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   William Travilla (March 22, 1920 – November 2, 1990), known professionally as Travilla, was an American costume designer for theatre, film, and television. He is perhaps best known for designing costumes for Marilyn Monroe in eight of her films, as well as two of the most iconic dresses in cinematic history.

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   • Alma mater: Woodbury University

   • Occupation: Fashion designer
   • Education: Chouinard Art Institute

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   Travilla. Costume Designer: Adventures of Don Juan. The man who draped a fringed Idaho potato sack on Marilyn Monroe for a famous snapshot - proving that she looked good in anything - was born on Catalina Island off the California coast on March 22 1920. He studied at the Chouinard School of Art in L.A., showing a precocious talent for drawing fashion design from an early age. By the time...

   • Birth Date: March 22, 1920

   • Death Date: November 2, 1990

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   Is William Travilla dead or still alive?

   • William Travilla Biography (1920-1990) Full name, William Jack Travilla; born March 22, 1920, in Los Angeles, CA; died November 2, 1990; son of Jack and Bessie Louise (Snyder) Travilla. Nationality American Gender Male Occupation costume designer for film, television, stage Birth Details March 22, 1920 Los Angeles, California, United States

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   How did William Travilla make money?

   • By the time he was sixteen, he made money by selling sketches of costume designs for showgirls he had studied at burlesque houses. Found unfit for wartime duties due to flat feet, William Travilla made his way to Hollywood and signed his first contract as costume designer at Columbia in 1941.

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   Is Jack Travilla dead or still alive?

   • Full name, William Jack Travilla; born March 22, 1920, in Los Angeles, CA; died November 2, 1990; son of Jack and Bessie Louise (Snyder) Travilla. Nationality American Gender Male Occupation costume designer for film, television, stage Birth Details March 22, 1920 Los Angeles, California, United States Famous Works

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   Who was John Travilla & how did he die?

   • He was 69. Travilla died Nov. 2 of cancer at Good Samaritan Medical Center, his business partner and close friend, Bill Sarris, said Friday. Nominated five times for an Academy Award, Travilla won his Oscar for designing the costumes for Errol Flynn and the rest of the cast in Flynn’s classic film “The Adventures of Don Juan.”

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   Nov 10, 1990 · Travilla died Nov. 2 of cancer at Good Samaritan Medical Center, his business partner and close friend, Bill Sarris, said Friday. Nominated five times for an Academy Award, Travilla won his Oscar ...

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   2013-11-07. In 1944, [William] Travilla met and married starlet Dona Drake, who at the time was more famous than he was having been in the entertainment industry for eleven years under several different names. Dona Drake, born Eunice Westmoreland, on November 5, 1914 to Joseph and Novella Westmoreland in Jacksonville, Florida.

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   Jun 26, 2020 · Ann Sheridan: A Bio-Bibliography by Margie Schultz, 1997. Author’s interview with Greg Schreiner, August 2021. Dressing Marilyn: The Timeless Dresses of William Travilla Designed for a Hollywood Star by Andrew Hansford and Karen Homer, 2017. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Hollywood Costume Design by Travilla by Maureen E. Lynn Reilly, 2003.

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   Daniel J. Travanti to Dick Vitale. William Travilla Biography (1920-1990) Full name, William Jack Travilla; born March 22, 1920, in Los Angeles, CA; died November 2, 1990; son of Jack and Bessie Louise (Snyder) Travilla. Nationality. American.

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    He studied at the Chouinard School of Art in L.A., showing a precocious talent for drawing fashion design from an early age. By the time he was sixteen, he made money by selling sketches of costume designs for showgirls he had studied at burlesque houses.Found unfit for wartime duties due to flat feet, William Travilla made his way to Hollywood ...