Walter Plunkett

Personal Info

Known For Costume & Make-Up

Gender Male

Birthday 1902-06-04

Deathday 1982-03-08 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Oakland, California, USA

Also Known As Walter Plunket

Walter Plunkett

Biography

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.

Known For

Costume & Make-Up

1965
7 Women

as Costume Design

1965
Marriage on the Rocks

as Costume Design

1962
How the West Was Won

as Costume Design

1962
Two Weeks in Another Town

as Costume Design

1961
Pocketful of Miracles

as Costume Design

1960
Home from the Hill

as Costume Design

1960
Cimarron

as Costume Design

1960
Bells Are Ringing

as Costume Design

1960
Pollyanna

as Costume Designer

1958
The Sheepman

as Costume Design

1958
The Brothers Karamazov

as Costume Design

1958
The Law and Jake Wade

as Costume Design

1958
Some Came Running

as Costume Design

1957
The Wings of Eagles

as Wardrobe Master

1957
Raintree County

as Costume Design

1957
Gun Glory

as Costume Design

1956
Forbidden Planet

as Costume Design

1956
Lust for Life

as Costume Designer

1956
Tribute to a Bad Man

as Costume Design

1956
The Fastest Gun Alive

as Costume Design

1956
Diane

as Costume Design

1955
The King's Thief

as Costume Design

1955
Jupiter's Darling

as Costume Designer

1955
The Scarlet Coat

as Costume Design

1955
Moonfleet

as Costume Design

1955
Many Rivers to Cross

as Costume Design

1955
The Glass Slipper

as Costume Design

1954
Athena

as Costume Design

1954
Deep in My Heart

as Costume Design

1954
1954
Valley of the Kings

as Costume Design

1953
The Actress

as Costume Design

1953
Kiss Me Kate

as Costume Design

1953
Young Bess

as Costume Design

1953
1952
Singin' in the Rain

as Costume Design

1952
Carbine Williams

as Costume Design

1952
The Prisoner of Zenda

as Costume Design

1952
Million Dollar Mermaid

as Costume Design

1952
Plymouth Adventure

as Costume Design

1951
Show Boat

as Costume Design

1951
Kind Lady

as Wardrobe Designer

1951
Payment on Demand

as Costume Design

1951
Mr. Imperium

as Costume Design

1951
An American in Paris

as Costume Design

1951
Soldiers Three

as Costume Design

1951
The Man with a Cloak

as Costume Design

1951
Westward the Women

as Costume Design

1951
The Law and the Lady

as Costume Design

1950
The Outriders

as Costume Design

1950
The Toast of New Orleans

as Costume Design

1950
Stars in My Crown

as Costume Design

1950
Two Weeks with Love

as Costume Design

1950
Black Hand

as Costume Design

1950
Father of the Bride

as Costume Design

1950
King Solomon's Mines

as Costume Design

1950
Summer Stock

as Costume Design

1950
The Magnificent Yankee

as Costume Design

1950
Annie Get Your Gun

as Costume Design

1950
The Happy Years

as Costume Design

1949
That Forsyte Woman

as Costume Design

1949
Adam's Rib

as Costume Design

1949
Little Women

as Costume Design

1949
The Secret Garden

as Costume Design

1949
Madame Bovary

as Costume Designer

1948
The Three Musketeers

as Costume Design

1948
Summer Holiday

as Costume Design

1948
The Kissing Bandit

as Costume Designer

1947
The Sea of Grass

as Costume Design

1947
Song of Love

as Costume Design

1947
Green Dolphin Street

as Costume Design

1946
Duel in the Sun

as Costume Design

1945
A Song to Remember

as Costume Design

1945
Along Came Jones

as Costume Design

1944
Knickerbocker Holiday

as Costume Design

1943
Forever and a Day

as Costume Design

1943
In Old Oklahoma

as Costume Designer

1942
Lady for a Night

as Costume Design

1941
The Corsican Brothers

as Costume Design

1941
Ladies in Retirement

as Costume Design

1941
Lydia

as Costume Design

1940
Vigil in the Night

as Costume Design

1939
Stagecoach

as Costume Design

1939
Gone with the Wind

as Costume Design

1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Costume Designer

1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

as Costume Designer

1937
Nothing Sacred

as Costume Design

1937
The Woman I Love

as Costume Design

1937
The Soldier and the Lady

as Costume Design

1937
Quality Street

as Costume Design

1936
The Plough and the Stars

as Costume Design

1936
