Travilla
Personal Info
Know For
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-03-22 (70 years old)
Deathday
1990-11-02
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known As
William Jack Travilla
Bill
William Travilla
Travilla
Biography
The man who draped a fringed Idaho potato sack on Marilyn Monroe for a famous snapshot - proving that she looked good in anything - was born on Catalina Island off the California coast on March 22 1920. He studied at the Chouinard School of Art in L.A., showing a precocious talent for drawing fashion design from an early age. By the time he was sixteen, he made money by selling sketches of costume designs for showgirls he had studied at burlesque houses. Found unfit for wartime duties due to flat feet, William Travilla made his way to Hollywood and signed his first contract as costume designer at Columbia in 1941. However, during his two-yea...
Acting
Production
1950
as Costume Design
1953
as Costume Design
1951
as Costume Design
1980
as Costume Design
1980
as Costume Design
1950
as Costume Design
1947
as Wardrobe Designer
1947
as Costume Design
1947
as Costume Design
1953
as Costume Design
1968
as Costume Design
1954
as Costume Design
1943
as Costume Design
1981
as Costume Design
1963
as Costume Designer
1953
as Costume Design
1951
as Costume Design
1953
as Costume Design
1955
as Costume Design
1952
as Costume Design
1955
as Costume Design
1949
as Costume Design
1950
as Costume Design
1963
as Costume Design
1948
as Costume Design
1947
as Costume Design
1950
as Costume Design
1953
as Costume Design
1981
as Costume Design
1947
as Costume Design
1980
as Costume Design
1980
as Costume Design
1954
as Costume Design
1950
as Costume Design
1954
as Costume Design
1951
as Costume Design
1954
as Costume Design
1967
as Costume Design
1954
as Costume Design
1950
as Costume Design
1950
as Costume Design
1953
as Costume Design
1960
as Costume Design
1955
as Costume Design
1956
as Costume Design
1955
as Costume Design
1956
as Costume Design
1949
as Costume Design
1963
as Costume Design
1953
as Costume Design
1948
as Costume Supervisor
1953
as Costume Design
1951
as Costume Design
1941
as Costume Design
1956
as Costume Design
1956
as Costume Design
1956
as Costume Design
1956
as Costume Design
1947
as Wardrobe Designer
1954
as Costume Design
1950
as Costume Design
1947
as Costume Designer
1952
as Costume Designer
1949
as Costume Design
1954
as Costume Design
1952
as Costume Design
1951
as Costume Design
1952
as Costume Design
1955
as Costume Design
1979
as Costume Design
1943
as Costume Design
1955
as Costume Design
1953
as Costume Design
1954
as Costume Design
1950
as Costume Design
1948
as Costume Designer
1954
as Costume Designer
1949
as Costume Design
1968
as Costume Supervisor
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