Costume & Make-Up
Sydney Guilaroff
EN cinema · 295 credits
Born
2 November 1907
Died
25 May 1997 (aged 89)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Also known as Sidney Guilaroff · Sidney Guilleroff
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
Filmography
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Hairstylist
Regina Roma
Hairstylist
...All the Marbles
Hairstylist
Return Engagement
Hairstylist
New York, New York
as Hairdresser, Hair Designer
The Blue Bird
Hairstylist
Carnal Knowledge
Hairstylist
The Extraordinary Seaman
Hairstylist
The Happy Ending
Hairstylist
The Gypsy Moths
Hairstylist
Sweet Charity
Hair Designer
Marlowe
Hairstylist
The Split
Hairstylist
Speedway
Hairstylist
Stay Away, Joe
Hairstylist
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Hairstylist
Rosemary's Baby
Hair Designer
Sol Madrid
Hairstylist
The Power
Hairstylist
Point Blank
Hairstylist
Hot Rods to Hell
Hairstylist
Don't Make Waves
Hairstylist
The Graduate
Hair Designer
Divorce American Style
Hairstylist
Return of the Gunfighter
Hairstylist
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Hairstylist
Gambit
Hairstylist
Spinout
Hairstylist
Seconds
Hairstylist
Grand Prix
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
The Venetian Affair
Hairstylist
Penelope
Hairstylist
Hold On!
Hairstylist
The Sandpiper
Hairstylist
The Great Race
Hair Designer
Harum Scarum
Hairstylist
Girl Happy
Hairstylist
The Rounders
Hair Designer
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Hairstylist
Once a Thief
Hairstylist
Harlow
Hairstylist
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Hairstylist
Seven Days in May
as Party Guest (uncredited), Hairstylist
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Hairstylist
Kissin' Cousins
Hairstylist
Viva Las Vegas
Hairstylist
The Night of the Iguana
Hair Designer
36 Hours
Hairstylist
The Americanization of Emily
Hairstylist
Sex and the Single Girl
Hairstylist
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Hairstylist
The Outrage
Hairstylist
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Hair Designer
What a Way to Go!
Hair Designer
Goodbye Charlie
Hair Designer
Get Yourself a College Girl
Hairstylist
Your Cheatin' Heart
Hairstylist
It Happened at the World's Fair
Hairstylist
The Prize
Hairstylist
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Hairstylist
Sunday in New York
Hair Designer
Period of Adjustment
Hairstylist
How the West Was Won
Hairstylist
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Hairstylist
Gypsy
Hairstylist
All Fall Down
Hairstylist
Sweet Bird of Youth
Hairstylist
Two Weeks in Another Town
Hairstylist
The Misfits
Hairstylist
Home from the Hill
Hairstylist
BUtterfield 8
Hairstylist
The Time Machine
Hairstylist
Cimarron
Hairstylist
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Hairstylist
Bells Are Ringing
Hairstylist
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Hairstylist
The Mating Game
Hairstylist
Ask Any Girl
Hairstylist
Green Mansions
Hairstylist
North by Northwest
Hairstylist
Watusi
Hairstylist
It Started with a Kiss
Hair Designer
The Gazebo
Hairstylist
The Sheepman
Hairstylist
The High Cost of Loving
Hairstylist
Saddle the Wind
Hairstylist
The Badlanders
Hairstylist
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Hairstylist
Gigi
Hairstylist
Party Girl
Hair Designer
The Tunnel of Love
Hairstylist
This Could Be the Night
Hairstylist
Gun Glory
Hairstylist
Don't Go Near the Water
Hairstylist
Raintree County
Hairstylist
Man on Fire
Hairstylist
Silk Stockings
Hairstylist
Designing Woman
Hair Designer
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Hairstylist
Lust for Life
Hair Designer
The Opposite Sex
Hairstylist
Tribute to a Bad Man
Hairstylist
Ransom!
Hairstylist
Gaby
Hair Designer
The Power and the Prize
Hairstylist
The Catered Affair
Hairstylist
Tea and Sympathy
Hairstylist
Forbidden Planet
Hairstylist
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Hair Designer
High Society
Hairstylist
Love Me or Leave Me
Hair Designer
The King's Thief
Hair Designer
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Hairstylist
Jupiter's Darling
Hairstylist
The Prodigal
Hairstylist
Trial
Hairstylist
It's a Dog's Life
Hairstylist
Hit the Deck
Hairstylist
The Cobweb
Hairstylist
Kismet
Hairstylist
Many Rivers to Cross
Hair Designer
It's Always Fair Weather
Hairstylist
The Tender Trap
Hairstylist
Brigadoon
Hairstylist
Her Twelve Men
Hairstylist
Tennessee Champ
Hairstylist
Deep in My Heart
Hair Designer
The Great Diamond Robbery
Hairstylist
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Hairstylist
Rose Marie
Hairstylist
Green Fire
Hairstylist
Executive Suite
Hairstylist
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Hairstylist
The Long, Long Trailer
Hairstylist
Easy to Love
Hairstylist
I Love Melvin
Hairstylist
Julius Caesar
Hairstylist
The Actress
Hairstylist
Bright Road
Hairstylist
Remains to Be Seen
Hairstylist
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Hair Designer
Lili
Hairstylist
Rogue's March
Hairstylist
Young Bess
Hairstylist
The Story of Three Loves
Hairstylist
Give a Girl a Break
Hairstylist
Dangerous When Wet
Hairstylist
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Hairstylist
The Girl Who Had Everything
Hairstylist
The Band Wagon
Hairstylist
Kiss Me Kate
Hairstylist
Ride, Vaquero!
