
Sydney Guilaroff
- Known for
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- November 2, 1907
- Died
- May 25, 1997 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
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
Filmography

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Movie · Hairstylist

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
TV · Hairdresser · 2 eps

A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · Hairstylist

Regina Roma
Movie · Hairstylist

...All the Marbles
Movie · Hairstylist

Return Engagement
Movie · Hairstylist

New York, New York
Movie · Hair Designer

The Blue Bird
Movie · Hairstylist

Carnal Knowledge
Movie · Hairstylist

The Extraordinary Seaman
Movie · Hairstylist

The Happy Ending
Movie · Hairstylist

The Gypsy Moths
Movie · Hairstylist

Sweet Charity
Movie · Hair Designer

Marlowe
Movie · Hairstylist

The Split
Movie · Hairstylist

Speedway
Movie · Hairstylist

Stay Away, Joe
Movie · Hairstylist

The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie · Hairstylist

Rosemary's Baby
Movie · Hair Designer

Sol Madrid
Movie · Hairstylist

The Power
Movie · Hairstylist

Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Movie · Hairstylist

Point Blank
Movie · Hairstylist

Hot Rods to Hell
Movie · Hairstylist

Don't Make Waves
Movie · Hairstylist

The Graduate
Movie · Hair Designer

Divorce American Style
Movie · Hairstylist

Return of the Gunfighter
Movie · Hairstylist

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Movie · Hairstylist

Gambit
Movie · Hairstylist

Spinout
Movie · Hairstylist

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Movie · Hairstylist

Seconds
Movie · Hairstylist

Grand Prix
Movie · Hairstylist, Makeup Artist

The Venetian Affair
Movie · Hairstylist

Penelope
Movie · Hairstylist

Hold On!
Movie · Hairstylist

The Sandpiper
Movie · Hairstylist

The Great Race
Movie · Hair Designer

Harum Scarum
Movie · Hairstylist

Girl Happy
Movie · Hairstylist

The Rounders
Movie · Hair Designer

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Movie · Hairstylist

Once a Thief
Movie · Hairstylist

Harlow
Movie · Hairstylist

When the Boys Meet the Girls
Movie · Hairstylist

7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Movie · Hairstylist

Kissin' Cousins
Movie · Hairstylist

Viva Las Vegas
Movie · Hairstylist

The Night of the Iguana
Movie · Hair Designer

36 Hours
Movie · Hairstylist

Seven Days in May
Movie · Hairstylist

The Americanization of Emily
Movie · Hairstylist

Sex and the Single Girl
Movie · Hairstylist

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Movie · Hairstylist

The Outrage
Movie · Hairstylist

The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Movie · Hair Designer

What a Way to Go!
Movie · Hair Designer

Goodbye Charlie
Movie · Hair Designer

Get Yourself a College Girl
Movie · Hairstylist

Your Cheatin' Heart
Movie · Hairstylist

It Happened at the World's Fair
Movie · Hairstylist

The Prize
Movie · Hairstylist

The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Movie · Hairstylist

Sunday in New York
Movie · Hair Designer

Period of Adjustment
Movie · Hairstylist

How the West Was Won
Movie · Hairstylist

Billy Rose's Jumbo
Movie · Hairstylist

Gypsy
Movie · Hairstylist

All Fall Down
Movie · Hairstylist

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Movie · Hairstylist

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Movie · Hairstylist

Sweet Bird of Youth
Movie · Hairstylist

Two Weeks in Another Town
Movie · Hairstylist

The Misfits
Movie · Hairstylist

Home from the Hill
Movie · Hairstylist

BUtterfield 8
Movie · Hairstylist

The Time Machine
Movie · Hairstylist

Cimarron
Movie · Hairstylist

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Movie · Hairstylist

Bells Are Ringing
Movie · Hairstylist

All the Fine Young Cannibals
Movie · Hairstylist

The Mating Game
Movie · Hairstylist

Ask Any Girl
Movie · Hairstylist

Green Mansions
Movie · Hairstylist

North by Northwest
Movie · Hairstylist

Watusi
Movie · Hairstylist

The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Movie · Hairstylist

