Helen Rose
![Helen Rose](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xCA9fxXRPFn8qxAf0EWJc1THb3i.jpg)
Known For: Costume & Make-Up
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: February 2, 1904
Day of Death: November 9, 1985 (82 years old)
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Helen Rose (February 2, 1904 – November 9, 1985) was an American costume designer and clothing designer who spent the bulk of her career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Helen Rose was born on February 2, 1904, to William Bromberg and Ray Bobbs in Chicago, Illinois of German and Russian descent. She attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then designed nightclub and stage costumes for various acts. She moved to Los Angeles in 1929, where she designed outfits for Fanchon and Marco and later the Ice Follies. In the early 1940s she spent two years working for 20th Century Fox, where she designed wardrobes for musical selections. In 1943 MGM hired her in the wake of Adrian's departure and by the late 1940s Rose was promoted to chief designer at the studio. Rose won two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, for The Bad and the Beautiful in 1952 and for I'll Cry Tomorrow in 1955. She was nominated a further eight times and was also very well known for designing famous wedding dresses of the era. She designed the famous wedding dress of Grace Kelly when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. She also designed clothing for Elizabeth Taylor in the movies Father of the Bride and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as well as Elizabeth Taylor's wedding dress when she married Conrad "Nicky" Hilton. In the late 1960s, Rose left the studio to open her own design business and continued to provide fancy attire for the famed and the wealthy. She also wrote a fashion column. She wrote two books - her autobiography Just Make Them Beautiful in 1976 and "The Glamorous World of Helen Rose". In the 1970s Rose also staged a traveling fashion show featuring some of her MGM-designed costumes that was called "The Helen Rose Show". Helen was married to Harry V. Rose, whose birth name was Harry Rosenstein (1902–1993), and they had a daughter. She died in Palm Springs, California in 1985.
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![Escape from Fort Bravo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dWOpEeHS7ACISCdKE2k0N12zZyO.jpg)
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Escape from Fort Bravo
![Remains to Be Seen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ucDa0o5wode4ksMhUP1bx0ggJR7.jpg)
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Remains to Be Seen
![The Story of Three Loves](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9C90c1iCpL1KX51nm7HFpyjZHGZ.jpg)
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The Story of Three Loves
![Mogambo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sKc2pZhmTz3xfItLAci44vCTrYx.jpg)
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Mogambo
![Give a Girl a Break](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4xMzYnvYRPP8zwG4H9qA4TGuW4e.jpg)
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Give a Girl a Break
![I Love Melvin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/20Af4w0yLU3Df1zS3VyZatJZbsG.jpg)
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I Love Melvin
![The Girl Who Had Everything](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hiNT1b2YurzGipu1l5lnCFxIQ6T.jpg)
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The Girl Who Had Everything
![Sombrero](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vVRT2IFauHLl6nen1gL6xcD260a.jpg)
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Sombrero
![Easy to Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dp2KF3q8nCyXEJx6WcbdXqofbF3.jpg)
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Easy to Love
![Dangerous When Wet](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8OOB9zR7ufg8oMP8SosqT7P6wA7.jpg)
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Dangerous When Wet
![Latin Lovers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pfjLDNtsWwmiJbd2YV5AhPAsKyb.jpg)
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Latin Lovers
![Jeopardy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8eXPMsrLsTK2AcFSwbCoWWIeeRB.jpg)
Costume Designer
Jeopardy
1952
![Skirts Ahoy!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/h7KGTXf6A9zH0GeAxEmo2cEfRZf.jpg)
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Skirts Ahoy!
