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- Birth nameOrry George 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5
- He worked on more than 300 films during his career.
- The subject of the feature-length Gillian Armstrong-produced documentary film Women He's Undressed (2015).
- Was also a renowned oil-painter, designer of neckties, cushions and shawls, and author of an internationally syndicated newspaper column, Hollywood Fashion Parade.
- Since he had no living relatives when he died, his personal effects and Academy Awards were stored by Ann Warner, wife of his former boss Jack L. Warner who also read his eulogy.
- His 'long-lost' memoirs, 'Women I've Undressed: A Memoir', was published in August 2015.
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