Actor

Sydney Guilaroff

Costume & Make-Up

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Movies: 291Series: 1Crew credits: 290

TMDB ID: 14681

IMDb ID: nm0346867

Known for: Costume & Make-Up

Born: November 2, 1907

Died: May 25, 1997

Age: 89

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1938 - 2002

Years active: 65

Average TMDB rating: 6.5

Wikidata: Q7659954

Also known as

Sidney Guilaroff • Sidney Guilleroff

Other jobs

Hairstylist (204)Hair Designer (83)Hair Department Head (1)Hairdresser (1)Makeup Artist (1)

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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.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Sydney Guilaroff.