Walter Plunkett

Known For: Costume & Make-Up
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: June 4, 1902
Day of Death: March 8, 1982 (80 years old)
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
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.
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Costume Design
The Outriders

Costume Design
The Toast of New Orleans

Costume Design
Stars in My Crown

Costume Design
Two Weeks with Love

Costume Design
Black Hand

Costume Design
Father of the Bride

Costume Design
King Solomon's Mines

Costume Design
Summer Stock

Costume Design
The Magnificent Yankee

Costume Design
Annie Get Your Gun

Costume Design
The Happy Years
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Costume Design
Annie Oakley

Costume Design
Village Tale

Costume Design
To Beat the Band

Costume Design
Alice Adams

Costume Design
Chasing Yesterday

Costume Design
Captain Hurricane

Costume Design
Jalna

Costume Design
The Three Musketeers

Costume Design
Enchanted April

Costume Design
The Return Of Peter Grimm

Costume Design
Hooray for Love

Costume Design
The Arizonian

Costume Design
His Family Tree

Costume Design
Another Face

Costume Design
The Rainmakers

Costume Design
Hot Tip

Costume Design
The Informer
1934

Costume Design
The Fountain

Costume Design
The Gay Divorcee

Costume Designer
The Crime Doctor

Costume Design
Where Sinners Meet

Costume Design
Murder on the Blackboard

Costume Design
Stingaree

Costume Design
By Your Leave

Costume Design
Wednesday's Child

Costume Design
Cockeyed Cavaliers

Costume Design
This Man Is Mine

Costume Design
Man of Two Worlds

Costume Design
The Meanest Gal in Town

Costume Design
Long Lost Father

Costume Design
Success at Any Price

Costume Design
Sing and Like It

Costume Design
Hips, Hips, Hooray!

Costume Design
Spitfire

Costume Design
Keep 'Em Rolling

Costume Design
Hat, Coat and Glove

Costume Design
His Greatest Gamble

Costume Design
Strictly Dynamite

Costume Design
Their Big Moment

Costume Design
The Age of Innocence

Costume Design
Dangerous Corner

Costume Design
Let's Try Again

Costume Design
Gridiron Flash

Costume Design
Bachelor Bait

Costume Design
The Richest Girl in the World

Costume Design
Down to Their Last Yacht

Costume Design
West of the Pecos

Costume Design
The Life of Vergie Winters

Costume Design
Anne of Green Gables

Costume Design
Kentucky Kernels

Costume Design
We're Rich Again

Costume Design
Lightning Strikes Twice

Costume Design
The Little Minister

Costume Design
The Silver Streak

Costume Designer
Of Human Bondage

Costume Design
Woman in the Dark

Costume Design
Finishing School
1933

Costume Design
The Son of Kong

Costume Design
Flying Down to Rio

Costume Design
Scarlet River

Costume Design
Christopher Strong

Costume Design
Lucky Devils

Costume Design
Melody Cruise

Costume Design
Blind Adventure

Costume Design
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Costume Design
Ace of Aces

Costume Design
The Great Jasper

Costume Design
Ann Vickers

Costume Design
Little Women

Costume Design
The Right To Romance

Costume Design
Emergency Call

Costume Design
No Marriage Ties

Costume Design
The Silver Cord

Costume Design
Double Harness

Costume Design
Sweepings

Costume Design
The Past of Mary Holmes

Costume Design
Cross Fire

Costume Design
Morning Glory

Costume Design
King Kong

Costume Design
Tomorrow at Seven