Sydney Guilaroff

Personal Info

Know For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-11-02 (90 years old)

Deathday

1997-05-25

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Sydney Guilaroff

Biography

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 B...

Acting

2002

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

as Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)

1977

New York, New York

as Hairdresser

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)

Production

1940

1941

Two-Faced Woman

as Hair Designer

1958

The Sheepman

as Hairstylist

1949

The Stratton Story

as Hairstylist

1956

Lust for Life

as Hair Designer

1957

1940

Pride and Prejudice

as Hairstylist

1965

The Sandpiper

as Hairstylist

1955

Love Me or Leave Me

as Hair Designer

1959

The Mating Game

as Hairstylist

1977

New York, New York

as Hair Designer

1959

Ask Any Girl

as Hairstylist

1954

Brigadoon

as Hairstylist

1966

Gambit

as Hairstylist

1941

Lady Be Good

as Hairstylist

1965

The Great Race

as Hair Designer

1951

Father's Little Dividend

as Hair Designer

1955

The King's Thief

as Hair Designer

1969

1964

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

as Hairstylist

1947

Good News

as Hair Designer

1944

Mrs. Parkington

as Hair Designer

1944

Kismet

as Hair Designer

1969

The Happy Ending

as Hairstylist

1956

The Opposite Sex

as Hairstylist

1968

The Split

as Hairstylist

1951

Show Boat

as Hair Designer

1950

Duchess of Idaho

as Hairstylist

1959

Green Mansions

as Hairstylist

1955

I'll Cry Tomorrow

as Hairstylist

1957

Gun Glory

as Hairstylist

1941

The Feminine Touch

as Hair Designer

1940

Dulcy

as Hairstylist

1950

Kim

as Hair Designer

1955

Jupiter's Darling

as Hairstylist

1952

Desperate Search

as Hairstylist

1953

Easy to Love

as Hairstylist

1945

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Hairstylist

1949

That Forsyte Woman

as Hair Designer

1942

1958

1954

Her Twelve Men

as Hairstylist

1952

Fearless Fagan

as Hair Designer

1948

Hills of Home

as Hair Designer

1952

Skirts Ahoy!

as Hairstylist

1954

Tennessee Champ

as Hairstylist

1968

Speedway

as Hairstylist

1966

Spinout

as Hairstylist

1965

Harum Scarum

as Hairstylist

1951

Kind Lady

as Hairstylist

1964

Kissin' Cousins

as Hairstylist

1950

The Toast of New Orleans

as Hair Designer

1950

Ambush

as Hairstylist

1968

Stay Away, Joe

as Hairstylist

1956

Tribute to a Bad Man

as Hairstylist

1941

When Ladies Meet

as Hair Designer

1951

The Unknown Man

as Hairstylist

1960

Home from the Hill

as Hairstylist

1952

Carbine Williams

as Hairstylist

1950

To Please a Lady

as Hair Designer

1965

Girl Happy

as Hairstylist

1952

My Man and I

as Hairstylist

1941

Married Bachelor

as Hairstylist

1968

1948

Big City

as Hairstylist

1957

1948

Julia Misbehaves

as Hair Designer

1948

Summer Holiday

as Hairstylist

1953

I Love Melvin

as Hairstylist

1950

Nancy Goes to Rio

as Hairstylist

1963

The Prize

as Hairstylist

1950

1954

Deep in My Heart

as Hair Designer

1953

Julius Caesar

as Hairstylist

1949

The Red Danube

as Hairstylist

1955

The Prodigal

as Hairstylist

1951

Inside Straight

as Hairstylist

1951

The Strip

as Hair Designer

1964

Viva Las Vegas

as Hairstylist

1951

Texas Carnival

as Hairstylist

1952

Holiday for Sinners

as Hairstylist

1958

Saddle the Wind

as Hairstylist

1962

Period of Adjustment

as Hairstylist

1955

Trial

as Hairstylist

1946

Two Smart People

as Hairstylist

1953

The Actress

as Hairstylist

1952

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Hairstylist

1960

BUtterfield 8

as Hairstylist

1958

The Badlanders

as Hairstylist

1948

The Pirate

as Hair Designer

1955

It's a Dog's Life

as Hairstylist

1962

How the West Was Won

as Hairstylist

1962

Billy Rose's Jumbo

as Hairstylist

1951

The Tall Target

as Hair Designer

1949

Challenge to Lassie

as Hair Designer

1984

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as Hair Designer

1951

1951

Quo Vadis

as Hair Designer

1940

Boom Town

as Hairstylist

1965

The Rounders

as Hair Designer

1951

Bannerline

as Hairstylist

1964

The Night of the Iguana

as Hair Designer

1959

North by Northwest

as Hairstylist

1955

Hit the Deck

as Hairstylist

1960

The Time Machine

as Hairstylist

1950

Annie Get Your Gun

as Hair Designer

1964

36 Hours

as Hairstylist

1955

The Cobweb

as Hairstylist

1940

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Hairstylist

1950

Mystery Street

as Hair Designer

1950

1953

Bright Road

as Hairstylist

1953

Remains to Be Seen

as Hairstylist

1962

Gypsy

as Hairstylist

1954

1954

1966

Seconds

as Hairstylist

1953

1950

Stars in My Crown

as Hairstylist

1949

Neptune's Daughter

as Hairstylist

1939

Ninotchka

as Hairstylist

1951

The Painted Hills

as Hairstylist

1950

Side Street

as Hairstylist

1949

1939

The Women

as Hairstylist

1954

Rose Marie

as Hairstylist

1947

Desire Me

as Hair Designer

1945

The Valley of Decision

as Hair Designer

1956

Ransom!

