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Orry-Kelly(1897-1964)

  • Costume Designer
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • Additional Crew
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Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly helped to revolutionize the Warners Costume Department after he joined the studio in 1932. He was one of the first legitimate fashion designers to design for the cinema Although he could easily adapt himself to the tattered prison uniforms of "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang", he was most at home in the world of haute couture. He also played a special role in glamourizing such stars as Bette Davis, whom he first costumed when she played a society party girl in "The Rich Are Always with Us" in 1932, and later helped through the transformation from ugly duckling to glamorous swan in "Now, Voyager". The Australian-born designer won an Oscar for his work on "An American in Paris" in 1951. He died in 1964 at the age of 66.
BornDecember 31, 1897
DiedFebruary 27, 1964(66)
BornDecember 31, 1897
DiedFebruary 27, 1964(66)
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  • Won 3 Oscars
    • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951)
An American in Paris
7.1
  • Costume Designer
  • 1951
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot
8.2
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • 1959
Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon
7.9
  • Costume Designer
  • 1941
Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca
8.5
  • Costume Designer
  • 1942

Credits

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Costume Designer



  • Irma la Douce (1963)
    Irma la Douce
    7.3
    • Costume Designer
    • 1963
  • Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, and Rosalind Russell in Gypsy (1962)
    Gypsy
    7.1
    • costumes designed by
    • 1962
  • Jane Fonda, Shelley Winters, Claire Bloom, and Glynis Johns in The Chapman Report (1962)
    The Chapman Report
    5.5
    • Costume Designer
    • 1962
  • Maximilian Schell and Rosalind Russell in Five Finger Exercise (1962)
    Five Finger Exercise
    6.2
    • gowns: Miss Russell
    • 1962
  • Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
    Sweet Bird of Youth
    7.1
    • costumes by
    • 1962
  • A Majority of One (1961)
    A Majority of One
    6.8
    • Costume Designer
    • 1961
  • Coral Browne, Peggy Cass, Fred Clark, Patric Knowles, Rosalind Russell, Roger Smith, and Forrest Tucker in Auntie Mame (1958)
    Auntie Mame
    7.9
    • Costume Designer
    • 1958
  • Errol Flynn, Ray Danton, and Dorothy Malone in Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
    Too Much, Too Soon
    6.4
    • Costume Designer (as Orry Kelly)
    • 1958
  • Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Oklahoma!
    7.0
    • Costume Designer
    • 1955
  • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Aldo Ray in Pat and Mike (1952)
    Pat and Mike
    6.9
    • Costume Designer
    • 1952
  • David Niven and Joan Caulfield in The Lady Says No (1951)
    The Lady Says No
    5.2
    • Costume Designer
    • 1951
  • Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951)
    An American in Paris
    7.1
    • costumes designed by
    • 1951
  • Richard Conte, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Shepperd Strudwick, and Audrey Totter in Under the Gun (1951)
    Under the Gun
    6.6
    • Costume Designer
    • 1951
  • James Stewart, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Josephine Hull, and Cecil Kellaway in Harvey (1950)
    Harvey
    7.9
    • gowns (as Orry Kelly)
    • 1950
  • Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, and Zachary Scott in Colt .45 (1950)
    Colt .45
    6.0
    • Costume Designer (uncredited)
    • 1950

Costume and Wardrobe Department



  • Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor, Jo Morrow, and Cliff Robertson in Sunday in New York (1963)
    Sunday in New York
    6.7
    • wardrobe
    • 1963
  • In the Cool of the Day (1963)
    In the Cool of the Day
    5.1
    • wardrobe designer: Jane Fonda
    • 1963
  • Two for the Seesaw (1962)
    Two for the Seesaw
    6.6
    • costumes: Miss MacLaine
    • 1962
  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    6.5
    • additional gowns: Miss Thulin
    • 1962
  • Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)
    Some Like It Hot
    8.2
    • gowns: Miss Monroe
    • 1959
  • Gary Cooper, Karl Malden, Ben Piazza, and Maria Schell in The Hanging Tree (1959)
    The Hanging Tree
    7.1
    • wardrobe: Miss Schell
    • 1959
  • Les Girls (1957)
    Les Girls
    6.6
    • wardrobe
    • 1957
  • Four Star Playhouse (1952)
    Four Star Playhouse
    7.5
    TV Series
    • wardrobe: Miss Oberon
    • 1953
  • I Confess (1953)
    I Confess
    7.2
    • wardrobe
    • 1953
  • Bette Davis in The Star (1952)
    The Star
    6.9
    • gowns: Miss Davis
    • 1952
  • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Aldo Ray in Pat and Mike (1952)
    Pat and Mike
    6.9
    • wardrobe: Katharine Hepburn
    • 1952
  • Shelley Winters and Farley Granger in Behave Yourself! (1951)
    Behave Yourself!
    5.6
    • gowns: Miss Winters
    • 1951
  • Jeff Chandler, Marina Berti, and Märta Torén in Deported (1950)
    Deported
    6.2
    • costume designer: gowns for Marta Toren (as Orry Kelly)
    • 1950
  • Caught (1949)
    Caught
    7.0
    • gowns: Miss Bel Geddes
    • 1949
  • Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Joan Caulfield, and John Payne in Larceny (1948)
    Larceny
    6.8
    • gowns: Miss Caulfield
    • 1948

Additional Crew



  • Rosalind Russell in Wonderful Town (1958)
    Wonderful Town
    8.6
    TV Movie
    • clothes: Miss Russell
    • 1958

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Orry Kelly
  • Born
    • December 31, 1897
    • Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
  • Died
    • February 27, 1964
    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(liver cancer)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 7 Articles

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    He worked on more than 300 films during his career.

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