Sydney Guilaroff

Personal Info

Known For Costume & Make-Up

Gender Male

Birthday 1907-11-02

Deathday 1997-05-25 (89 years old)

Place of Birth London, England, UK

Also Known As Sidney Guilaroff, Sidney Guilleroff

Sydney Guilaroff

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.

Known For

Costume & Make-Up

1987
1984
1981
...All the Marbles

as Hairstylist

1978
Return Engagement

as Hairstylist

1977
New York, New York

as Hair Designer

1971
Carnal Knowledge

as Hairstylist

1969
1969
The Happy Ending

as Hairstylist

1969
The Gypsy Moths

as Hairstylist

1969
Sweet Charity

as Hair Designer

1968
The Split

as Hairstylist

1968
Speedway

as Hairstylist

1968
Stay Away, Joe

as Hairstylist

1968
1968
Rosemary's Baby

as Hair Designer

1968
Sol Madrid

as Hairstylist

1967
Point Blank

as Hairstylist

1967
Hot Rods to Hell

as Hairstylist

1967
Don't Make Waves

as Hairstylist

1967
The Venetian Affair

as Hairstylist

1967
The Graduate

as Hair Designer

1967
Divorce American Style

as Hairstylist

1967
1966
Gambit

as Hairstylist

1966
Spinout

as Hairstylist

1966
Seconds

as Hairstylist

1966
Grand Prix

as Hairstylist

1966
Grand Prix

as Makeup Artist

1966
Penelope

as Hairstylist

1965
The Sandpiper

as Hairstylist

1965
The Great Race

as Hair Designer

1965
Harum Scarum

as Hairstylist

1965
Girl Happy

as Hairstylist

1965
The Rounders

as Hair Designer

1965
Once a Thief

as Hairstylist

1965
Harlow

as Hairstylist

1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao

as Hairstylist

1964
Kissin' Cousins

as Hairstylist

1964
Viva Las Vegas

as Hairstylist

1964
The Night of the Iguana

as Hair Designer

1964
36 Hours

as Hairstylist

1964
Seven Days in May

as Hairstylist

1964
1964
1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce

as Hairstylist

1964
The Outrage

as Hairstylist

1964
1964
What a Way to Go!