Mary of Scotland

as Costume Design

1936
Chatterbox

as Costume Designer

1936
A Woman Rebels

as Costume Design

1935
Annie Oakley

as Costume Design

1935
Village Tale

as Costume Design

1935
To Beat the Band

as Costume Design

1935
Alice Adams

as Costume Design

1935
Chasing Yesterday

as Costume Design

1935
Captain Hurricane

as Costume Design

1935
Jalna

as Costume Design

1935
The Three Musketeers

as Costume Design

1935
Enchanted April

as Costume Design

1935
The Return Of Peter Grimm

as Costume Design

1935
The Arizonian

as Costume Design

1935
Hooray for Love

as Costume Design

1935
His Family Tree

as Costume Design

1935
Another Face

as Costume Design

1935
The Rainmakers

as Costume Design

1935
Hot Tip

as Costume Design

1935
The Informer

as Costume Design

1934
The Fountain

as Costume Design

1934
The Gay Divorcee

as Costume Design

1934
The Crime Doctor

as Costume Designer

1934
Where Sinners Meet

as Costume Design

1934
Murder on the Blackboard

as Costume Design

1934
Stingaree

as Costume Design

1934
By Your Leave

as Costume Design

1934
Wednesday's Child

as Costume Design

1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers

as Costume Design

1934
This Man Is Mine

as Costume Design

1934
Man of Two Worlds

as Costume Design

1934
Long Lost Father

as Costume Design

1934
The Meanest Gal in Town

as Costume Design

1934
Keep 'Em Rolling

as Costume Design

1934
Spitfire

as Costume Design

1934
Hips, Hips, Hooray!

as Costume Design

1934
Success at Any Price

as Costume Design

1934
Sing and Like it

as Costume Design

1934
We're Rich Again

as Costume Design

1934
Gridiron Flash

as Costume Design

1934
Bachelor Bait

as Costume Design

1934
Hat, Coat and Glove

as Costume Design

1934
Down to Their Last Yacht

as Costume Design

1934
Strictly Dynamite

as Costume Design

1934
His Greatest Gamble

as Costume Design

1934
Anne of Green Gables

as Costume Design

1934
Let's Try Again

as Costume Design

1934
The Life of Vergie Winters

as Costume Design

1934
Kentucky Kernels

as Costume Design

1934
West of the Pecos

as Costume Design

1934
Their Big Moment

as Costume Design

1934
The Age of Innocence

as Costume Design

1934
1934
Lightning Strikes Twice

as Costume Design

1934
The Silver Streak

as Costume Design

1934
Dangerous Corner

as Costume Design

1934
The Little Minister

as Costume Design

1934
Of Human Bondage

as Costume Designer

1934
Woman in the Dark

as Costume Design

1933
The Son of Kong

as Costume Design

1933
Flying Down to Rio

as Costume Design

1933
Scarlet River

as Costume Design

1933
Christopher Strong

as Costume Design

1933
Lucky Devils

as Costume Design

1933
Melody Cruise

as Costume Design

1933
Ace of Aces

as Costume Design

1933
Blind Adventure

as Costume Design

1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

as Costume Design

1933
The Great Jasper

as Costume Design

1933
Ann Vickers

as Costume Design

1933
Little Women

as Costume Design

1933
The Right To Romance

as Costume Design

1933
Emergency Call

as Costume Design

1933
No Marriage Ties

as Costume Design

1933
The Silver Cord

as Costume Design

1933
Sweepings

as Costume Design

1933
Double Harness

as Costume Design

1933
The Past of Mary Holmes

as Costume Design

1933
Cross Fire

as Costume Design

1933
Morning Glory

as Costume Design

1933
King Kong

as Costume Design

1933
Tomorrow at Seven

as Costume Design

1932
The Phantom of Crestwood

as Costume Design

1932
The Animal Kingdom

as Costume Design

1932
Night After Night

as Costume Design

1932
The Most Dangerous Game

as Costume Design

1930
Dixiana

as Costume Design

1929
The Very Idea

as Costume Design

1929
The Delightful Rogue

as Costume Design

1929
The Vagabond Lover

as Costume Design

1929
Rio Rita

as Costume Design

1929
Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Costume Design

1929
Tanned Legs

as Costume Design

1929
Love In The Desert

as Costume Design

1929
Half Marriage

as Costume Design

1929
Night Parade

as Costume Design

1927
Legionnaires in Paris

as Costume Design

1927
The Bandit's Son

as Costume Design

1926
A Regular Scout

as Costume Design