It Started with a Kiss
Movie · Hair Designer

The Gazebo
Movie · Hairstylist

The Sheepman
Movie · Hairstylist

The High Cost of Loving
Movie · Hairstylist

Saddle the Wind
Movie · Hairstylist

The Badlanders
Movie · Hairstylist

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · Hairstylist

Gigi
Movie · Hairstylist

Party Girl
Movie · Hair Designer

The Tunnel of Love
Movie · Hairstylist

This Could Be the Night
Movie · Hairstylist

Gun Glory
Movie · Hairstylist

Don't Go Near the Water
Movie · Hairstylist

Raintree County
Movie · Hairstylist

Man on Fire
Movie · Hairstylist

Silk Stockings
Movie · Hairstylist

Designing Woman
Movie · Hair Designer

Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Movie · Hairstylist

Lust for Life
Movie · Hair Designer

The Opposite Sex
Movie · Hairstylist

Tribute to a Bad Man
Movie · Hairstylist

Ransom!
Movie · Hairstylist

Gaby
Movie · Hair Designer

The Power and the Prize
Movie · Hairstylist

The Catered Affair
Movie · Hairstylist

Tea and Sympathy
Movie · Hairstylist

Forbidden Planet
Movie · Hairstylist

Meet Me in Las Vegas
Movie · Hair Designer

High Society
Movie · Hairstylist

Love Me or Leave Me
Movie · Hair Designer

The King's Thief
Movie · Hair Designer

I'll Cry Tomorrow
Movie · Hairstylist

Jupiter's Darling
Movie · Hairstylist

The Prodigal
Movie · Hairstylist

Trial
Movie · Hairstylist

It's a Dog's Life
Movie · Hairstylist

Hit the Deck
Movie · Hairstylist

The Cobweb
Movie · Hairstylist

Kismet
Movie · Hairstylist

Many Rivers to Cross
Movie · Hair Designer

It's Always Fair Weather
Movie · Hairstylist

The Tender Trap
Movie · Hairstylist

Brigadoon
Movie · Hairstylist

Her Twelve Men
Movie · Hairstylist

Tennessee Champ
Movie · Hairstylist

Deep in My Heart
Movie · Hair Designer

The Great Diamond Robbery
Movie · Hairstylist

The Last Time I Saw Paris
Movie · Hairstylist

Rose Marie
Movie · Hairstylist

Green Fire
Movie · Hairstylist

Executive Suite
Movie · Hairstylist

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Movie · Hairstylist

The Long, Long Trailer
Movie · Hairstylist

Easy to Love
Movie · Hairstylist

I Love Melvin
Movie · Hairstylist

Julius Caesar
Movie · Hairstylist

The Actress
Movie · Hairstylist

Bright Road
Movie · Hairstylist

Remains to Be Seen
Movie · Hairstylist

All the Brothers Were Valiant
Movie · Hair Designer

Lili
Movie · Hairstylist

Rogue's March
Movie · Hairstylist

Young Bess
Movie · Hairstylist

The Story of Three Loves
Movie · Hairstylist

Give a Girl a Break
Movie · Hairstylist

Dangerous When Wet
Movie · Hairstylist

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Movie · Hairstylist

The Girl Who Had Everything
Movie · Hairstylist

The Band Wagon
Movie · Hairstylist

Kiss Me Kate
Movie · Hairstylist

Ride, Vaquero!
Movie · Hairstylist

Escape from Fort Bravo
Movie · Hairstylist

Desperate Search
Movie · Hairstylist

Fearless Fagan
Movie · Hair Designer

Skirts Ahoy!
Movie · Hairstylist

Carbine Williams
Movie · Hairstylist

My Man and I
Movie · Hairstylist

Holiday for Sinners
Movie · Hairstylist

The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · Hairstylist

Singin' in the Rain
Movie · Hair Designer

The Wild North
Movie · Hairstylist

Scaramouche
Movie · Hairstylist

Invitation
Movie · Hairstylist

Young Man with Ideas
Movie · Hairstylist

Pat and Mike
Movie · Hairstylist

Shadow in the Sky
Movie · Hair Designer

The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie · Hairstylist

Lone Star
Movie · Hair Designer

Love Is Better Than Ever
Movie · Hairstylist

The Belle of New York
Movie · Hair Designer

The Merry Widow
Movie · Hairstylist

Father's Little Dividend
Movie · Hair Designer

Show Boat
Movie · Hair Designer

Kind Lady
Movie · Hairstylist

The Unknown Man
Movie · Hairstylist

Inside Straight
Movie · Hairstylist

The Strip
Movie · Hair Designer

The Tall Target
Movie · Hair Designer

Callaway Went Thataway
Movie · Hairstylist

Quo Vadis
Movie · Hair Designer

Bannerline
Movie · Hairstylist

The Painted Hills
Movie · Hairstylist

Mr. Imperium
Movie · Hair Designer

