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	Amazon.ca: Edith Head: The Life and Times of Hollywood's Celebrated Costume Designer: Books: David Chierichetti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In the end, we don't learn much more about Edith Head or her life, but rather we learn the same stuff over and over: she was a champion dissembler, she had a complex emotional life, she was conflicted over her parentage and upbringing.
		Edith Head's rise as one of Hollywood's most famous costume designers was a result of her hard work as well as some controversial career decisions.
		Edith Head rose through the ranks at Paramount before becoming head of the costume department in the late 30s and held the position for over 30 years.
	www.amazon.ca /Edith-Head-Hollywoods-Celebrated-Designer/dp/0060567406 (1662 words)

	Edith Head (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Edith was the first woman to be in charge head of a motion picture studio costume department.
		Edith Posener was born on October 28, 1897 in San Bernadino, California.
		Edith and Charles divorced in 1938, the same she became head of the costume department at Paramount.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/head.htm (174 words)

	The Biography Channel - Edith Head Biography
		Born Edith Claire Posener in San Bernardino, California, eight-times Oscar-winner Head is the most famous costume designer in Hollywood history.
		Gaining a BA from Berkeley and an MA from Stanford, Head was working as a language teacher at the Hollywood School for Girls in 1932, when she bluffed her way into Paramount's wardrobe department.
		She became Head Designer at Paramount in 1938, and was attached to virtually every prestige production there over the next thirty years.
	www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_story/433:251/1/Edith_Head.htm (354 words)

	Edith Head - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered her more Academy Awards than any other woman in history.
		Edith Head refused to be shown alongside Givenchy in the credits, so she was given credit for the costumes, even though the Academy's votes were obviously for Hepburn's attire.
		Head was a very private woman, a trait well illustrated by the dark sunglasses that became her trademark.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edith_Head (1321 words)

	Special Collections Manuscripts - Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
		Edith Head (1897-1981) was born Edith Claire Posener in San Bernardino, California.
		Edith Head graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1917 and went on to earn a B.A. degree from University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. degree in romantic language from Stanford University.
		Head appeared as herself in Lucy Gallant (Paramount, 1955) and The Oscar (Embassy, 1966), and was a frequent guest on Art Linkletter's CBS television show House Party.
	www.oscars.org /mhl/sc/head_62.html (797 words)

	Head Edith - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Head, Edith (1897-1981), Hollywood’s foremost costume designer, and winner of a record eight Academy Awards.
		Sitwell, Dame Edith (1887-1964), English poet, critic, and biographer, who was most successful as a writer of satirical verse or burlesque.
		Piaf, Edith (1915-1963), Parisian popular singer, whose gritty ballads caught the fancy of an enormous international audience.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Head_Edith.html (94 words)

	CNN - Edith Head's fashion influence timeless - May 1, 1998
		Head's talent and iron will were such that she was able to make all types of alterations on a film.
		Head's favorite film was "To Catch a Thief." Star Grace Kelly was so taken with one of the dresses Head designed for her that she wore it on a date with Prince Ranier of Monaco.
		But Head didn't hesitate to take credit for the designs used in all of her films, whether she actually designed them or not -- a practice that raised criticism.
	www.cnn.com /STYLE/9805/01/edith.head (403 words)

	Other Famous Ediths :: Sister Edith Myflesh
		Ms Head is mentioned in the They Might Be Giants song "She Thinks She's Edith Head" and the character of Edna Mode in the movie "The Incredibles" is clearly based on Ms Head.
		Edith Roosevelt was the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
		Born in 1891 in Poland, Edith Stein was the youngest child of a large Jewish family.
	sisteredith.com /famous_ediths.html (1487 words)

	eBay - Book: Edith Head (ISBN: 0060194286) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This biography of Edith Head, the legendary and celebrated Hollywood costume designer, not only recounts the events of her life, but also includes information on exactly what disastrous figure flaws she had to conceal for such stars as Bette Davis, Dorothy Lamour, and Audrey Hepburn.
		Edith Head is widely considered the most important figure in the history of Hollywood costume design.
		Edith Head is richly illustrated with more than 150 images, including family snapshots, sketches, and studio portraits of the stars and roles she helped to create.
	product.ebay.com /Edith-Head_ISBN_0060194286_W0QQfvcsZ1392QQsoprZ542805 (643 words)

