Biography
Sydney Guilaroff (November 2, 1907 – May 25, 1997) was a hair stylist during Hollywood’s Golden Age who was the first to receive on-screen credit in films. He worked for more than forty years at the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios on more than a thousand films. He was instrumental in crafting many of the hairstyles which became the signature looks for numerous film stars.
Over his long and distinguished career, Guilaroff's other clients included Elizabeth Taylor, Lana Turner, Greta Garbo, Lena Horne, Greer Garson, Debbie Reynolds, Ann-Margret, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Hedy Lamarr, Kathryn Grayson, Liza Minnelli, Clare Booth Luce, Ginger Rogers, Geraldine Page, Libby Holman, and Nancy Reagan. He was the stylist of choice for such male stars as Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra
Guilaroff won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or Special for The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987) starring Ann-Margret and Claudette Colbert.
Filmography
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Movies 250
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TV Shows 1
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)
Inside the Dream Factory (1995)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989)
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)
...All the Marbles (1981)
Return Engagement (1978)
New York, New York (1977)
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
The Happy Ending (1969)
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
Sweet Charity (1969)
The Split (1968)
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Speedway (1968)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
The Graduate (1967)
Point Blank (1967)
Divorce American Style (1967)
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967)
Hot Rods to Hell (1967)
Grand Prix (1966)
Gambit (1966)
Penelope (1966)
Spinout (1966)
Seconds (1966)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966)
Harum Scarum (1965)
The Great Race (1965)
The Sandpiper (1965)
Harlow (1965)
Once a Thief (1965)
Girl Happy (1965)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
The Rounders (1965)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
36 Hours (1964)
Goodbye Charlie (1964)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
What a Way to Go! (1964)
The Outrage (1964)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Seven Days in May (1964)
The Prize (1963)
Sunday in New York (1963)
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Gypsy (1962)
Period of Adjustment (1962)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
All Fall Down (1962)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
The Misfits (1961)
Cimarron (1960)
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
The Time Machine (1960)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Home from the Hill (1960)
Ask Any Girl (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
The Mating Game (1959)
Watusi (1959)
Green Mansions (1959)
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
Party Girl (1958)
The Badlanders (1958)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
The High Cost of Loving (1958)
Gigi (1958)
The Sheepman (1958)
Saddle the Wind (1958)
Raintree County (1957)
Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
Gun Glory (1957)
Silk Stockings (1957)
Designing Woman (1957)
This Could Be the Night (1957)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Lust for Life (1956)
High Society (1956)
The Catered Affair (1956)
Gaby (1956)
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Ransom! (1956)
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
It's a Dog's Life (1955)
The Tender Trap (1955)
Kismet (1955)
Trial (1955)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
The King's Thief (1955)
The Cobweb (1955)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
The Prodigal (1955)
Hit the Deck (1955)
Jupiter's Darling (1955)
Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Brigadoon (1954)
Her Twelve Men (1954)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Executive Suite (1954)
Rose Marie (1954)
Tennessee Champ (1954)
The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)
Easy to Love (1953)
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
The Actress (1953)
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Dangerous When Wet (1953)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
Bright Road (1953)
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
I Love Melvin (1953)
Lili (1953)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Desperate Search (1952)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Lone Star (1952)
My Man and I (1952)
Fearless Fagan (1952)
Holiday for Sinners (1952)
Shadow in the Sky (1952)
Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
Carbine Williams (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
The Belle of New York (1952)
The Wild North (1952)
Too Young to Kiss (1951)
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
The Unknown Man (1951)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Bannerline (1951)
Texas Carnival (1951)
An American in Paris (1951)
The Strip (1951)
The Tall Target (1951)
Show Boat (1951)
Kind Lady (1951)
The Painted Hills (1951)
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
Royal Wedding (1951)
Mr. Imperium (1951)
Inside Straight (1951)
Vengeance Valley (1951)
The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
Kim (1950)
Two Weeks with Love (1950)
To Please a Lady (1950)
Right Cross (1950)
The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
Three Little Words (1950)
Mystery Street (1950)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Stars in My Crown (1950)
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
Side Street (1950)
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Ambush (1950)
On the Town (1949)
Tension (1949)
Adam's Rib (1949)
That Forsyte Woman (1949)
Challenge to Lassie (1949)
The Red Danube (1949)
Madame Bovary (1949)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
The Great Sinner (1949)
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Hills of Home (1948)
The Kissing Bandit (1948)
Julia Misbehaves (1948)
A Date with Judy (1948)
Easter Parade (1948)
The Pirate (1948)
Summer Holiday (1948)
Big City (1948)
Good News (1947)
Desire Me (1947)
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
The Sea of Grass (1947)
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Lady in the Lake (1946)
Undercurrent (1946)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Two Smart People (1946)
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Kismet (1944)
Panama Hattie (1942)
Apache Trail (1942)
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Affairs of Martha (1942)
Grand Central Murder (1942)
The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
Nazi Agent (1942)
Two-Faced Woman (1941)
Married Bachelor (1941)
The Feminine Touch (1941)
Lady Be Good (1941)
When Ladies Meet (1941)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Bitter Sweet (1940)
Escape (1940)
Dulcy (1940)
Boom Town (1940)
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Susan and God (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Ninotchka (1939)
The Women (1939)
The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
Idiot's Delight (1939)
The Shining Hour (1938)
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Known ForCostume & Make-Up
GenderMale
Birthday1907-11-02
Deathday1997-05-25 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As Sidney Guilaroff, Sidney Guilleroff
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie
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