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William Travilla
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American costume designer (1920-1990)
Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
The man who draped a fringed Idaho potato sack on Marilyn Monroe for a famous snapshot - proving that she looked good in anything - was born on Catalina Island off the California coast on March 22 1920. He studied at the Chouinard School of Art in L.A., showing a precocious talent for drawing fashion design from an early age. By the time he was sixteen, he made money by selling sketches of…
Known for
- Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage — Himself1967
- Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls1967
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Dona Drake
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- white dress of Marilyn Monroe
- Official website
- www.williamtravilla.com
- Image
- Costume designer William Travilla.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1920-03-22
- date of death
- 1990-11-02
- Commons category
- William Travilla
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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