Leah Rhodes
Personal Info
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Female
Birthday
1902-07-21
Day of Death
1986-10-17 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Leah Rhodes
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leah Rhodes (July 21, 1902, Port Arthur, Texas – October 17, 1986) was an American costume designer.
Rhodes was born Leah Margaret Montgomery in Port Arthur, Texas. As a young woman, Rhodes worked as a sign painted and window designer in Port Arthur and San Antonio. In 1921, she married auto mechanic Russel Spurgeon Rhodes. Five years later the couple moved to the San Fernando Valley where Russel managed a car dealership.
After moving to California, Rhodes began working as a buyer and shopper for Warner Brothers. Eventually, she became Orry-Kelly's chief assistant. When Orry-Kelly enlisted in the army, Rhodes took over Bette Davis's wardrobe for Old Acquaintances.
Rhodes gained more attention after working on The Big Sleep in 1946. This led to films like Key Largo (1948), Adventures of Don Juan (1949) (for which she won the Academy Award for Costume Design), White Heat (1949) and Strangers on a Train (1951). Her last film was the Howard Hawks Western Rio Lobo, in 1970.
Crew
(1970)
Rio Lobo
Costume Design
(1968)
5 Card Stud
Costume Design
(1967)
The Fox
Costume Design, Wardrobe Designer
(1967)
Good Times
Costume Design
(1965)
Tickle Me
Costume Design
(1958)
Kings Go Forth
Costume Design
(1957)
Forty Guns
Costume Design
(1953)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Wardrobe Designer
(1953)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Costume Design
(1953)
The Lone Hand
Costume Design
(1952)
The Winning Team
Wardrobe Designer, Costume Designer
(1952)
April in Paris
Costumer
(1952)
About Face
Costume Design
(1952)
Bugles in the Afternoon
Costume Design
(1952)
Room for One More
Costume Design
(1951)
I'll See You in My Dreams
Costume Design
(1951)
The Mark of the Renegade
Costume Design
(1951)
Come Fill the Cup
Costume Design
(1951)
The Golden Horde
Costume Design
(1951)
Strangers on a Train
Costume Design
(1951)
Only the Valiant
Costume Design
(1951)
Lightning Strikes Twice
Costume Design
(1950)
Chain Lightning
Costume Design
(1950)
Bright Leaf
Wardrobe Supervisor
(1950)
Caged
Costume Design
(1950)
Backfire
Costume Design
(1950)
Three Secrets
Wardrobe Designer
(1950)
Tea for Two
Costume Designer
(1950)
The Breaking Point
Wardrobe Designer
(1949)
White Heat
Costume Design
(1949)
Night Unto Night
Costume Design
(1949)
Colorado Territory
Wardrobe Master
(1948)
My Girl Tisa
Costume Design
(1948)
Two Guys from Texas
Costume Design
(1948)
Key Largo
Costume Design
(1948)
Adventures of Don Juan
Costume Supervisor
(1948)
Wallflower
Costume Design
(1947)
The Voice of the Turtle
Costume Design
(1947)
Stallion Road
Costume Design
(1946)
Never Say Goodbye
Wardrobe Designer
(1946)
The Big Sleep
Wardrobe Designer
(1946)
Janie Gets Married
Costume Design
(1946)
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Costume Design
(1945)
Roughly Speaking
Costume Design
(1945)
Too Young to Know
Costume Design
(1945)
Hotel Berlin
Costume Design
(1944)
Crime by Night
Costume Design
(1944)
Between Two Worlds
Costume Design
(1944)
Janie
Costume Design
(1944)
Experiment Perilous
Costume Design
(1944)
The Conspirators
Costume Design
(1943)
Northern Pursuit
Costume Design
(1943)
Find the Blackmailer
Costume Design
(1941)
The Smiling Ghost
Costume Design
(1939)
Old Hickory
Costume Design