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Helen Rose is a Scriptwriter and Costume Designer American born on 2 february 1904 at Chicago (USA)

Helen Rose

Helen Rose
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Nationality USA
Birth 2 february 1904 at Chicago (USA)
Death 9 november 1985 (at 81 years) at Palm Springs (USA)

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.

Biography

Entre 1943 et 1968, principalement au sein de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Helen Rose figure au générique de quasiment 150 films américains, dont plusieurs réalisés par Vincente Minnelli (ex. : Le Père de la mariée en 1950, avec Elizabeth Taylor qu'elle habille à plusieurs reprises).

C'est elle qui dessine la robe de mariée de Grace Kelly en 1956, offerte par les studios MGM.

Durant sa carrière, elle obtient dix nominations à l'Oscar de la meilleure création de costumes, dont deux gagnés (voir rubrique "Récompenses" ci-dessous).

Best films

BUtterfield 8 (1960)
(Costume Design)
Mogambo (1953)
(Costume Design)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
(Costume Design)
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
(Costume Design)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
(Costume Design)
On the Town (1949)
(Costume Design)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(69 films)
Warren Newcombe
Warren Newcombe
(31 films)
Joe Pasternak
Joe Pasternak
(21 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Helen Rose (103 films)

Display filmography as list

Scriptwriter

Le voyage imprévu, 1h27
Directed by Jean de Limur
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Betty Stockfeld, Janine Guise, Jean Tissier, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Cordy, Jean Dax

Une femme est en Suisse avec son mari jaloux. Elle a oublié chez son amant à Paris un objet compromettant, et demande à son amie de le récupérer.

