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Gwen Wakeling (1901-1982)

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Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan, USA

Born:
March 3, 1901

Died:
June 16, 1982

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Costume designer Gwen Wakeling (birth name Gwen Sewell, March 3, 1901, Detroit, Michigan – June 16, 1982, Los Angeles, California) was a personal favourite of Cecil B. DeMille. Indeed her first film was his 1927 epic "The King of Kings", and she earned an Academy Award for her work on his version of "Samson and Delilah" in 1950.  In a career spanning over 140 films, she also worked for director John Ford on such films as "The Prisoner of Shark Island" (1936), "Drums Along the Mohawk" (1939), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940) and "How Green Was My Valley" (1941), and provided the costumes for most of the Shirley Temple films, such as Little Miss Broadway, in the 1930s. One of her last assignments was creating Barbara Eden's "Jeannie" costumes for I Dream Of Jeannie in 1965.  Wakeling was a member of the Bahá'í Faith, and her husband, Henry J. Staudigl, set up an arts endowment in her memory at Bosch Bahá'í School in Santa Cruz to promote artistic endeavors and included a research and resource library.

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Costume Design:
1929  Her Private Affair
1929  Paris Bound
1929  The Racketeer
1930  Holiday
1930  Sin Takes a Holiday
1930  Swing High
1931  Beyond Victory
1931  Born to Love
1931  Devotion
1931  The Big Gamble
1931  The Big Shot
1931  The Painted Desert
1931  The Tip-Off
1932  A Woman Commands
1932  Lady with a Past
1932  Panama Flo
1933  Advice to the Lovelorn
1933  Gallant Lady
1934  Born to Be Bad
1934  Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934  Looking for Trouble
1934  The Affairs of Cellini
1934  The Last Gentleman
1934  Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1935  The Littlest Rebel
1935  The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1936  Banjo on My Knee
1936  Everybody's Old Man
1936  Half Angel
1936  It Had to Happen
1936  King of Burlesque
1936  Pigskin Parade
1936  Poor Little Rich Girl
1936  Private Number
1936  Ramona
1936  The Road to Glory
1936  Under Two Flags
1936  White Hunter
1937  Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937  On the Avenue
1937  Seventh Heaven
1937  Wake Up and Live
1937  Wee Willie Winkie
1937  Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1938  Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938  Gateway
1938  I'll Give a Million
1938  Just Around the Corner
1938  Kentucky
1938  Little Miss Broadway
1938  Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938  Sally, Irene and Mary
1938  Submarine Patrol
1938  Three Blind Mice
1939  Hotel for Women
1939  Susannah of the Mounties
1939  Tail Spin
1939  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939  The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939  The Little Princess
1939  The Rains Came
1939  The Return of the Cisco Kid
1940  Brigham Young
1940  Johnny Apollo
1940  Star Dust
1940  The Blue Bird
1940  The Grapes of Wrath
1940  Young People
1941  A Man Betrayed
1941  How Green Was My Valley
1941  I Wake Up Screaming
1941  Rise and Shine
1941  Swamp Water
1941  Week-End in Havana
1942  Moontide
1942  Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942  Song of the Islands
1942  Tales of Manhattan
1942  This Above All
1942  To the Shores of Tripoli
1944  Cover Girl
1949  Samson and Delilah
1954  The High and the Mighty
1954  Track of the Cat
1955  Blood Alley
1955  Escape to Burma
1956  Great Day in the Morning
1956  Johnny Concho
1957  The River's Edge
1958  From the Earth to the Moon
1966  Frankie and Johnny

Costume Designer:
1929  Her Private Affair
1929  Paris Bound
1929  The Racketeer
1930  Her Man
1930  Holiday
1930  Sin Takes a Holiday
1930  Swing High
1931  Beyond Victory
1931  Born to Love
1931  Devotion
1931  The Big Gamble
1931  The Big Shot
1931  The Painted Desert
1931  The Tip-Off
1932  A Woman Commands
1932  Lady with a Past
1932  Panama Flo
1933  Advice to the Lovelorn
1933  Gallant Lady
1934  Born to Be Bad
1934  Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934  Looking for Trouble
1934  The Affairs of Cellini
1934  The Last Gentleman
1934  Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1935  The Littlest Rebel
1935  The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1936  Banjo on My Knee
1936  Everybody's Old Man
1936  Half Angel
1936  It Had to Happen
1936  King of Burlesque
1936  Ladies In Love
1936  Pigskin Parade
1936  Poor Little Rich Girl
1936  Private Number
1936  Ramona
1936  The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936  The Road to Glory
1936  Under Two Flags
1936  White Hunter
1937  Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937  On the Avenue
1937  Seventh Heaven
1937  Wake Up and Live
1937  Wee Willie Winkie
1937  Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1938  Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938  Gateway
1938  I'll Give a Million
1938  Just Around the Corner
1938  Kentucky
1938  Little Miss Broadway
1938  Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938  Sally, Irene and Mary
1938  Submarine Patrol
1938  Three Blind Mice
1939  Drums Along the Mohawk
1939  Hotel for Women
1939  Susannah of the Mounties
1939  Tail Spin
1939  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939  The Gorilla
1939  The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939  The Little Princess
1939  The Rains Came
1939  The Return of the Cisco Kid
1940  Brigham Young
1940  Johnny Apollo
1940  Star Dust
1940  The Blue Bird
1940  The Grapes of Wrath
1940  Young People
1941  A Man Betrayed
1941  How Green Was My Valley
1941  I Wake Up Screaming
1941  Rise and Shine
1941  Swamp Water
1941  Week-End in Havana
1942  Moontide
1942  Roxie Hart
1942  Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942  Song of the Islands
1942  Tales of Manhattan
1942  This Above All
1942  To the Shores of Tripoli
1944  Cover Girl
1947  Unconquered
1949  Samson and Delilah
1954  The High and the Mighty
1954  Track of the Cat
1955  Blood Alley
1955  Escape to Burma
1956  Great Day in the Morning
1956  Johnny Concho
1957  The River's Edge
1958  From the Earth to the Moon
1966  Frankie and Johnny