Vengeance Valley
Movie · Hair Designer

Three Guys Named Mike
Movie · Hairstylist

Grounds for Marriage
Movie · Hairstylist

Angels in the Outfield
Movie · Hair Designer

Too Young to Kiss
Movie · Hair Designer

Cause for Alarm!
Movie · Hair Designer

Royal Wedding
Movie · Hair Designer

An American in Paris
Movie · Hair Designer

Texas Carnival
Movie · Hair Designer

Duchess of Idaho
Movie · Hairstylist

Kim
Movie · Hair Designer

The Toast of New Orleans
Movie · Hair Designer

Ambush
Movie · Hairstylist

To Please a Lady
Movie · Hair Designer

Nancy Goes to Rio
Movie · Hairstylist

The Reformer and the Redhead
Movie · Hair Designer

The Asphalt Jungle
Movie · Hair Designer

Annie Get Your Gun
Movie · Hair Designer

Mystery Street
Movie · Hair Designer

The Magnificent Yankee
Movie · Hairstylist

Stars in My Crown
Movie · Hairstylist

Side Street
Movie · Hairstylist

Two Weeks with Love
Movie · Hairstylist

The Yellow Cab Man
Movie · Hairstylist

Black Hand
Movie · Hairstylist

Please Believe Me
Movie · Hairstylist

Shadow on the Wall
Movie · Hairstylist

Right Cross
Movie · Hair Designer

Summer Stock
Movie · Hair Designer

Father of the Bride
Movie · Hair Designer

Three Little Words
Movie · Hairstylist

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Movie · Hair Designer

The Outriders
Movie · Hair Designer

Devil's Doorway
Movie · Hairstylist

Watch the Birdie
Movie · Hairstylist

The Stratton Story
Movie · Hairstylist

That Forsyte Woman
Movie · Hair Designer

The Red Danube
Movie · Hairstylist

Challenge to Lassie
Movie · Hair Designer

Neptune's Daughter
Movie · Hairstylist

In the Good Old Summertime
Movie · Hair Designer

The Great Sinner
Movie · Hair Designer

Adam's Rib
Movie · Hair Designer

On the Town
Movie · Hairstylist

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Movie · Hairstylist

Madame Bovary
Movie · Hair Designer

Act of Violence
Movie · Hair Designer

Tension
Movie · Hair Designer

The Barkleys of Broadway
Movie · Hair Designer

Little Women
Movie · Hairstylist

Hills of Home
Movie · Hair Designer

Big City
Movie · Hairstylist

Julia Misbehaves
Movie · Hair Designer

Summer Holiday
Movie · Hairstylist

The Pirate
Movie · Hair Designer

Easter Parade
Movie · Hair Designer

The Three Musketeers
Movie · Hair Designer

The Kissing Bandit
Movie · Hair Designer

A Date with Judy
Movie · Hairstylist

Good News
Movie · Hair Designer

The Sea of Grass
Movie · Hairstylist

Desire Me
Movie · Hair Designer

The Hucksters
Movie · Hair Designer

Song of the Thin Man
Movie · Hair Designer

Green Dolphin Street
Movie · Hair Designer

Two Smart People
Movie · Hairstylist

Undercurrent
Movie · Hair Designer

Two Sisters from Boston
Movie · Hair Designer

Lady in the Lake
Movie · Hair Designer

Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie · Hair Designer

Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie · Hairstylist

Ziegfeld Follies
Movie · Hairstylist

The Valley of Decision
Movie · Hair Designer

Mrs. Parkington
Movie · Hair Designer

Kismet
Movie · Hair Designer

The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Movie · Hairstylist

Calling Dr. Gillespie
Movie · Hairstylist

Panama Hattie
Movie · Hairstylist

Nazi Agent
Movie · Hairstylist

Mrs. Miniver
Movie · Hairstylist

Grand Central Murder
Movie · Hairstylist

Apache Trail
Movie · Makeup Artist

The Affairs of Martha
Movie · Hairstylist

Two-Faced Woman
Movie · Hair Designer

Lady Be Good
Movie · Hairstylist

The Feminine Touch
Movie · Hair Designer

When Ladies Meet
Movie · Hair Designer

Married Bachelor
Movie · Hairstylist

Honky Tonk
Movie · Hairstylist

The Philadelphia Story
Movie · Hairstylist

Pride and Prejudice
Movie · Hairstylist

Dulcy
Movie · Hairstylist

Boom Town
Movie · Hairstylist

The Shop Around the Corner
Movie · Hairstylist

Bitter Sweet
Movie · Hairstylist

Susan and God
Movie · Hair Department Head

Escape
Movie · Hair Designer

Ninotchka
Movie · Hairstylist

The Women
Movie · Hairstylist

The Ice Follies of 1939
Movie · Hairstylist

Idiot's Delight
Movie · Hairstylist

The Shining Hour
Movie · Hairstylist