Sydney Guilaroff
- Costume & make-up
- November 2, 1907 · London, England, UK
- May 25, 1997
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel · Self
- Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star · Self
- Inside the Dream Factory · Self
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder · Hairstylist
- The Two Mrs. Grenvilles · Hairdresser
- A Streetcar Named Desire · Hairstylist
- Regina Roma · Hairstylist
- ...All the Marbles · Hairstylist
- Return Engagement · Hairstylist
- New York, New York · Hairdresser, Hair Designer
- The Blue Bird · Hairstylist
- Carnal Knowledge · Hairstylist
- The Happy Ending · Hairstylist
- Marlowe · Hairstylist
- The Gypsy Moths · Hairstylist
- The Extraordinary Seaman · Hairstylist
- Sweet Charity · Hair Designer
- The Split · Hairstylist
- The Legend of Lylah Clare · Hairstylist
- Rosemary's Baby · Hair Designer
- Speedway · Hairstylist
- Stay Away, Joe · Hairstylist
- The Power · Hairstylist
- Sol Madrid · Hairstylist
- The Graduate · Hair Designer
- Point Blank · Hairstylist
- Divorce American Style · Hairstylist
- Don't Make Waves · Hairstylist
- Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! · Hairstylist
- Return of the Gunfighter · Hairstylist
- Hot Rods to Hell · Hairstylist
- Grand Prix · Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
- Gambit · Hairstylist
- The Venetian Affair · Hairstylist
- Penelope · Hairstylist
- Spinout · Hairstylist
- Seconds · Hairstylist
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · Hairstylist
- Hold On! · Hairstylist
- The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! · Hairstylist
- Harum Scarum · Hairstylist
- When the Boys Meet the Girls · Hairstylist
- The Great Race · Hair Designer
- The Sandpiper · Hairstylist
- Harlow · Hairstylist
- Once a Thief · Hairstylist
- Girl Happy · Hairstylist
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! · Hairstylist
- The Rounders · Hair Designer
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce · Hairstylist
- Sex and the Single Girl · Hairstylist
- Get Yourself a College Girl · Hairstylist
- 36 Hours · Hairstylist
- Goodbye Charlie · Hair Designer
- Your Cheatin' Heart · Hairstylist
- The Americanization of Emily · Hairstylist
- The Outrage · Hairstylist
- The Night of the Iguana · Hair Designer
- What a Way to Go! · Hair Designer
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown · Hair Designer
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao · Hairstylist
- Kissin' Cousins · Hairstylist
- Viva Las Vegas · Hairstylist
- Seven Days in May · Party Guest (uncredited), Hairstylist
- The Prize · Hairstylist
- Sunday in New York · Hair Designer
- It Happened at the World's Fair · Hairstylist
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father · Hairstylist
- Billy Rose's Jumbo · Hairstylist
- How the West Was Won · Hairstylist
- Gypsy · Hairstylist
- Period of Adjustment · Hairstylist
- Two Weeks in Another Town · Hairstylist
- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm · Hairstylist
- All Fall Down · Hairstylist
- Sweet Bird of Youth · Hairstylist
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse · Hairstylist
- The Misfits · Hairstylist
- Cimarron · Hairstylist
- BUtterfield 8 · Hairstylist