Orry-Kelly

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Orry-Kelly was an acclaimed Australian-born Hollywood costume designer renowned for his work on classic films such as "Some Like It Hot" and "An American in Paris."

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instanceOf Australian emigrant to the United States
costume designer
film costume designer
person
academyAwardsFor An American in Paris
Les Girls
Some Like It Hot
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
birthName Orry George Kelly
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
causeOfDeath liver cancer
countryOfCitizenship Australia
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1897-12-31
dateOfDeath 1964-02-27
employer 20th Century Fox
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
RKO Pictures
linked to: RKO Radio Pictures

Universal Pictures
Warner Bros.
familyName Kelly
genre film costume design
givenName Orry
hasAutobiography Women I’ve Undressed
languageOfWorkOrName English
nationality Australian
notableAchievement One of the most prolific costume designers of Hollywood’s Golden Age
notableFriend Cary Grant
notableWork 42nd Street
An American in Paris
Arsenic and Old Lace
Casablanca
Jezebel
Les Girls
Now, Voyager
Oklahoma!
Some Like It Hot
numberOfAcademyAwards 3
occupation costume designer
painter
placeOfBirth Kia Ora, New South Wales, Australia
placeOfDeath Hollywood, California, United States
posthumousPublication Women I’ve Undressed
sexualOrientation gay
workedWith Bette Davis
Gene Kelly
Humphrey Bogart
Ingrid Bergman
Leslie Caron
Marilyn Monroe
yearsActive 1925–1964

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Women He's Undressed mainSubject Orry-Kelly
Women He's Undressed portrays Orry-Kelly
Women I've Undressed author Orry-Kelly
Women I've Undressed mainSubject Orry-Kelly
Women I've Undressed hasNotableFigure Orry-Kelly
The Letter (1940 film) costumeDesignBy Orry-Kelly
subject linked to: The Letter
Mr. Skeffington costumeDesigner Orry-Kelly
Les Girls costumeDesigner Orry-Kelly