Jean Louis
0.2Costume & Make-Up

Jean Louis

Oct 5, 1907 - Paris, France

Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthault; October 5, 1907 in Paris, France – April 20, 1997 in Palm Springs, California) was a French-born, Hollywood costume designer and an Academy Award winner for Best Costume Design.

Before coming to Hollywood, he worked in New York for fashion entrepreneur Hattie Carnegie, where the clientele included Joan Cohn, the wife of Columbia Pictures studio chief Harry Cohn.

He worked as head designer for Columbia Pictures from 1944 to 1960. His most famous works include Rita Hayworth's black satin strapless dress from Gilda (1946), Marlene Dietrich's celebrated beaded souffle stagewear for her cabaret world tours, as well as the sheer, sparkling gown that Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to John F. Kennedy in 1962.

The dress was so tight that he is believed to have actually sewn it while Monroe was wearing it. The idea of dresses being a nude color, with crystals coating it, stunned audiences. It gave the members of the audience the illusion that Monroe was nude, except for discretely placed rhinestones covering them head to toe.

Louis had originally designed a version of the dress for Marlene Dietrich, who wore it in her concert shows. An impressed Monroe asked Dietrich about it, who told her how the dress's illusion worked, and sent her to Louis to design a similar dress for her Kennedy appearance. While Dietrich had been seen wearing her version before Monroe, the press coverage surrounding Monroe's appearance at Madison Square Garden in her style of gown swept the globe. This robe became—besides the white one from "The Seven Year Itch"—Marilyn Monroe's most famous robe, selling at auction in 2016 for 4.8 million dollars.

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Movie1961Judgment at NurembergCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1958Bell, Book and CandleCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946GildaCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1963For Love or MoneyCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie197340 CaratsCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949Lust for GoldCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1965That Funny FeelingCostumerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1960Portrait in BlackCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1944Secret CommandCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1945Over 21Costume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1951The Texas RangersCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1955PicnicCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1973I Wish You LoveCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1968The Ballad of JosieCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1951The Magic CarpetCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1951The Son of Dr. JekyllCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949The Walking HillsWardrobe DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1968Don't Just Stand ThereCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1953The Big HeatCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1955Count Three and PrayCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1952PaulaCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1948The Mating of MillieCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1968P.J.Costume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950Fortunes of Captain BloodWardrobe DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949Knock on Any DoorCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950The Fuller Brush GirlCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1955Three for the ShowCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950The Traveling SaleswomanCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1956The Monte Carlo StoryCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1966A Man Could Get KilledWardrobe CoordinatorCostume & Make-Up
Movie1948The Return of OctoberCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950A Woman of DistinctionCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950The Petty GirlCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946RenegadesCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1948The Loves of CarmenCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1952The Marrying KindCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1958The Last HurrahCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949Anna LucastaCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1951The Family SecretCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1960Song Without EndCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1959The Last Angry ManCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1965Strange BedfellowsCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1973Lost HorizonCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949The Undercover ManCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1957The Garment JungleCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946Meet Me on BroadwayCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1959Middle of the NightAssistant EditorEditing
Movie1959Middle of the NightCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1954It Should Happen to YouCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1947The Lady from ShanghaiCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950In a Lonely PlaceCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie19573:10 to YumaCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1954The Caine MutinyCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1948The Black ArrowCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949Tokyo JoeCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1955The Long Gray LineCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1945Tonight and Every NightCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1945Kiss and TellCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946The Thrill of BrazilCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1945She Wouldn't Say YesCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1944Together AgainCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949ShockproofCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1960Strangers When We MeetCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1953SalomeCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1954PhffftCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1956The Solid Gold CadillacCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950Father Is a BachelorCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1952Scandal SheetCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1952Assignment: ParisCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950The Flying MissileCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950Born YesterdayCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1955The Violent MenCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1959They Came to CorduraCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946Gallant JourneyCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1952Captain PirateCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1947Her Husband's AffairsCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1953From Here to EternityCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1955My Sister EileenCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1956Over-ExposedCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1952The Four PosterCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1947FramedCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946The Return of Monte CristoCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1948The Fuller Brush ManCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1952The Happy TimeCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1956JubalCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1965MirageCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1967Thoroughly Modern MillieCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946The Jolson StoryCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1956The Eddy Duchin StoryCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949And Baby Makes ThreeCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1968The Hell with HeroesCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1945My Name Is Julia RossCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1954PushoverCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950The Killer That Stalked New YorkCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie19555 Against the HouseCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1951Saturday's HeroCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949Slightly FrenchCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1957Jeanne EagelsCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1947Mr. District AttorneyCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1954The Iron GloveCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946The Kid from BrooklynCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1947It Had to Be YouCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1959Imitation of LifeCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1961The MisfitsCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949The Reckless MomentCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1956NightfallCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1957Pal JoeyCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1954Human DesireCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1947Johnny O'ClockCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949Johnny AllegroCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949Miss Grant Takes RichmondCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1955Queen BeeCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1944Strange AffairCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946Tomorrow Is ForeverCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1954A Star Is BornCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949All the King's MenCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1962If a Man AnswersCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1963The Thrill of It AllCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1964Send Me No FlowersCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1966GambitCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1965Bus Riley's Back in TownCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1959Suddenly, Last SummerCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1953Miss Sadie ThompsonCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1948The Man from ColoradoCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1967Guess Who's Coming to DinnerWardrobe SupervisorCostume & Make-Up
Movie1959Pillow TalkCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1948You Gotta Stay HappyCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949Tell It to the JudgeCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1967Rosie!Costume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946The Gentleman MisbehavesCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1947Down to EarthCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949Mr. Soft TouchCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1955Tight SpotCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1952Affair in TrinidadCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1957The Brothers RicoCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1944The Impatient YearsCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1953Bad for Each OtherCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1953Let's Do It AgainCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1948The Sign of the RamCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1960Who Was That Lady?Costume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1946Dead ReckoningCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1953Serpent of the NileCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1949The Undercover ManCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950No Sad Songs for MeCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1956Autumn LeavesCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1948The Dark PastCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1952The Golden HawkCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up
Movie1951Lorna DooneCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1948I Love TroubleCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1950Kill the UmpireCostume DesignCostume & Make-Up
Movie1952The BrigandCostume DesignerCostume & Make-Up