Hairstylist
Escape from Fort Bravo
Hairstylist
Desperate Search
Hairstylist
Fearless Fagan
Hair Designer
Skirts Ahoy!
Hairstylist
Carbine Williams
Hairstylist
My Man and I
Hairstylist
Holiday for Sinners
Hairstylist
The Prisoner of Zenda
Hairstylist
Singin' in the Rain
Hair Designer
The Wild North
Hairstylist
Scaramouche
Hairstylist
Invitation
Hairstylist
Young Man with Ideas
Hairstylist
Pat and Mike
Hairstylist
Shadow in the Sky
Hair Designer
The Bad and the Beautiful
Hairstylist
Lone Star
Hair Designer
Love Is Better Than Ever
Hairstylist
The Belle of New York
Hair Designer
The Merry Widow
Hairstylist
Father's Little Dividend
Hair Designer
Show Boat
Hair Designer
Kind Lady
Hairstylist
The Unknown Man
Hairstylist
Inside Straight
Hairstylist
The Strip
Hair Designer
The Tall Target
Hair Designer
Callaway Went Thataway
Hairstylist
Quo Vadis
Hair Designer
Bannerline
Hairstylist
The Painted Hills
Hairstylist
Mr. Imperium
Hair Designer
Vengeance Valley
Hair Designer
Three Guys Named Mike
Hairstylist
Grounds for Marriage
Hairstylist
Angels in the Outfield
Hair Designer
Too Young to Kiss
Hair Designer
Cause for Alarm!
Hair Designer
Royal Wedding
Hair Designer
An American in Paris
Hair Designer
Texas Carnival
Hair Designer
Duchess of Idaho
Hairstylist
Kim
Hair Designer
The Toast of New Orleans
Hair Designer
Ambush
Hairstylist
To Please a Lady
Hair Designer
Nancy Goes to Rio
Hairstylist
The Reformer and the Redhead
Hair Designer
The Asphalt Jungle
Hair Designer
Annie Get Your Gun
Hair Designer
Mystery Street
Hair Designer
The Magnificent Yankee
Hairstylist
Stars in My Crown
Hairstylist
Side Street
Hairstylist
Two Weeks with Love
Hairstylist
The Yellow Cab Man
Hairstylist
Black Hand
Hairstylist
Please Believe Me
Hairstylist
Shadow on the Wall
Hairstylist
Right Cross
Hair Designer
Summer Stock
Hair Designer
Father of the Bride
Hair Designer
Three Little Words
Hairstylist
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Hair Designer
The Outriders
Hair Designer
Devil's Doorway
Hairstylist
Watch the Birdie
Hairstylist
The Stratton Story
Hairstylist
That Forsyte Woman
Hair Designer
The Red Danube
Hairstylist
Challenge to Lassie
Hair Designer
Neptune's Daughter
Hairstylist
In the Good Old Summertime
Hair Designer
The Great Sinner
Hair Designer
Adam's Rib
Hair Designer
On the Town
Hairstylist
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Hairstylist
Madame Bovary
Hair Designer
Act of Violence
Hair Designer
Tension
Hair Designer
The Barkleys of Broadway
Hair Designer
Little Women
Hairstylist
Hills of Home
Hair Designer
Big City
Hairstylist
Julia Misbehaves
Hair Designer
Summer Holiday
Hairstylist
The Pirate
Hair Designer
Easter Parade
Hair Designer
The Three Musketeers
Hair Designer
The Kissing Bandit
Hair Designer
A Date with Judy
Hairstylist
Good News
Hair Designer
The Sea of Grass
Hairstylist
Desire Me
Hair Designer
The Hucksters
Hair Designer
Song of the Thin Man
Hair Designer
Green Dolphin Street
Hair Designer
Two Smart People
Hairstylist
Undercurrent
Hair Designer
Two Sisters from Boston
Hair Designer
Lady in the Lake
Hair Designer
Till the Clouds Roll By
Hair Designer
Week-End at the Waldorf
Hairstylist
Ziegfeld Follies
Hairstylist
The Valley of Decision
Hair Designer
Mrs. Parkington
Hair Designer
Kismet
Hair Designer
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Hairstylist
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Hairstylist
Panama Hattie
Hairstylist
Nazi Agent
Hairstylist
Mrs. Miniver
Hairstylist
Grand Central Murder
Hairstylist
Apache Trail
Makeup Artist
The Affairs of Martha
Hairstylist
Two-Faced Woman
Hair Designer
Lady Be Good
Hairstylist
The Feminine Touch
Hair Designer
When Ladies Meet
Hair Designer
Married Bachelor
Hairstylist
Honky Tonk
Hairstylist
The Philadelphia Story
Hairstylist
Pride and Prejudice
Hairstylist
Dulcy
Hairstylist
Boom Town
Hairstylist
The Shop Around the Corner
Hairstylist
Bitter Sweet
Hairstylist
Susan and God
Hair Department Head
Escape
Hair Designer
Ninotchka
Hairstylist
The Women
Hairstylist
The Ice Follies of 1939
Hairstylist
Idiot's Delight
Hairstylist
The Shining Hour
Hairstylist