Gwen Wakeling
Personal Info
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Female
Birthday
1901-03-03
Day of Death
1982-06-16 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gwen Wakeling
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Costume designer Gwen Wakeling (birth name Gwen Sewell, March 3, 1901, Detroit, Michigan – June 16, 1982, Los Angeles, California) was a personal favourite of Cecil B. DeMille. Indeed her first film was his 1927 epic "The King of Kings", and she earned an Academy Award for her work on his version of "Samson and Delilah" in 1950.
In a career spanning over 140 films, she also worked for director John Ford on such films as "The Prisoner of Shark Island" (1936), "Drums Along the Mohawk" (1939), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940) and "How Green Was My Valley" (1941), and provided the costumes for most of the Shirley Temple films, such as Little Miss Broadway, in the 1930s. One of her last assignments was creating Barbara Eden's "Jeannie" costumes for I Dream Of Jeannie in 1965.
Wakeling was a member of the Bahá'í Faith, and her husband, Henry J. Staudigl, set up an arts endowment in her memory at Bosch Bahá'í School in Santa Cruz to promote artistic endeavors and included a research and resource library.
Known For
Crew
(1966)
Frankie and Johnny
Costume Design
(1961)
Most Dangerous Man Alive
Wardrobe Designer
(1958)
From the Earth to the Moon
Costume Design
(1957)
The River's Edge
Costume Design
(1956)
Johnny Concho
Costume Design
(1956)
Great Day in the Morning
Costume Design
(1955)
Blood Alley
Costume Design
(1955)
Escape to Burma
Costume Design
(1954)
Track of the Cat
Costume Design
(1954)
Silver Lode
Wardrobe Designer
(1954)
The High and the Mighty
Costume Design
(1949)
Samson and Delilah
Costume Design
(1947)
Unconquered
Costume Designer
(1944)
Cover Girl
Costume Design
(1942)
To the Shores of Tripoli
Costume Design
(1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Costume Design
(1942)
Song of the Islands
Costume Design
(1942)
This Above All
Costume Design
(1942)
Tales of Manhattan
Costume Design
(1942)
Roxie Hart
Costume Designer
(1942)
Moontide
Costume Design, Costumer
(1941)
Week-End in Havana
Costume Design
(1941)
How Green Was My Valley
Costume Design
(1941)
Swamp Water
Costume Design
(1941)
A Man Betrayed
Costume Design
(1941)
Rise and Shine
Costume Design
(1941)
I Wake Up Screaming
Costume Design
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
Costume Design
(1940)
The Blue Bird
Costume Design
(1940)
Star Dust
Costume Design
(1940)
Brigham Young
Costume Design
(1940)
Young People
Costume Design
(1940)
Johnny Apollo
Costume Design
(1939)
Tail Spin
Costume Design
(1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Costume Design
(1939)
Susannah of the Mounties
Costume Design
(1939)
Hotel for Women
Costume Design
(1939)
The Rains Came
Costume Design
(1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Costume Design
(1939)
The Gorilla
Costume Designer
(1939)
The Return of the Cisco Kid
Costume Design
(1939)
The Little Princess
Costume Design
(1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk
Costume Designer
(1938)
Just Around the Corner
Costume Design
(1938)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Costume Design
(1938)
I'll Give a Million
Costume Design
(1938)
Sally, Irene and Mary
Costume Design
(1938)
Little Miss Broadway
Costume Design
(1938)
Submarine Patrol
Costume Design
(1938)
Kentucky
Costume Design
(1938)
Three Blind Mice
Costume Design
(1938)
Gateway
Costume Design
(1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Costume Design
(1937)
On the Avenue
Costume Design
(1937)
Wee Willie Winkie
Costume Design
(1937)
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Costume Design
(1937)
Seventh Heaven
Costume Design
(1937)
Wake Up and Live
Costume Design
(1937)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Costume Design
(1936)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Costume Designer
(1936)
Private Number
Costume Design
(1936)
It Had to Happen
Costume Design
(1936)
Under Two Flags
Costume Design
(1936)
Half Angel
Costume Design
(1936)
Poor Little Rich Girl
Costume Design
(1936)
The Road to Glory
Costume Design
(1936)
Pigskin Parade
Costume Design
(1936)
Ramona
Costume Design
(1936)
Banjo on My Knee
Costume Design
(1936)
White Hunter
Costume Design
(1936)
King of Burlesque
Costume Design
(1936)
Ladies In Love
Costume Designer
(1936)
Everybody's Old Man
Costume Design
(1935)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Costume Design
(1935)
The Littlest Rebel
Costume Design
(1934)
The Affairs of Cellini
Costume Design
(1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Costume Design
(1934)
Looking for Trouble
Costume Design
(1934)
The Last Gentleman
Costume Design
(1934)
Born to Be Bad
Costume Design
(1934)
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Costume Design
(1933)
Advice to the Lovelorn
Costume Design
(1933)
Gallant Lady
Costume Design
(1932)
A Woman Commands
Costume Design
(1932)
Panama Flo
Costume Design
(1932)
Lady with a Past
Costume Design
(1931)
Born to Love
Costume Design
(1931)
Devotion
Costume Design
(1931)
Beyond Victory
Costume Design
(1931)
The Painted Desert
Costume Design
(1931)
Freighters of Destiny
Costume Supervisor
(1931)
The Tip-Off
Costume Design
(1931)
The Big Gamble
Costume Design
(1931)
The Big Shot
Costume Design
(1930)
Her Man
Costume Designer
(1930)
Sin Takes a Holiday
Costume Design
(1930)
Swing High
Costume Design
(1930)
Holiday
Costume Design
(1929)
Paris Bound
Costume Design
(1929)
The Racketeer
Costume Design
(1929)
Her Private Affair
Costume Design
(1929)
Rich People
Costumer