	Tucson Weekly: Head's Up (January 24 - January 30, 2002)
		Head's six-decade, thousand-film career included eight Oscars (for movies including All About Eve and The Sting), 35 Oscar nominations and a few close friendships with the stars she dressed.
		Edith Head prided herself on her diplomacy, her ability to blend in, her hard work.
		The fact that you come away from Sketches with an entirely sympathetic attitude toward Head is a tribute to the strength of the designer's character and the finesse of Susan Claassen and her script.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/2002-01-24/review3.html (787 words)

	Edith Head's grave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Edith Head was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered her more Academy Awards than any other woman in history.
		She was responsible for some of the best known Hollywood fashion images of her day, with her costumes being worn by the most glamorous and famous actresses of the day in films seen by millions.
		Head's influence on world fashion was far reaching, especially in the 1950s when she began appearing on Art Linkletter's television program and writing books on fashion.
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GlendaleObituaries/edithhead.htm (394 words)

	Edith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edith is a female given name, derived from the Old English words ead, meaning 'rich or blessed', and gyð, meaning 'war', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch.
		Edith Bunker, character portrayed by Jean Stapleton on the sitcom All in the Family.
		Edith is also the name of three hurricanes: in 1955, 1963 and 1977, and two tropical storms in 1959 and 1967.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edith (234 words)

	Edith Head (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Arguably the most famous costume designer in Hollywood history, Edith Head was also one of the most prolific, having costumed for over 500 films.
		Edith twice appeared in film as herself, with her signature round dark glasses, in the films Lucy Gallant and The Oscar.
		When she died in 1981 Edith Head was a household name, and costume design, a coveted profession.
	www.otis.edu /alumni/da/ehead.htm (285 words)

	PopMatters \| Columns \| Violet Glaze \| Shh... It's Starting \| She Thinks She's Edith Head
		Head was not a liar per se, but her undependable childhood had made her an expert in judiciously withholding the truth.
		Head's reproductions of costumes of the era (often outfits she had originally designed) added tremendously to the seamless marriage of old and new footage, but she regrettably did not live to see the end result.
		Edith Head may have devised thousands of masquerades in her storied career, but her most lasting disguise was the one she devised for herself.
	www.popmatters.com /columns/glaze/060623.shtml (1541 words)

	Bios
		Edith Head was undoubtedly Hollywood’s most famous costume designer, or “magician,” as she liked to call herself.
		Edith Spare taught French and, despite her lack of experience in the subject, art at the Hollywood School for Girls.
		Edith Head was quite a girl.” And that she was.
	www.edithhead.biz /html/bios.html (975 words)

	Tucson Weekly: Head Case (January 10 - January 16, 2002)
		Susan Claasen loves clothes, and Hollywood costume designer Edith Head has provided one of the best fits she's ever found--not as a costumer, but as a character.
		Claassen portrays Head in Sketches: Edith Head's Hollywood, a play Claassen co-wrote and presents in its world premiere at Invisible Theatre January 15 through February 3.
		Claassen points out that, unlike other costume designers--and, for that matter, most mainstream haute couturiers--Edith Head was familiar to nearly everybody in America through her work and even her face.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/2002-01-10/review3.html (419 words)

	History of Fashion Designer Edith Head
		Edith Head was born in Los Angeles, California, USA in 1899.
		After this she worked as TRAVIS BANTON'S assistant in 1927 and was made head designer of the studio in 1938, a position she held until 1967.
		Edith Head helped to popularize South American clothes, in particular the Spanish camisa (shirt) rebozo (scarf) and the Poncho.
	www.designerhistory.com /historyofashion/head.html (326 words)

	Papierdoll Fashion Magazine \| Edith Head (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Edith Head's decades-long career in Hollywood won her more Oscars than any woman in history (eight Oscars out of 34 nominations).
		Head costumed the who's who of Hollywood, winning Oscars for her designs for Bette Davis and Anne Baxter in "All About Eve," Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday," Elizabeth Taylor in "A Place in the Sun," Olivia de Havilland in "The Heiress," and Robert Redford and Paul Newman in "The Sting," among others.
		Head knew how to make a garment that moved with the actor, said what it needed to say, and never upstaged the wearer.
	www.papierdoll.net /content.php?ID=355 (980 words)

