Gwen Wakeling
Known For: Costume & Make-Up
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: March 3, 1901
Day of Death: June 16, 1982 (81 years old)
Place of Birth: 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 140 films, she also worked for director John Ford on such films as "The Prisoner of Shark Island" (1936), "Drums Along the Mohawk" (1939), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940) and "How Green Was My Valley" (1941), and provided the costumes for most of the Shirley Temple films, such as Little Miss Broadway, in the 1930s. One of her last assignments was creating Barbara Eden's "Jeannie" costumes for I Dream Of Jeannie in 1965. Wakeling was a member of the Bahá'í Faith, and her husband, Henry J. Staudigl, set up an arts endowment in her memory at Bosch Bahá'í School in Santa Cruz to promote artistic endeavors and included a research and resource library.
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Costume Design
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Costume Design
Tail Spin
Costume Design
Susannah of the Mounties
Costume Design
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Costume Design
Hotel for Women
Costume Design
The Rains Came
Costume Designer
The Gorilla
Costume Design
The Return of the Cisco Kid
Costume Design
The Little Princess
Costume Designer
Drums Along the Mohawk
1938
Costume Design
Just Around the Corner
Costume Design
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Costume Design
I'll Give a Million
Costume Design
Sally, Irene and Mary
Costume Design
Three Blind Mice
Costume Design
Little Miss Broadway
Costume Design
Submarine Patrol
Costume Design
Gateway
Costume Design
Kentucky
Costume Design
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1937
1936
Costume Designer
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Costume Design
Private Number
Costume Design
It Had to Happen
Costume Design
Under Two Flags
Costume Design
Half Angel
Costume Design
The Road to Glory
Costume Design
Poor Little Rich Girl
Costume Design
White Hunter
Costume Design
Pigskin Parade
Costume Design
Ramona
Costume Design
Banjo on My Knee
Costume Design
King of Burlesque
Costume Designer
Ladies In Love
Costume Design
Everybody's Old Man
