Helen Rose
Helen Rose | |
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Palm Springs, California , U.S. | |
Occupation | Costume designer |
Spouse | Harry V. Rose |
Children | 1 |
Helen Rose (February 2, 1904 – November 9, 1985) was an American costume designer and clothing designer who spent the bulk of her career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Career
Helen Rose was born on February 2, 1904, to William Bromberg and Ray Bobbs in Chicago, Illinois of German Jewish and Russian Jewish descent.[1]
She attended the
In 1956, Rose designed the wedding dress worn by Grace Kelly for her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco.[3]
In the late 1960s, Rose left the studio to open her own design business and continued to provide attire for the famed and the wealthy. She also wrote a fashion column. She wrote two books: her autobiography Just Make Them Beautiful in 1976 and The Glamorous World of Helen Rose. In the 1970s, Rose also staged a traveling fashion show featuring some of her MGM-designed costumes that was called "The Helen Rose Show".[4][5]
Recognition
Rose won two
Personal life
Rose was married to Harry V. Rose, whose birth name was Harry Rosenstein (1902–1993), and they had a daughter.
Helen Rose died in Palm Springs, California, in 1985, aged 81.[8]
Filmography
- We're in the Legion Now! (1936)
- Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
- Coney Island (1943)
- Stormy Weather (1943)
- Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
- The Harvey Girls (1946)
- Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
- The Unfinished Dance (1947)
- Merton of the Movies (1947)
- Good News (1947)
- The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
- Big City (1948)
- Homecoming (1948)
- A Date with Judy (1948)
- Luxury Liner (1948)
- Words and Music (1948)
- Act of Violence (1948)
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
- The Stratton Story (1949)
- The Red Danube (1949)
- That Midnight Kiss (1949)
- On the Town (1949)
- East Side, West Side (1949)
- Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
- The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
- The Big Hangover (1950)
- Father of the Bride (1950)
- Three Little Words (1950)
- Duchess of Idaho (1950)
- The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
- Summer Stock (1950) (for Gloria DeHaven)
- A Life of Her Own (1950) (for Lana Turner)
- Right Cross (1950)
- To Please a Lady (1950)
- Two Weeks with Love (1950)
- Pagan Love Song (1950)
- Grounds for Marriage (1951)
- Royal Wedding (1951) (uncredited)
- Father's Little Dividend (1951)
- The Great Caruso (1951)
- No Questions Asked (1951)
- Excuse My Dust (1951)
- Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
- Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
- The Strip (1951)
- The People Against O'Hara (1951)
- Texas Carnival (1951)
- Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
- The Unknown Man (1951)
- Too Young to Kiss (1951)
- The Light Touch (1952)
- Invitation (1952)
- The Belle of New York (1952)
- Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
- The Girl in White (1952)
- Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
- Glory Alley (1952)
- Washington Story (1952)
- Holiday for Sinners (1952)
- The Merry Widow (1952)
- Because You're Mine (1952)
- Everything I Have Is Yours(1952)
- Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
- The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
- Above and Beyond (1952)
- The Story of Three Loves (1953)
- I Love Melvin (1953)
- The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
- Jeopardy (1953) (for Barbara Stanwyck)
- Small Town Girl (1953)
- Sombrero (1953)
- Remains to Be Seen(1953)
- Dangerous When Wet (1953)
- Dream Wife (1953)
- Latin Lovers (1953)
- Mogambo (1953)
- Torch Song (1953)
- Easy to Love (1953)
- Give a Girl a Break (1953)
- Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
- The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
- Rose Marie (1954)
- Rhapsody (1954)
- Executive Suite (1954)
- The Student Prince (1954)
- Her Twelve Men (1954)
- Rogue Cop (1954)
- Athena (1954)
- The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
- Deep in My Heart (1954)
- Green Fire (1954) (for Grace Kelly)
- Jupiter's Darling(1955)
- Hit the Deck (1955)
- The Glass Slipper (1955)
- Interrupted Melody (1955)
- Bedevilled (1955) (for Anne Baxter)
- Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
- The Cobweb (1955)
- It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
- The Tender Trap (1955)
- The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) (for Lana Turner)
- I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
- Ransom! (1956) (for Donna Reed)
- Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
- Forbidden Planet (1956) (for Anne Francis)
- The Swan (1956)
- Gaby (1956)
- High Society (1956)
- These Wilder Years (1956) (for Barbara Stanwyck)
- The Power and the Prize (1956)
- Tea and Sympathy (1956) (for Deborah Kerr)
- The Opposite Sex (1956)
- Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
- Something of Value (1957)
- Designing Woman (1957)
- The Seventh Sin (1957) (for Eleanor Parker)
- Silk Stockings (1957)
- Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957) (for Dorothy Malone)
- Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
- Saddle the Wind (1958) (for Julie London)
- The High Cost of Loving (1958) (for Gena Rowlands)
- The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) (for Elizabeth Taylor)
- Party Girl (1958)
- The Tunnel of Love (1958) (for Doris Day and Gia Scala)
- Count Your Blessings (1959)
- The Mating Game (1959)
- Ask Any Girl (1959)
- It Started with a Kiss (1959)
- Never So Few (1959) (for Gina Lollobrigida)
- The Gazebo (1959)
- All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
- BUtterfield 8 (1960)
- Go Naked in the World (1961)
- The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
- Ada (1961)
- Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
- Goodbye Charlie (1964)
- Made in Paris (1966)
- Mister Buddwing (1966) (for Jean Simmons)
- How Sweet It Is! (1968)
References
- ^ Avrech, Robert J. (April 4, 2014). "Remembering Legendary Costume Designer Helen Rose". seraphicpress.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ^ a b c H. Kristina Haugland (2006). Grace Kelly: icon of style to royal bride. Yale University Press.
- ^ "Grace Kelly's Wedding Dress and Accessories". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Helen Rose". Vintage Fashion Guild. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ Folkart, Burt A. (November 12, 1985). "Film Costume Designer Helen Rose Dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ "The Most Iconic Royal Wedding Gowns of All Time". Harper's Bazaar. April 13, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ^ a b Bergan, Ronald (March 31, 2011). "Designing Woman: Helen Rose". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ "Rose, Helen (1904–1985)." Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Gale. 2007.
Additional info
- 1910 United States Federal Census, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Enumeration District 7, Sheet 17, April 22–23, 1910.
- 1920 United States Federal Census, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Enumeration District 6, Sheet 10A, January 10, 1920.
- California Death Index on Ancestry.com.
External links
- Helen Rose at IMDb