Edith Head

Fashion Designer

Birthday October 28, 1899

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace San Bernardino, CA

DEATH DATE Oct 24, 1981 (81)

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About

She is the first woman to have won eight Academy Awards for her costume designs.

Before Fame

She earned her B.A. from Stanford University, where she studied Romance Languages.

Trivia

Over the course of her career, she was nominated for 35 Academy Awards.

Family Life

She was married to her first husband, Wiard Ihnen, until his death in 1979.

Associated With

She worked directly under Alfred Hitchcock while at Universal Pictures.