as Hairstylist

1953

Lili

as Hairstylist

1951

Mr. Imperium

as Hair Designer

1950

Two Weeks with Love

as Hairstylist

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as Hair Designer

1957

Raintree County

as Hairstylist

1942

Calling Dr. Gillespie

as Hairstylist

1967

Point Blank

as Hairstylist

1966

Grand Prix

as Hairstylist

1966

Grand Prix

as Makeup Artist

1960

Cimarron

as Hairstylist

1951

Vengeance Valley

as Hair Designer

1952

The Wild North

as Hairstylist

1964

Seven Days in May

as Hairstylist

1978

Return Engagement

as Hairstylist

1950

The Yellow Cab Man

as Hairstylist

1967

Hot Rods to Hell

as Hairstylist

1950

Black Hand

as Hairstylist

1953

Rogue's March

as Hairstylist

1950

Please Believe Me

as Hairstylist

1954

Green Fire

as Hairstylist

1950

Shadow on the Wall

as Hairstylist

1952

Scaramouche

as Hairstylist

1953

Young Bess

as Hairstylist

1951

Three Guys Named Mike

as Hairstylist

1951

Grounds for Marriage

as Hairstylist

1955

Kismet

as Hairstylist

1953

1967

Don't Make Waves

as Hairstylist

1952

Invitation

as Hairstylist

1952

Young Man with Ideas

as Hairstylist

1952

Pat and Mike

as Hairstylist

1950

Right Cross

as Hair Designer

1981

...All the Marbles

as Hairstylist

1959

Watusi

as Hairstylist

1967

The Venetian Affair

as Hairstylist

1957

Man on Fire

as Hairstylist

1948

Easter Parade

as Hair Designer

1949

The Great Sinner

as Hair Designer

1950

Summer Stock

as Hair Designer

1950

Father of the Bride

as Hair Designer

1957

Silk Stockings

as Hairstylist

1940

Bitter Sweet

as Hairstylist

1962

All Fall Down

as Hairstylist

1951

Angels in the Outfield

as Hair Designer

1947

The Hucksters

as Hair Designer

1942

Panama Hattie

as Hairstylist

1948

The Three Musketeers

as Hair Designer

1949

Adam's Rib

as Hair Designer

1948

The Kissing Bandit

as Hair Designer

1956

Gaby

as Hair Designer

1946

Undercurrent

as Hair Designer

1952

Shadow in the Sky

as Hair Designer

1949

On the Town

as Hairstylist

1967

The Graduate

as Hair Designer

1955

Many Rivers to Cross

as Hair Designer

1958

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

as Hairstylist

1954

Executive Suite

as Hairstylist

1952

1942

Nazi Agent

as Hairstylist

1956

1956

The Catered Affair

as Hairstylist

1961

The Misfits

as Hairstylist

1949

Tension

as Hairstylist

1964

1949

Madame Bovary

as Hair Designer

1951

Too Young to Kiss

as Hair Designer

1956

Tea and Sympathy

as Hairstylist

1957

Designing Woman

as Hair Designer

1956

Forbidden Planet

as Hairstylist

1964

1953

Give a Girl a Break

as Hairstylist

1942

Mrs. Miniver

as Hairstylist

1953

Dangerous When Wet

as Hairstylist

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as Hair Designer

1955

1953

1964

The Outrage

as Hairstylist

1942

Grand Central Murder

as Hairstylist

1966

Penelope

as Hairstylist

1952

Lone Star

as Hair Designer

1950

Three Little Words

as Hairstylist

1948

A Date with Judy

as Hairstylist

1952

1951

Cause for Alarm!

as Hair Designer

1953

1952

The Belle of New York

as Hair Designer

1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas

as Hair Designer

1969

The Gypsy Moths

as Hairstylist

1971

Carnal Knowledge

as Hairstylist

1965

Once a Thief

as Hairstylist

1951

Royal Wedding

as Hair Designer

1946

Lady in the Lake

as Hair Designer

1964

1939

1938

The Shining Hour

as Hairstylist

1940

Susan and God

as Hair Department Head

1957

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Hairstylist

1960

Bells Are Ringing

as Hairstylist

1964

What a Way to Go!

as Hair Designer

1968

Rosemary's Baby

as Hair Designer

1969

Sweet Charity

as Hair Designer

1953

The Band Wagon

as Hairstylist

1965

Harlow

as Hairstylist

1963

Sunday in New York

as Hair Designer

1951

An American in Paris

as Hair Designer

1956

High Society

as Hairstylist

1953

Kiss Me Kate

as Hairstylist

1955

The Tender Trap

as Hairstylist

1958

Gigi

as Hairstylist

1947

Song of the Thin Man

as Hair Designer

1964

Goodbye Charlie

as Hair Designer

1967

1939

Idiot's Delight

as Hairstylist

1940

Escape

as Hair Designer

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth

as Hairstylist

1947

Green Dolphin Street

as Hair Designer

1942

Apache Trail

as Makeup Artist

1958

Party Girl

as Hair Designer

1950

1942

The Affairs of Martha

as Hairstylist

1958

The Tunnel of Love

as Hairstylist

1968

Sol Madrid

as Hairstylist

1952

The Merry Widow

as Hairstylist

1967

1950

The Outriders

as Hair Designer

1946

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Hair Designer

1982

Regina Roma

as Hairstylist

1953

Ride, Vaquero!

as Hairstylist

1950

Devil's Doorway

as Hairstylist

1968

The Power

as Hairstylist

1949

Act of Violence

as Hair Designer

1941

Honky Tonk

as Hairstylist

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