Jean Louis
Personal Info
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-10-05
Day of Death
1997-04-20 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Jean Louis
Biography
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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Known For
Crew
(1973)
40 Carats
Costume Design
(1973)
I Wish You Love
Costume Design
(1973)
Lost Horizon
Costume Design
(1968)
The Ballad of Josie
Costume Design
(1968)
Don't Just Stand There
Costume Design
(1968)
P.J.
Costume Design
(1968)
The Hell with Heroes
Costume Design
(1967)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Costume Design
(1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1967)
Rosie!
Costume Design
(1966)
A Man Could Get Killed
Wardrobe Coordinator
(1966)
Gambit
Costume Design
(1965)
That Funny Feeling
Costumer
(1965)
Strange Bedfellows
Costume Design
(1965)
Mirage
Costume Design
(1965)
Bus Riley's Back in Town
Costume Design
(1964)
Send Me No Flowers
Costume Design
(1963)
For Love or Money
Costume Design
(1963)
The Thrill of It All
Costume Design
(1962)
If a Man Answers
Costume Design
(1961)
Judgment at Nuremberg
Costume Design
(1961)
The Misfits
Costume Design
(1960)
Portrait in Black
Costume Design
(1960)
Song Without End
Costume Design
(1960)
Strangers When We Meet
Costume Design
(1960)
Who Was That Lady?
Costume Design
(1959)
The Last Angry Man
Costume Design
(1959)
Middle of the Night
Assistant Editor, Costume Design
(1959)
They Came to Cordura
Costume Design
(1959)
Imitation of Life
Costume Designer
(1959)
Suddenly, Last Summer
Costume Design
(1959)
Pillow Talk
Costume Design
(1958)
Bell, Book and Candle
Costume Design
(1958)
The Last Hurrah
Costume Design
(1957)
The Garment Jungle
Costume Design
(1957)
3:10 to Yuma
Costume Design
(1957)
Jeanne Eagels
Costume Design
(1957)
Pal Joey
Costume Design
(1957)
The Brothers Rico
Costume Designer
(1956)
The Monte Carlo Story
Costume Design
(1956)
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Costume Design
(1956)
Over-Exposed
Costume Design
(1956)
Jubal
Costume Design
(1956)
The Eddy Duchin Story
Costume Design
(1956)
Nightfall
Costume Design
(1956)
Autumn Leaves
Costume Designer
(1955)
Picnic
Costume Designer
(1955)
Count Three and Pray
Costume Design
(1955)
Three for the Show
Costume Design
(1955)
The Long Gray Line
Costume Design
(1955)
The Violent Men
Costume Design
(1955)
My Sister Eileen
Costume Design
(1955)
5 Against the House
Costume Design
(1955)
Queen Bee
Costume Design
(1955)
Tight Spot
Costume Designer
(1954)
It Should Happen to You
Costume Design
(1954)
The Caine Mutiny
Costume Design
(1954)
Phffft
Costume Design
(1954)
Pushover
Costume Design
(1954)
The Iron Glove
Costume Design
(1954)
Human Desire
Costume Design
(1954)
A Star Is Born
Costume Design
(1953)
The Big Heat
Costume Design
(1953)
Salome
Costume Design
(1953)
From Here to Eternity
Costume Design
(1953)
Miss Sadie Thompson
Costume Design
(1953)
Bad for Each Other
Costume Design
(1953)
Let's Do It Again
Costume Design
(1953)
Serpent of the Nile
Costume Design
(1952)
Paula
Costume Design
(1952)
The Marrying Kind
Costume Design
(1952)
Scandal Sheet
Costume Design
(1952)
Assignment: Paris
Costume Design
(1952)
Captain Pirate
Costume Design
(1952)
The Four Poster
Costume Design
(1952)
The Happy Time
Costume Design
(1952)
Affair in Trinidad
Costume Design
(1952)
The Golden Hawk
Costume Designer
(1952)
The Brigand
Costume Designer
(1951)
The Texas Rangers
Costume Design
(1951)
The Magic Carpet
Costume Designer
(1951)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Costume Design
(1951)
The Family Secret
Costume Design
(1951)
Saturday's Hero
Costume Design
(1951)
Lorna Doone
Costume Design
(1950)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Wardrobe Designer
(1950)
The Fuller Brush Girl
Costume Design
(1950)
The Traveling Saleswoman
Costume Design
(1950)
A Woman of Distinction
Costume Design
(1950)
The Petty Girl
Costume Design
(1950)
In a Lonely Place
Costume Design
(1950)
Father Is a Bachelor
Costume Design
(1950)
The Flying Missile
Costume Design
(1950)
Born Yesterday
Costume Design
(1950)
The Killer That Stalked New York
Costume Design
(1950)
No Sad Songs for Me
Costume Design
(1950)
Kill the Umpire
Costume Design
(1949)
Lust for Gold
Costume Design
(1949)
The Walking Hills
Wardrobe Designer
(1949)
Knock on Any Door
Costume Design
(1949)
Anna Lucasta
Costume Design
(1949)
The Undercover Man
Costume Design, Costume Designer
(1949)
Tokyo Joe
Costume Design
(1949)
Shockproof
Costume Design
(1949)
And Baby Makes Three
Costume Design
(1949)
Slightly French
Costume Design
(1949)
The Reckless Moment
Costume Designer
(1949)
Johnny Allegro
Costume Design
(1949)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Costume Design
(1949)
All the King's Men
Costume Design
(1949)
Tell It to the Judge
Costume Design
(1949)
Mr. Soft Touch
Costume Design
(1948)
The Mating of Millie
Costume Design
(1948)
The Return of October
Costume Design
(1948)
The Loves of Carmen
Costume Design
(1948)
The Black Arrow
Costume Design
(1948)
The Fuller Brush Man
Costume Design
(1948)
The Man from Colorado
Costume Design
(1948)
You Gotta Stay Happy
Costume Design
(1948)
The Sign of the Ram
Costume Design
(1948)
The Dark Past
Costume Design
(1948)
I Love Trouble
Costume Design
(1947)
The Lady from Shanghai
Costume Design
(1947)
Her Husband's Affairs
Costume Design
(1947)
Framed
Costume Design
(1947)
Mr. District Attorney
Costume Design
(1947)
It Had to Be You
Costume Design
(1947)
Johnny O'Clock
Costume Design
(1947)
Down to Earth
Costume Designer
(1946)
Gilda
Costume Design
(1946)
Renegades
Costume Design
(1946)
Meet Me on Broadway
Costume Design
(1946)
The Thrill of Brazil
Costume Design
(1946)
Gallant Journey
Costume Design
(1946)
The Return of Monte Cristo
Costume Design
(1946)
The Jolson Story
Costume Design
(1946)
The Kid from Brooklyn
Costume Design
(1946)
Tomorrow Is Forever
Costume Design
(1946)
The Gentleman Misbehaves
Costume Design
(1946)
Dead Reckoning
Costume Design
(1945)
Over 21
Costume Design
(1945)
Tonight and Every Night
Costume Design
(1945)
Kiss and Tell
Costume Design
(1945)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Costume Design
(1945)
My Name Is Julia Ross
Costume Design
(1944)
Secret Command
Costume Design
(1944)
Together Again
Costume Design
(1944)
Strange Affair
Costume Design
(1944)
The Impatient Years
Costume Design