William Travilla
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William Travilla (22 March 1920-2 November 1990), who invariably went by the professional name of Travilla, was an American costume designer in films. He is perhaps best-known for dressing Marilyn Monroe in eight of her films.
Travilla first came to Hollywood in 1941. After work on several B movies, he earned an Oscar in 1949 for the Errol Flynn swashbuckler Adventures of Don Juan. This led to better assignments. He worked mainly at Twentieth Century-Fox and his credits include Elia Kazan's Viva Zapata! in 1952, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1953, The Seven Year Itch in 1955, The Rains of Ranchipur (1955), Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955), The Tall Men (1955), Bus Stop (1956) and Valley of the Dolls in 1967. Travilla's other Academy Award nominations were for How to Marry a Millionaire in 1953, There's No Business Like Show Business in 1954 and The Stripper in 1963. One of his most widely seen latter day projects was the hugely successful TV mini-series The Thorn Birds in 1983.
He died in Los Angeles, California.
