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Biography of Edith Head
Name: Edith Head
Birth Date: October 28, 1898
Death Date: October 24, 1981
Place of Birth: San Bernardino, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: costume designer, author, radio/television commentator
Edith Head
Edith Head (1898-1981) is widely viewed as Hollywood's most successful costume designer, as well as one of its most colorful personalities. Head was nominated for 35 Academy Awards, won eight, and designed the costumes for several hundred films.Edith Head's birthdate was probably October 28, 1898. All records of that time period were destroyed in a courthouse fire, and Head publicly claimed to have been born in 1907 or 1908. However, since she definitely had graduated from college, married, divorced, and worked as a teacher for several years by 1923, the later birthdates are not possible. Even her family name is uncertain; Head was the name of her first husband. One biographer, Paddy Calistro, determined that her parents were probably of Jewish heritage, which Head never acknowledged. Similar uncertainty about the details of many events continued throughout Head's long life. In a Vanity Fair feature story, Amy Fine Collins reported that the designer "obstinately refused to talk …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, which was released in 1982 after her death. Head's husband died in 1979, and Head herself finally succumbed to her illness on October 24, 1981. Her funeral was attended by crowds of Hollywood stars, as well as costume fitters and studio guards. Bette Davis (who kept a Head gown from All About Eve on permanent display in her home) gave the eulogy, calling Head "the queen of her profession." Associated Organizations Further Reading Chierichetti, David, Edith Head: The Life and Times of Hollywood's Celebrated Costume Designer, HarperCollins, 2003.Epstein, Beryl Williams, Fashion Is Our Business, J.B. Lippincott, 1945.Head, Edith, and Jane Kesner Ardmore, The Dress Doctor, Little, Brown and Company, 1959.Head, Edith, and Paddy Calistro, Edith Head's Hollywood, Dutton, 1983.LaVine, W. Robert, In a Glamorous Fashion, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980.Podell, Janet, editor, The Annual Obituary 1981, St. Martin's Press, 1982.Vanity Fair, March 1998.Internet Movie Database, http://us.imdb.com (March 4, 1998).
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