Gwen Wakeling
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American costume designer (1901–1982)
Film & TV
Detroit, Michigan, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Costume designer Gwen Wakeling (birth name Gwen Sewell, March 3, 1901, Detroit, Michigan – June 16, 1982, Los Angeles, California) was a personal favourite of Cecil B. DeMille. Indeed her first film was his 1927 epic "The King of Kings", and she earned an Academy Award for her work on his version of "Samson and Delilah" in 1950. In a career spanning over…
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gwendolyn
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- costume designer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baháʼí Faith
- Image
- Gwen Wakeling, 1924.png
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- start of work period
- 1924-00-00
- end of work period
- 1966-00-00
- date of death
- 1982-06-16
- date of birth
- 1901-03-03
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