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Walter Plunkett

Costume Designer | * 06/04/1902 († 79, 03/08/1982) | Oakland, California (United States of America (USA))
Walter Plunkett (June 5, 1902 in Oakland, California – March 8, 1982) was a prolific costume designer who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry. Born in Oakland, California, Plunkett studied law at the University of California, where he was a member of the California-Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, but showed greater interest in the school's theatrical group. He moved to New York City in 1923 and began work as a stage actor as well as a costume and set designer. After some time in Greenwich Village, he moved back to California, this time to Hollywood, and found work as a movie extra. (He can be seen dancing with Irene, another future top designer, in Erich von Stroheim's 1925 film The Merry Widow.) He soon made a career change to costume and wardrobe. 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... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. ...

Singin' in the Rain

Certification unknown

1952 | 4.1/5 | 1h 43min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love, Drama
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The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. ...

Gone with the Wind

G

1939 | 4.0/5 | 3h 53min
Drama, War, Romance / Love
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Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find themselves unwelcome by the expediti ...

Forbidden Planet

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1956 | 3.6/5 | 1h 38min
Science Fiction
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Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French sin ...

An American in Paris

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1951 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Walter Plunkett

Academy Award for Best Costume Design 5x Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color 3x Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-And-White 2x Academy Award for Best Costume Design
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Movies with Walter Plunkett as Crew(184)

Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1966 7 Women
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1965 Marriage on the Rocks
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1962 Two Weeks in Another Town
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1962 How the West Was Won
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1961 Pocketful of Miracles
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1960 Home from the Hill
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1960 Pollyanna
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1960 Bells Are Ringing
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1960 Cimarron
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1958 The Sheepman
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1958 Some Came Running
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1958 The Brothers Karamazov
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1957 Raintree County
Costume & Make-Up/Wardrobe Master1957 The Wings of Eagles
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1957 Gun Glory
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1956 Forbidden Planet
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1956 Diane
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1956 Lust for Life
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1956 Tribute to a Bad Man
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1955 Jupiter's Darling
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1955 The King's Thief
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1955 Many Rivers to Cross
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1955 The Glass Slipper
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1955 Moonfleet
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1954 Athena
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1954 Valley of the Kings
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1954 Deep in My Heart
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1953 Young Bess
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1953 Kiss Me Kate
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1953 The Actress
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1952 Million Dollar Mermaid
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1952 Plymouth Adventure
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1952 The Prisoner of Zenda
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1952 Singin' in the Rain
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1952 Carbine Williams
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1951 The Law and the Lady
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1951 The Man with a Cloak
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1951 An American in Paris
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1951 Mr. Imperium
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1951 Show Boat
Costume & Make-Up/Wardrobe Designer1951 Kind Lady
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1951 Payment on Demand
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1951 Westward the Women
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 The Toast of New Orleans
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 King Solomon's Mines
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 The Magnificent Yankee
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 The Outriders
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 Two Weeks with Love
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 Summer Stock
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 Annie Get Your Gun
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Coordinator1950 Annie Get Your Gun
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 Father of the Bride
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 Stars in My Crown
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1950 The Happy Years
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1949 Adam's Rib
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1949 That Forsyte Woman
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1949 Madame Bovary
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1949 The Secret Garden
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1949 Little Women
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1948 Summer Holiday
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1948 The Three Musketeers
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1948 The Kissing Bandit
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1947 Song of Love
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1947 The Sea of Grass
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1947 Green Dolphin Street
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1946 Duel in the Sun
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1945 A Song to Remember
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1945 Along Came Jones
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1943 In Old Oklahoma
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1942 Lady for a Night
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1941 Ladies in Retirement
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1941 Lydia
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1941 The Corsican Brothers
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1940 Vigil in the Night
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1939 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1939 Stagecoach
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1939 Gone with the Wind
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1938 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1937 Quality Street
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1937 Nothing Sacred
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1937 The Soldier and the Lady
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1937 The Woman I Love
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1936 The Plough and the Stars
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1936 Chatterbox
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1936 Mary of Scotland
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1936 A Woman Rebels
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 To Beat the Band
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Village Tale
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Romance in Manhattan
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Hooray for Love
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Chasing Yesterday
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 The Arizonian
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Jalna
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Captain Hurricane
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Annie Oakley
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Enchanted April
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 His Family Tree
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Alice Adams
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 The Three Musketeers
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 The Rainmakers
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Hot Tip
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 Another Face
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 The Informer
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1935 The Return Of Peter Grimm
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 West of the Pecos
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Their Big Moment
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Finishing School
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Long Lost Father
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1934 The Crime Doctor
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 The Richest Girl in the World
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 The Silver Streak
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 The Fountain
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Let's Try Again
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 His Greatest Gamble
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 The Meanest Gal in Town
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Sing and Like it
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Bachelor Bait
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 This Man Is Mine
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 The Age of Innocence
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Down to Their Last Yacht
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Dangerous Corner
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 The Life of Vergie Winters
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 The Little Minister
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Hat, Coat and Glove
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Man of Two Worlds
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1934 Of Human Bondage
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Strictly Dynamite
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Woman in the Dark
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 The Gay Divorcee
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 By Your Leave
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Success at Any Price
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Spitfire
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Anne of Green Gables
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Where Sinners Meet
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Murder on the Blackboard
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Lightning Strikes Twice
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 We're Rich Again
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Kentucky Kernels
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Wednesday's Child
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Keep 'Em Rolling
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Stingaree
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1934 Gridiron Flash
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 King Kong
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 The Son of Kong
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Christopher Strong
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Ann Vickers
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 The Right To Romance
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Little Women
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Sweepings
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Double Harness
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Tomorrow at Seven
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 The Great Jasper
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Ace of Aces
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Cross Fire
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 The Silver Cord
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 The Past of Mary Holmes
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Blind Adventure
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Flying Down to Rio
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Emergency Call
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Morning Glory
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Chance at Heaven
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 No Marriage Ties
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Scarlet River
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1933 Lucky Devils
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1932 The Most Dangerous Game
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1932 Night After Night
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1932 The Animal Kingdom
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1932 The Phantom of Crestwood
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1930 Dixiana
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1929 The Delightful Rogue
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1929 Night Parade
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1929 Half Marriage
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1929 Seven Keys to Baldpate
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1929 Tanned Legs
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1929 Love In The Desert
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1927 Legionnaires in Paris
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1926 A Regular Scout

Full Name: Walter Plunkett
Born: Wednesday, 06/04 1902 (June) in Oakland, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 03/08 1982 (March) in Santa Monica (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Educated at: Oakland High School
Other names for Walter Plunkett (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Walter Plunket"
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Van Nest Polglase (83x, Crew)
Cedric Gibbons (46x, Crew)
Max Steiner (46x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (45x, Crew)
Pandro S. Berman (45x, Crew)
Sydney Guilaroff (35x, Crew)
Merian C. Cooper (33x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (29x, Crew)
Mel Berns (29x, Crew)
William Tuttle (28x, Crew)
Carroll Clark (26x, Crew)
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