs. Miniver	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	62 Fair
1942	The Affairs of Martha	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1942	Grand Central Murder	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1942	The Courtship of Andy Hardy	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1942	Nazi Agent	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1941	Two-Faced Woman	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1941	Married Bachelor	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1941	The Feminine Touch	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	58 Average
1941	Lady Be Good	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1941	When Ladies Meet	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1940	The Philadelphia Story	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	69 Fair
1940	Bitter Sweet	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1940	Escape	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Designer	59 Average
1940	Dulcy	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1940	Boom Town	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	60 Fair
1940	Pride and Prejudice	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	61 Fair
1940	Susan and God	Costume & Make-Up	Hair Department Head	59 Average
1940	The Shop Around the Corner	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	72 Good
1939	Ninotchka	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	65 Fair
1939	The Women	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	61 Fair
1939	The Ice Follies of 1939	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	58 Average
1939	Idiot's Delight	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average
1938	The Shining Hour	Costume & Make-Up	Hairstylist	59 Average

About

Sydney Guilaroff

Overview

Known for

Acting

Costume & Make-Up