Sydney Guilaroff
Known for: Costume & Make-Up
Born: November 2, 1907
Died: May 25, 1997
Place of birth: London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
295 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
7.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
6.9
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
8.0
Inside the Dream Factory
1995
6.5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989
5.0
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
5.8
A Streetcar Named Desire
1984
4.0
Regina Roma
1982
6.1
...All the Marbles
1981
7.3
Return Engagement
1978
6.5
New York, New York
1977
5.5
The Blue Bird
1976
6.6
Carnal Knowledge
1971
6.1
The Happy Ending
1969
6.1
Marlowe
1969
6.0
The Gypsy Moths
1969
3.4
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
6.9
Sweet Charity
1969
6.7
The Split
1968
6.0
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
7.8
Rosemary's Baby
1968
5.9
Speedway
1968
5.5
Stay Away, Joe
1968
6.3
The Power
1968
6.9
Sol Madrid
1968
7.6
The Graduate
1967
7.1
Point Blank
1967
5.9
Divorce American Style
1967
5.2
Don't Make Waves
1967
6.5
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967
6.1
Return of the Gunfighter
1967
4.7
Hot Rods to Hell
1967
7.3
Grand Prix
1966
7.0
Gambit
1966
4.9
The Venetian Affair
1966
5.4
Penelope
1966
5.6
Spinout
1966
7.4
Seconds
1966
7.7
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
5.7
Hold On!
1966
6.5
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
4.8
Harum Scarum
1965
4.8
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965
7.1
The Great Race
1965
6.4
The Sandpiper
1965
5.6
Harlow
1965
6.5
Once a Thief
1965
6.5
Girl Happy
1965
3.8
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
5.5
The Rounders
1965
6.1
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
6.6
Sex and the Single Girl
1964
5.7
Get Yourself a College Girl
1964
7.1
36 Hours
1964
5.8
Goodbye Charlie
1964
6.5
Your Cheatin' Heart
1964
6.7
The Americanization of Emily
1964
5.8
The Outrage
1964
7.2
The Night of the Iguana
1964
7.1
What a Way to Go!
1964
5.7
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
6.9
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
4.7
Kissin' Cousins
1964
6.1
Viva Las Vegas
1964
7.4
Seven Days in May
1964
6.7
The Prize
1963
6.8
Sunday in New York
1963
5.8
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963
5.9
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963
6.0
Billy Rose's Jumbo
1962
7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
6.3
Gypsy
1962
6.0
Period of Adjustment
1962
5.9
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
5.9
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
6.0
All Fall Down
1962
6.7
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
6.0
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962
7.0
The Misfits
1961
6.2
Cimarron
1960
6.3
BUtterfield 8
1960
5.9
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
6.5
Bells Are Ringing
1960
7.4
The Time Machine
1960
6.2
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
6.9
Home from the Hill
1960
6.9
The Gazebo
1959
6.5
Ask Any Girl
1959
5.5
It Started with a Kiss
1959
8.0
North by Northwest
1959
6.4
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959
6.4
The Mating Game
1959
5.8
Watusi
1959
5.7
Green Mansions
1959
5.9
The Tunnel of Love
1958
6.8
Party Girl
1958
6.2
The Badlanders
1958
7.6
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
6.6
The High Cost of Loving
1958
6.2
Gigi
1958
6.9
The Sheepman
1958
6.7
Saddle the Wind
1958
6.4
Raintree County
1957
5.3
Don't Go Near the Water
1957
6.0
Man on Fire
1957
6.2
Gun Glory
1957
6.9
Silk Stockings
1957
6.7
Designing Woman
1957
6.1
This Could Be the Night
1957
5.6
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
5.4
The Opposite Sex
1956
7.0
Tea and Sympathy
1956
6.3
The Power and the Prize
1956
7.2
Lust for Life
1956
6.8
High Society
1956
7.2
The Catered Affair
1956
7.3
Gaby
1956
7.0
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
7.3
Forbidden Planet
1956
4.5
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
7.2
Ransom!
1956
6.2
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
4.3
It's a Dog's Life
1955
6.2
The Tender Trap
1955
5.6
Kismet
1955
6.9
Trial
1955
6.9
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
6.2
The King's Thief
1955
5.7
The Cobweb
1955
6.9
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
4.6
The Prodigal
1955
5.0
Hit the Deck
1955
4.9
Jupiter's Darling
1955
6.5
Many Rivers to Cross
1955
6.3
Green Fire
1954
6.7
Deep in My Heart
1954
6.1
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
6.5
Brigadoon
1954
5.9
Her Twelve Men
1954
7.1
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
7.1
Executive Suite
1954
6.5
Tennessee Champ
1954
4.5
Rose Marie
1954
7.0
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
10.0
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
6.3
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
6.2
Easy to Love
1953
6.5
Kiss Me Kate
1953
6.1
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
5.4
Give a Girl a Break
1953
6.4
The Actress
1953
6.1
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
7.2
The Band Wagon
1953
6.1
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
6.0
Dangerous When Wet
1953
7.1
Julius Caesar
1953
5.8
Young Bess
1953
6.0
Remains to Be Seen
1953
6.5
Bright Road
1953
6.2
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953
6.0
The Story of Three Loves
1953
6.2
I Love Melvin
1953
6.8
Lili
1953
6.1
Rogue's March
1953
7.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
6.0
Desperate Search
1952
6.9
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
5.7
Lone Star
1952
7.0
My Man and I
1952
6.3
The Merry Widow
1952
5.2
Fearless Fagan
1952
6.3
Holiday for Sinners
1952
7.0
Shadow in the Sky
1952
6.4
Pat and Mike
1952
5.8
Skirts Ahoy!