![The Bad and the Beautiful](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ajAXzTiPkL7JxeCRw5lQBqrKNGx.jpg)
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The Bad and the Beautiful
![Million Dollar Mermaid](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gAlf70ugFbhFfwAyF2LYoohFFTv.jpg)
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Million Dollar Mermaid
![The Belle of New York](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qbbRnhgs1RJRdUvM85E7PhniRgg.jpg)
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The Belle of New York
![Love Is Better Than Ever](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gC0WrX2JOR0USgTMZKPdncw6Pwi.jpg)
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Love Is Better Than Ever
![Everything I Have Is Yours](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wXVWEuIHAw6y0S5wOUfeFC4dQmD.jpg)
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Everything I Have Is Yours
![Holiday for Sinners](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9dzzRLMN9ubyyh0jV07UiiOMXS3.jpg)
Costume Mistress
Holiday for Sinners
![The Merry Widow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7Uu7F30ZnQVY6f6JuotYLjFhyPh.jpg)
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The Merry Widow
![Glory Alley](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jrCTM2gI4hqTXKfWilDbpxq9Oti.jpg)
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Glory Alley
![Invitation](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dfNwagh6AcCI8EoPbrdzV97qIbN.jpg)
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Invitation
1951
![Father's Little Dividend](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nqGO8WJwha5Shc4I640s5xBndOM.jpg)
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Father's Little Dividend
![The Light Touch](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/knTCYE1FaETbnHUlweLgFGeUFDw.jpg)
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The Light Touch
![Royal Wedding](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5hOyBgsmSApFl10ZfaYxUTQu5Ze.jpg)
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Royal Wedding
![Callaway Went Thataway](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vN4lTTGrW0xkrlKXoySra0Q6o64.jpg)
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Callaway Went Thataway
![Callaway Went Thataway](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vN4lTTGrW0xkrlKXoySra0Q6o64.jpg)
Wardrobe Designer
Callaway Went Thataway
![Bannerline](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iSlB9HyelbBdXAaULBrIP5f8R8m.jpg)
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Bannerline
![The Unknown Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1TTSjgIbHRbKlUSCU7alcSaqqyD.jpg)
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The Unknown Man
![The Strip](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4HWJzoOHciLeRRgAeLRfadC6ycB.jpg)
Costume Designer
The Strip
![Texas Carnival](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jKbSlUxDE7iTaEVFZSjQVkVwCPl.jpg)
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Texas Carnival
![Too Young to Kiss](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9fmmmjYJ2HvqdZA8wp0wysZB6yS.jpg)
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Too Young to Kiss
![Grounds for Marriage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/15d0nucLYlYJeliBP8tqmDfXkF6.jpg)
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Grounds for Marriage
1950
![Three Little Words](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7O9keBF6bcKKAAD05LqT382z837.jpg)
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Three Little Words
![Two Weeks with Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qgyK616Z93Z0536iZhwLZbnuEG2.jpg)
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Two Weeks with Love
![The Toast of New Orleans](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yQXM9oeJ4gE2uV9mTWrAxpVYyrE.jpg)
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The Toast of New Orleans
![To Please a Lady](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aZ9uaQO3OVcFeLZ9n2pvKPU7MHX.jpg)
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To Please a Lady
![The Reformer and the Redhead](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1IgYv0tkJYf5JhU7TsGnRa2CUSQ.jpg)
Costume Design
The Reformer and the Redhead
![Father of the Bride](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sygyqqXq41SBZiYjY8nuQRAcuUv.jpg)
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Father of the Bride
![Duchess of Idaho](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/d2FgTBql8pWZkQlH0211ds9xkrI.jpg)
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Duchess of Idaho
![Nancy Goes to Rio](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4JEm4U5wOItbObMc3EyDmI0SdAm.jpg)
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Nancy Goes to Rio
![A Life of Her Own](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/msKQceHxcDhCUT88WHa4ajkd7w4.jpg)
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A Life of Her Own
![Pagan Love Song](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iptyVmZEH3oRAatBOh6Cqgpmfn6.jpg)
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Pagan Love Song
![Right Cross](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/s8GHffbO7nV24tVl5PYca854YAj.jpg)
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Right Cross
![Annie Get Your Gun](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/c2ZLeqZVI2FYctcrFwm5C86zkLH.jpg)
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Annie Get Your Gun
![The Big Hangover](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wAkN5STOD77LAklnYuXgbqL9uVz.jpg)
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The Big Hangover
![Summer Stock](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/akCdZrlDIoIRXbL8rZOoHFxSkWY.jpg)
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Summer Stock