Costume and makup

Goodbye Charlie, 1h57
Directed by Vincente Minnelli, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis, Pat Boone, Joanna Barnes, Ellen Burstyn, Martin Gabel
Roles Costume Design
Rating60% 3.047873.047873.047873.047873.04787
Hollywood writer Charlie Sorrel (Harry Madden) is shot and killed by Hungarian film producer Sir Leopold Sartori (Walter Matthau) when he is caught fooling around with Sartori's wife. Later, passerby Bruce Minton III (Pat Boone) comes to the aid of a dazed woman (Debbie Reynolds) wandering on a beach. She doesn't remember much other than directions to Charlie's residence.
The Courtship of Eddie's Father, 1h57
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Dina Merrill, Vito Scotti
Roles Costume Design
Rating67% 3.3959953.3959953.3959953.3959953.395995
Young Eddie Corbett (Ron Howard) tries his best to be a matchmaker for his widowed father, Tom (Glenn Ford). At first, sexy Dollye Daly (Stella Stevens) seems promising, but she ends up falling in love with and marrying Tom's friend and radio colleague, Norman Jones (Jerry Van Dyke).
Two Loves
Two Loves (1961)
, 1h36
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about education, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Harvey, Jack Hawkins, Nobu McCarthy, Ronald Long, Juano Hernández
Roles Costume Design
Rating50% 2.5194552.5194552.5194552.5194552.519455
Dans une petite ville de Nouvelle-Zélande, Anna Vorontosov, une institutrice approchant la trentaine et toujours célibataire, se consacre entièrement à ses élèves au détriment de sa vie affective et sexuelle réduite à néant. Bien qu’attirée par Paul Lathrope, l’un de ses collègues, elle demeure dans son ascétisme tandis que Paul se trouve lui-même en proie à d’autres tourments…
Ada
Ada (1961)
, 1h49
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Political films
Actors Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ralph Meeker, Martin Balsam, Frank Maxwell
Roles Costume Design
Rating65% 3.294613.294613.294613.294613.29461
Bo Gillis (Dean Martin) is a guitar-playing good old boy from a Southern state who is a candidate for governor there. He ends up elected after his opponent's wife is revealed to have a dark secret, a fact that Bo's campaign mastermind, Sylvester Marin (Wilfrid Hyde-White), makes sure becomes known to all.
The Honeymoon Machine, 1h27
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Steve McQueen, Brigid Bazlen, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Dean Jagger, Jack Weston
Roles Costume Design
Rating61% 3.0518653.0518653.0518653.0518653.051865
Civilian scientist Jason Eldridge (Hutton) runs Magnetic Analyzer Computing Synchrotron (MACS), a vacuum-tube computer aboard the USS Elmira. He and his friend Lt. Ferguson Howard (McQueen) realize that, by using MACS to record a roulette table's spins over time, the computer can predict future results. Howard and LTJG Beauregard Gilliam (Mullaney) check into a Venice casino's hotel dressed as civilians with Eldridge, defying Admiral Fitch's (Jagger) order that naval officers on shore avoid the casino and wear uniforms. They plan to use signal lamps to communicate with a confederate manning MACS on the Elmira.
Bachelor in Paradise, 1h49
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Janis Paige, Paula Prentiss, Virginia Grey, Jim Hutton
Roles Costume Design
Rating62% 3.1496453.1496453.1496453.1496453.149645
A.J. Niles is a provocative best-selling author who discovers that he has a large tax debt owed to the IRS, due to being ripped off by his accountant, Herman Wapinger. He goes undercover under the alias "Jack Adams" in a California suburban community called Paradise Village to research a new book about the wives and lives there. Niles is pursued by a flirtatious married woman named Dolores while falling in love with a woman, Rosemary, who rents her house to him. Wapinger is found, Niles' cash is returned to him, and he reveals his true identity on national television. The husbands in Paradise Village all file for divorce, believing their wives are all having affairs with Niles. In divorce court, Niles reveals that he is in love with Rosemary and asks her to marry him. Everyone lives happily ever after.
All the Fine Young Cannibals, 1h52
Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Susan Kohner, George Hamilton, Pearl Bailey, Jack Mullaney
Roles Costume Design
Rating59% 2.999472.999472.999472.999472.99947
{{Le soir même des obsèques de son père, pasteur à Fine Alley Chad Bixby retrouve dans une auberge de Deep Ellum, village noir, où il a ses meilleurs amis, sa jeune amie Sara, l'aînée de huit enfants, venue le rejoindre. La jeune fille, qui aide laborieusement sa mère à élever ses jeunes frères et sœurs, se heurte à l'autorité de son père qui réprouve ses sorties nocturnes, Chad ne pardonne pas à son père son racisme intransigeant qui lui a valu de recevoir de si belles corrections que son corps est marqué de cicatrices ineffaçables. Ces deux jeunes gens malheureux ne trouvent d'apaisement et de refuge que dans leur amour.
BUtterfield 8, 1h49
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock, Betty Field
Roles Costume Design
Rating62% 3.1497553.1497553.1497553.1497553.149755
Gloria Wandrous (Elizabeth Taylor) wakes up in the apartment of wealthy executive Weston Liggett (Laurence Harvey) and finds that he has left her $250. Insulted, Gloria, whose dress is torn, takes Liggett's wife Emily's (Dina Merrill) mink coat to cover herself and scrawls "No Sale" in lipstick on the mirror. But she orders her telephone answering service, BUtterfield 8, to put Liggett through if he should call.
Ask Any Girl, 1h38
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Gig Young, Rod Taylor, Jim Backus, Elisabeth Fraser
Roles Costume Design
Rating64% 3.2455153.2455153.2455153.2455153.245515
A wide-eyed Meg Wheeler comes to New York City and takes a job in market research for a large firm. She's also keeping an eye open to meet the right man, her research making her aware that the United States has five million more females than males.
Count Your Blessings, 1h42
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, Maurice Chevalier, Martin Stephens, Tom Helmore, Patricia Medina
Roles Costume Design
Rating50% 2.516232.516232.516232.516232.51623
While visiting Grace Allingham in wartime London at the behest of Hugh Palgrave, his friend, Charles is charmed by her and abruptly proposes marriage. They marry, but during the honeymoon Charles reports back to military duty.
The Mating Game, 1h35
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Una Merkel, Fred Clark, Philip Ober
Roles Costume Design
Rating68% 3.4450253.4450253.4450253.4450253.445025
Irritated neighbor Wendell Burnshaw (Philip Ober) brings the Larkin family to the attention of the Internal Revenue Service. Lorenzo Charlton (Tony Randall) is assigned to the case by his boss, Kelsey (Fred Clark). Ma (Una Merkel) and Pop Larkin (Paul Douglas) warmly welcome him to their family farm in Maryland, at first unaware of why he is there.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1h48
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams, LGBT-related film
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood
Roles Costume Design
Rating78% 3.948053.948053.948053.948053.94805
Late one night, a drunken Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) is out trying to recapture his glory days of high school sports by leaping hurdles on a track field, dreaming about his moments as a youthful athlete. Unexpectedly, he falls and breaks his leg, leaving him dependent on a crutch. Brick, along with his wife, Maggie "the Cat" (Elizabeth Taylor), are seen the next day visiting his family's estate in Mississippi, there to celebrate Big Daddy's (Burl Ives) 65th birthday.
The Tunnel of Love, 1h38
Directed by Gene Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Films based on plays
Actors Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala, Elisabeth Fraser, Elizabeth Wilson
Roles Costume Design
Rating58% 2.9029552.9029552.9029552.9029552.902955
In Westport, Connecticut, Augie and Isolde Poole celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary by turning in an application to the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency. Encouraged by their friends and next-door neighbors, Dick and Alice Pepper, who have three children and another due, Isolde, who has been unsuccessful in her attempts to become pregnant, is determined that she and Augie will eventually be parents. While awaiting news of the application to the agency, Isolde decides that she and Augie should continue to try to have a baby on their own, and she enthusiastically follows all the latest advice by pregnancy experts.