Walter Plunkett
- Costume & make-up
- June 4, 1902 · Oakland, California, USA
- March 8, 1982
Biography
Walter Plunkett (June 5, 1902 – March 8, 1982) was a prolific costume designer who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry. Plunkett's first credited work as a costume designer was the 1927 film Hard-Boiled Haggerty. At RKO, he developed a huge costume and wardrobe department that became a major studio asset. Given free rein, he set about creating costumes that rivaled the work of his contemporaries, such as Travis Banton and Adrian. Plunkett's best-known work is featured in two films, Gone with the Wind (1939) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which he lampooned his initial style of the Roaring Twenties. In 1951, Plunkett shared an Oscar with Orry-Kelly and Irene Sharaff for An American in Paris.
Known for
Filmography
- 7 Women · Costume Design
- Marriage on the Rocks · Costume Design
- How the West Was Won · Costume Design
- Two Weeks in Another Town · Costume Design
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse · Costume Design
- Pocketful of Miracles · Costume Design
- Cimarron · Costume Design
- Bells Are Ringing · Costume Design
- Pollyanna · Costume Designer
- Home from the Hill · Costume Design
- Some Came Running · Costume Design
- The Law and Jake Wade · Costume Design
- The Sheepman · Costume Design
- The Brothers Karamazov · Costume Design
- Raintree County · Costume Design
- Van Gogh: Darkness into Light · Self
- Gun Glory · Costume Design
- The Wings of Eagles · Wardrobe Master
- Lust for Life · Costume Designer
- The Fastest Gun Alive · Costume Design
- Tribute to a Bad Man · Costume Design
- Forbidden Planet · Costume Design
- Diane · Costume Design
- The King's Thief · Costume Design
- The Scarlet Coat · Costume Design
- Moonfleet · Costume Design
- The Glass Slipper · Costume Design
- Jupiter's Darling · Costume Designer
- Many Rivers to Cross · Costume Design
- Deep in My Heart · Costume Design
- Athena · Costume Design
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · Costume Design
- Valley of the Kings · Costume Design
- Kiss Me Kate · Costume Design
- All the Brothers Were Valiant · Costume Design
- The Actress · Costume Design
- Ride, Vaquero! · Costume Design
- Young Bess · Costume Design
- Million Dollar Mermaid · Costume Design
- Plymouth Adventure · Costume Design
- The Prisoner of Zenda · Costume Design
- Carbine Williams · Costume Design
- Singin' in the Rain · Costume Design
- Westward the Women · Costume Design
- The Man with a Cloak · Costume Design
- An American in Paris · Costume Design
- The Law and the Lady · Costume Design
- Show Boat · Costume Design
- Kind Lady · Wardrobe Designer
- Soldiers Three · Costume Design
- Mr. Imperium · Costume Design
- Payment on Demand · Costume Design
- The Magnificent Yankee · Costume Design
- Two Weeks with Love · Costume Design
- King Solomon's Mines · Costume Design
- Summer Stock · Costume Design
- The Toast of New Orleans · Costume Design
- Devil's Doorway · Costume Design
- The Happy Years · Costume Design
- Father of the Bride · Costume Design
- Annie Get Your Gun · Costume Design
- Stars in My Crown · Costume Design
- Black Hand · Costume Design
- The Outriders · Costume Design
- Adam's Rib · Costume Design
- That Forsyte Woman · Costume Design
- Madame Bovary · Costume Designer
- The Secret Garden · Costume Design
- Little Women · Costume Design
- The Kissing Bandit · Costume Designer
- The Three Musketeers · Costume Design
- Summer Holiday · Costume Design
- Song of Love · Costume Design
- The Sea of Grass · Costume Design
- Green Dolphin Street · Costume Design
- Duel in the Sun · Costume Design
- Along Came Jones · Costume Design
- A Song to Remember · Costume Design
- Knickerbocker Holiday · Costume Design
- In Old Oklahoma · Costume Designer