	Edith Head Biography (Fashion Designer) — Infoplease.com
		"Gowns by Edith Head" was one of the most-seen motion picture credits of the 20th century.
		Head began as an assistant costume designer in the Hollywood of the 1920s, and she eventually became the preeminent costume designer of Hollywood's golden age, earning eight Oscars (and over 30 nominations) during a career that included work on hundreds and hundreds of movies.
		Head had a long professional relationship with Alfred Hitchcock, designing the costumes for most of his features: she dressed Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant for Notorious (1946), and Grace Kelly and Grant for To Catch a Thief (1955).
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/edithhead.html (292 words)

	The Magic of Edith Head
		Edith Head, who ran the Costume Design Department at both Paramount and Universal Studios, could possibly be considered the first designer for the every day woman.
		Edith had only just begun taking art classes when she noticed an ad in the newspaper from Paramount Pictures had placed asking for an artist who could draw clothes and sew.
		Edith had seen enough competition within her own studio to know that it is always best not to share credit when it comes to your job.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/womens_fashion/96452 (587 words)

	Monterey Bay Bed and Breakfast, Martine Inn, Pacific Grove, CA - Specials - Carmel, Oceanview, Romantic, Weddings, ...
		Welcome to the Edith Head room - a delightful room for guests who enjoy both luxury and comfort...a bit of silver-screen history as well.
		The Edith Head Room is named after the famous clothes designer for the movies who received eight Academy Awards.
		Edith Head owned this bedroom set and sold it at auction just before moving into the motion picture home and nine months later passing away from cancer.
	www.martineinn.com /edith_head.html (259 words)

	Edith Head Classic Silver Screen Designs
		Internationally-acclaimed costume designer, Edith Head, was a fashion legend in her own time.
		Edith’s impressive career spanned six decades, earning her 8 Oscars, 35 Oscar nominations through her work on over 1,100 films.
		Universal Studios is proud to bring back the glamour and magic of Hollywood through the Edith Head Collection.
	www.mannartgallery.com /edith.html (105 words)

	Edith Head (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Invisible Theatre presents Susan Claassen in A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD by Paddy Calistro and Susan Claassen.
		A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD, to be presented November 4-6, is a behind-the-scenes feast of great movie lore and delicious stories that provides insight into Hollywood's legendary costume designer, Edith Head.
		In her six decades of costume design, she worked on 1,131 motion pictures, dressed the greatest stars of Hollywood, received thirty-five Academy Award®; nominations and won an unprecedented eight Oscars.®; Hear Miss Head tell her own story, which is as fascinating as the history of the film industry itself.
	www.invisibletheatre.com /html/edith_head1.html (324 words)

	TheFourthRail.com
		Me and Edith Head is something of a return to form, a 16-page mini-comic illustrated by Lieber and written by his wife, novelist Sara Ryan.
		Me and Edith Head is a young girl's coming of age story, and it's a perfect example of the kind of comics that are impossible to sell to the direct-market "mainstream" but, paradoxically, exactly the kind of story comics could use more of to be taken seriously.
		Perhaps the key to Me and Edith Head's success is that Ryan is tapping into one moment in a person's life, a moment we all share.
	www.thefourthrail.com /features/0502/meandedithhead.shtml (789 words)

	Edith Head — Infoplease.com
		Designer to the stars: Edith Head dressed more Hollywood legends than anyone else--and became one herself.(Edith Head: The Life and......
		Threats of correspondence: the letters of Edith Wharton, Zona Gale, and Willa Cather.
		Edith Wharton and the Faubourg Saint-Germain: the diary of the Abbe Mugnier.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0823093.html (272 words)

	Me and Edith Head
		Smartly written and expressively drawn...Me and Edith Head is worthy of all the praise heaped upon it.
		A teenager has her dreams crushed when she ends up doing costumes for the school play instead of being cast as Titania and learns new ways to cope with life as a result.
		Barb Lien-Cooper: Me and Edith Head is a miniature of delicate loveliness that delights the eyes and touches the heart.
	www.stevelieber.com /edith.html (727 words)

	Edith Head
		Born Edith Claire Posener in San Bernardino, California, Head studied at Stanford and was teaching French in 1923 at the Hollywood School for Girls when she bluffed her way into Paramount's wardrobe department.
		Although she had a penchant for Mexican designs, Head's own appearance was deliberately severe, neutral and unsensuous, with cropped hair and her signature tinted eyeglasses.
		Head simplified the fin de siècle raunchiness of Mae West and learned to deal with the censors by covering her up -- with skin-tight clothes.
	theoscarsite.com /whoswho/head_e.htm (802 words)

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