as Hair Designer

1964
Goodbye Charlie

as Hair Designer

1963
The Prize

as Hairstylist

1963
Sunday in New York

as Hair Designer

1962
Period of Adjustment

as Hairstylist

1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo

as Hairstylist

1962
How the West Was Won

as Hairstylist

1962
Gypsy

as Hairstylist

1962
All Fall Down

as Hairstylist

1962
Sweet Bird of Youth

as Hairstylist

1961
The Misfits

as Hairstylist

1960
Home from the Hill

as Hairstylist

1960
BUtterfield 8

as Hairstylist

1960
The Time Machine

as Hairstylist

1960
Cimarron

as Hairstylist

1960
1960
Bells Are Ringing

as Hairstylist

1960
1959
The Mating Game

as Hairstylist

1959
Ask Any Girl

as Hairstylist

1959
Green Mansions

as Hairstylist

1959
North by Northwest

as Hairstylist

1959
Watusi

as Hairstylist

1958
The Sheepman

as Hairstylist

1958
1958
Saddle the Wind

as Hairstylist

1958
The Badlanders

as Hairstylist

1958
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

as Hairstylist

1958
Gigi

as Hairstylist

1958
Party Girl

as Hair Designer

1958
The Tunnel of Love

as Hairstylist

1957
1957
Gun Glory

as Hairstylist

1957
1957
Raintree County

as Hairstylist

1957
Man on Fire

as Hairstylist

1957
Silk Stockings

as Hairstylist

1957
Designing Woman

as Hair Designer

1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Hairstylist

1956
Lust for Life

as Hair Designer

1956
The Opposite Sex

as Hairstylist

1956
Tribute to a Bad Man

as Hairstylist

1956
Ransom!

as Hairstylist

1956
Gaby

as Hair Designer

1956
1956
The Catered Affair

as Hairstylist

1956
Tea and Sympathy

as Hairstylist

1956
Forbidden Planet

as Hairstylist

1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas

as Hair Designer

1956
High Society

as Hairstylist

1955
Love Me or Leave Me

as Hair Designer

1955
The King's Thief

as Hair Designer

1955
I'll Cry Tomorrow

as Hairstylist

1955
Jupiter's Darling

as Hairstylist

1955
The Prodigal

as Hairstylist

1955
Trial

as Hairstylist

1955
It's a Dog's Life

as Hairstylist

1955
Hit the Deck

as Hairstylist

1955
The Cobweb

as Hairstylist

1955
Kismet

as Hairstylist

1955
Many Rivers to Cross

as Hair Designer

1955
1955
The Tender Trap

as Hairstylist

1954
Brigadoon

as Hairstylist

1954
Her Twelve Men

as Hairstylist

1954
Tennessee Champ

as Hairstylist

1954
Deep in My Heart

as Hair Designer

1954
1954
1954
Rose Marie

as Hairstylist

1954
Green Fire

as Hairstylist

1954
Executive Suite

as Hairstylist

1953
Easy to Love

as Hairstylist

1953
I Love Melvin

as Hairstylist

1953
Julius Caesar

as Hairstylist

1953
The Actress

as Hairstylist

1953
Bright Road

as Hairstylist

1953
Remains to Be Seen

as Hairstylist

1953
1953
Lili

as Hairstylist

1953
Rogue's March

as Hairstylist

1953
Young Bess

as Hairstylist

1953
1953
Give a Girl a Break

as Hairstylist

1953
Dangerous When Wet

as Hairstylist

1953
1953
1953
The Band Wagon

as Hairstylist

1953
Kiss Me, Kate

as Hairstylist

1952
Desperate Search

as Hairstylist

1952
Fearless Fagan

as Hair Designer

1952
Skirts Ahoy!

as Hairstylist

1952
Carbine Williams

as Hairstylist

1952
My Man and I

as Hairstylist

1952
Holiday for Sinners

as Hairstylist

1952
The Prisoner of Zenda

as Hairstylist

1952
Singin' in the Rain

as Hair Designer

1952
The Wild North

as Hairstylist

1952
Scaramouche

as Hairstylist

1952
Invitation

as Hairstylist

1952
Young Man with Ideas

as Hairstylist

1952
Pat and Mike

as Hairstylist

1952
Shadow in the Sky

as Hair Designer

1952
1952
Lone Star

as Hair Designer

1952
1952
The Belle of New York

as Hair Designer

1952
The Merry Widow

as Hairstylist

1951
Father's Little Dividend

as Hair Designer

1951
Show Boat

as Hair Designer

1951
Kind Lady

as Hairstylist

1951
The Unknown Man

as Hairstylist

1951
Inside Straight

as Hairstylist

1951
The Strip

as Hair Designer

1951
Texas Carnival

as Hairstylist

1951
The Tall Target

as Hair Designer

1951
Callaway Went Thataway

as Hairstylist

1951
Quo Vadis

as Hair Designer

1951
Bannerline

as Hairstylist

1951
The Painted Hills

as Hairstylist

1951
Mr. Imperium

as Hair Designer

1951
Vengeance Valley

as Hair Designer

1951
Grounds for Marriage

as Hairstylist

1951
Three Guys Named Mike

as Hairstylist

1951
Angels in the Outfield

as Hair Designer

1951
Too Young to Kiss

as Hair Designer

1951
Cause for Alarm!

as Hair Designer

1951
Royal Wedding

as Hair Designer

1951
An American in Paris

as Hair Designer

1950
Duchess of Idaho

as Hairstylist

1950
Kim

as Hair Designer

1950
The Toast of New Orleans

as Hair Designer

1950
Ambush

as Hairstylist

1950
To Please a Lady

as Hair Designer

1950
Nancy Goes to Rio

as Hairstylist

1950
1950
The Asphalt Jungle

as Hair Designer

1950
Annie Get Your Gun

as Hair Designer

1950
Mystery Street

as Hair Designer

1950
The Magnificent Yankee

as Hairstylist

1950
Stars in My Crown

as Hairstylist

1950
Side Street

as Hairstylist

1950
Two Weeks with Love

as Hairstylist

1950
The Yellow Cab Man

as Hairstylist

1950
Black Hand

as Hairstylist

1950
Please Believe Me

as Hairstylist

1950
Shadow on the Wall

as Hairstylist

1950
Right Cross

as Hair Designer

1950
Summer Stock

as Hair Designer

1950
Father of the Bride

as Hair Designer

1950
Three Little Words

as Hairstylist

1950
1950
The Outriders

as Hair Designer

1949
The Stratton Story

as Hairstylist

1949
That Forsyte Woman

as Hair Designer

1949
The Red Danube

as Hairstylist

1949
Challenge to Lassie

as Hair Designer

1949
Neptune's Daughter

as Hairstylist

1949
1949
The Great Sinner

as Hair Designer

1949
Adam's Rib

as Hair Designer

1949
1949
On the Town

as Hairstylist

1949
Tension

as Hairstylist

1949
Madame Bovary

as Hair Designer

1948
Hills of Home

as Hair Designer

1948
Big City

as Hairstylist

1948
Julia Misbehaves

as Hair Designer

1948
Summer Holiday

as Hairstylist

1948
The Pirate

as Hair Designer

1948
Easter Parade

as Hair Designer

1948
The Three Musketeers

as Hair Designer

1948
The Kissing Bandit

as Hair Designer

1948
A Date with Judy

as Hairstylist

1947
Good News

as Hair Designer

1947
The Sea of Grass

as Hairstylist

1947
Desire Me

as Hair Designer

1947
The Hucksters

as Hair Designer

1947
Song of the Thin Man

as Hair Designer

1947
Green Dolphin Street

as Hair Designer

1946
Two Smart People

as Hairstylist

1946
Undercurrent

as Hair Designer

1946
Two Sisters from Boston

as Hair Designer

1946
Lady in the Lake

as Hair Designer

1945
1945
Ziegfeld Follies

as Hairstylist

1945
The Valley of Decision

as Hair Designer

1944
Mrs. Parkington

as Hair Designer

1944
Kismet

as Hair Designer

1942
1942
Calling Dr. Gillespie

as Hairstylist

1942
Panama Hattie

as Hairstylist

1942
Nazi Agent

as Hairstylist

1942
Mrs. Miniver

as Hairstylist

1942
Grand Central Murder

as Hairstylist

1942
Apache Trail

as Makeup Artist

1942
The Affairs of Martha

as Hairstylist

1941
Two-Faced Woman

as Hair Designer

1941
Lady Be Good

as Hairstylist

1941
The Feminine Touch

as Hair Designer

1941
When Ladies Meet

as Hair Designer

1941
Married Bachelor

as Hairstylist

1940
The Philadelphia Story

as Hairstylist

1940
Pride and Prejudice

as Hairstylist

1940
Dulcy

as Hairstylist

1940
Boom Town

as Hairstylist

1940
1940
Bitter Sweet

as Hairstylist

1940
Susan and God

as Hair Department Head

1940
Escape

as Hair Designer

1939
Ninotchka

as Hairstylist

1939
The Women

as Hairstylist

1939
1939
Idiot's Delight

as Hairstylist

1938
The Shining Hour

as Hairstylist

Actor

2019
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)

2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

as Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)

1977
New York, New York

as Hairdresser