1952
7.0
Scaramouche
1952
5.2
Young Man with Ideas
1952
6.6
Carbine Williams
1952
8.1
Singin' in the Rain
1952
6.6
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
5.7
The Belle of New York
1952
6.7
Invitation
1952
6.9
The Wild North
1952
5.1
Too Young to Kiss
1951
5.1
The Unknown Man
1951
5.6
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
7.1
Quo Vadis
1951
7.0
Angels in the Outfield
1951
6.8
Bannerline
1951
5.4
Texas Carnival
1951
7.0
An American in Paris
1951
5.9
The Strip
1951
6.9
The Tall Target
1951
6.2
Show Boat
1951
7.0
Kind Lady
1951
4.2
The Painted Hills
1951
6.5
Father's Little Dividend
1951
5.9
Cause for Alarm!
1951
6.4
Royal Wedding
1951
5.1
Mr. Imperium
1951
4.9
Inside Straight
1951
5.8
Three Guys Named Mike
1951
5.4
Vengeance Valley
1951
5.0
Grounds for Marriage
1951
5.9
The Magnificent Yankee
1950
5.5
Watch the Birdie
1950
7.0
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
6.5
Kim
1950
6.4
Two Weeks with Love
1950
6.5
To Please a Lady
1950
7.3
Right Cross
1950
6.7
Summer Stock
1950
5.2
The Toast of New Orleans
1950
6.9
Devil's Doorway
1950
4.9
Duchess of Idaho
1950
6.3
Three Little Words
1950
6.8
Mystery Street
1950
6.7
Shadow on the Wall
1950
7.0
Father of the Bride
1950
6.7
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
5.1
Please Believe Me
1950
7.0
Stars in My Crown
1950
7.6
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
6.9
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
6.5
Side Street
1950
6.2
Black Hand
1950
6.0
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950
7.2
The Outriders
1950
5.4
Ambush
1950
7.0
On the Town
1949
6.8
Tension
1949
7.1
Adam's Rib
1949
6.0
That Forsyte Woman
1949
5.5
Challenge to Lassie
1949
6.7
The Red Danube
1949
6.8
Madame Bovary
1949
6.8
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
6.8
The Great Sinner
1949
6.1
Neptune's Daughter
1949
6.7
The Stratton Story
1949
6.9
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
7.4
Little Women
1949
6.7
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
6.9
Act of Violence
1949
6.9
Hills of Home
1948
5.2
The Kissing Bandit
1948
6.8
The Three Musketeers
1948
6.7
Julia Misbehaves
1948
6.1
A Date with Judy
1948
7.0
Easter Parade
1948
6.5
The Pirate
1948
5.2
Summer Holiday
1948
7.8
Big City
1948
6.5
Good News
1947
6.5
Desire Me
1947
6.7
Song of the Thin Man
1947
7.0
The Hucksters
1947
6.1
The Sea of Grass
1947
6.3
Green Dolphin Street
1947
6.1
Lady in the Lake
1946
5.8
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
5.9
Undercurrent
1946
6.3
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
6.6
Two Smart People
1946
6.4
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
6.0
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
7.2
The Valley of Decision
1945
6.0
Mrs. Parkington
1944
5.5
Kismet
1944
5.7
Panama Hattie
1942
6.9
Apache Trail
1942
7.0
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
7.1
Mrs. Miniver
1942
6.6
The Affairs of Martha
1942
5.7
Grand Central Murder
1942
6.2
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
6.6
Nazi Agent
1942
6.4
Two-Faced Woman
1941
6.4
Married Bachelor
1941
5.1
The Feminine Touch
1941
6.4
Honky Tonk
1941
5.5
Lady Be Good
1941
6.9
When Ladies Meet
1941
7.5
The Philadelphia Story
1940
6.0
Bitter Sweet
1940
7.5
Escape
1940
6.4
Dulcy
1940
7.0
Boom Town
1940
6.9
Pride and Prejudice
1940
6.5
Susan and God
1940
8.1
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
7.5
Ninotchka
1939
7.2
The Women
1939
5.6
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
6.1
Idiot's Delight
1939
6.7
The Shining Hour
1938