Travilla
Costume & Make-Up
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 designe…
Also known as
William Jack Travilla · Bill · William Travilla
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Known For
The Thorn Birds
1983 · TV
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · TV
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Movie
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · Movie
The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Movie
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · Movie
Viva Zapata!
1952 · Movie
The Boston Strangler
1968 · Movie
River of No Return
1954 · Movie
Valley of the Dolls
1967 · Movie
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · Movie
The Gunfighter
1950 · Movie