Costume Supervisor:
1929  Her Private Affair
1929  Paris Bound
1929  The Racketeer
1930  Her Man
1930  Holiday
1930  Sin Takes a Holiday
1930  Swing High
1931  Beyond Victory
1931  Born to Love
1931  Devotion
1931  Freighters of Destiny
1931  The Big Gamble
1931  The Big Shot
1931  The Painted Desert
1931  The Tip-Off
1932  A Woman Commands
1932  Lady with a Past
1932  Panama Flo
1933  Advice to the Lovelorn
1933  Gallant Lady
1934  Born to Be Bad
1934  Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934  Looking for Trouble
1934  The Affairs of Cellini
1934  The Last Gentleman
1934  Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1935  The Littlest Rebel
1935  The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1936  Banjo on My Knee
1936  Everybody's Old Man
1936  Half Angel
1936  It Had to Happen
1936  King of Burlesque
1936  Ladies In Love
1936  Pigskin Parade
1936  Poor Little Rich Girl
1936  Private Number
1936  Ramona
1936  The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936  The Road to Glory
1936  Under Two Flags
1936  White Hunter
1937  Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937  On the Avenue
1937  Seventh Heaven
1937  Wake Up and Live
1937  Wee Willie Winkie
1937  Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1938  Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938  Gateway
1938  I'll Give a Million
1938  Just Around the Corner
1938  Kentucky
1938  Little Miss Broadway
1938  Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938  Sally, Irene and Mary
1938  Submarine Patrol
1938  Three Blind Mice
1939  Drums Along the Mohawk
1939  Hotel for Women
1939  Susannah of the Mounties
1939  Tail Spin
1939  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939  The Gorilla
1939  The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939  The Little Princess
1939  The Rains Came
1939  The Return of the Cisco Kid
1940  Brigham Young
1940  Johnny Apollo
1940  Star Dust
1940  The Blue Bird
1940  The Grapes of Wrath
1940  Young People
1941  A Man Betrayed
1941  How Green Was My Valley
1941  I Wake Up Screaming
1941  Rise and Shine
1941  Swamp Water
1941  Week-End in Havana
1942  Moontide
1942  Roxie Hart
1942  Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942  Song of the Islands
1942  Tales of Manhattan
1942  This Above All
1942  To the Shores of Tripoli
1944  Cover Girl
1947  Unconquered
1949  Samson and Delilah
1954  The High and the Mighty
1954  Track of the Cat
1955  Blood Alley
1955  Escape to Burma
1956  Great Day in the Morning
1956  Johnny Concho
1957  The River's Edge
1958  From the Earth to the Moon
1966  Frankie and Johnny

Costumer:
1929  Her Private Affair
1929  Paris Bound
1929  Rich People
1929  The Racketeer
1930  Her Man
1930  Holiday
1930  Sin Takes a Holiday
1930  Swing High
1931  Beyond Victory
1931  Born to Love
1931  Devotion
1931  Freighters of Destiny
1931  The Big Gamble
1931  The Big Shot
1931  The Painted Desert
1931  The Tip-Off
1932  A Woman Commands
1932  Lady with a Past
1932  Panama Flo
1933  Advice to the Lovelorn
1933  Gallant Lady
1934  Born to Be Bad
1934  Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934  Looking for Trouble
1934  The Affairs of Cellini
1934  The Last Gentleman
1934  Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1935  The Littlest Rebel
1935  The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1936  Banjo on My Knee
1936  Everybody's Old Man
1936  Half Angel
1936  It Had to Happen
1936  King of Burlesque
1936  Ladies In Love
1936  Pigskin Parade
1936  Poor Little Rich Girl
1936  Private Number
1936  Ramona
1936  The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936  The Road to Glory
1936  Under Two Flags
1936  White Hunter
1937  Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937  On the Avenue
1937  Seventh Heaven
1937  Wake Up and Live
1937  Wee Willie Winkie
1937  Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1938  Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938  Gateway
1938  I'll Give a Million
1938  Just Around the Corner
1938  Kentucky
1938  Little Miss Broadway
1938  Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938  Sally, Irene and Mary
1938  Submarine Patrol
1938  Three Blind Mice
1939  Drums Along the Mohawk
1939  Hotel for Women
1939  Susannah of the Mounties
1939  Tail Spin
1939  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939  The Gorilla
1939  The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939  The Little Princess
1939  The Rains Came
1939  The Return of the Cisco Kid
1940  Brigham Young
1940  Johnny Apollo
1940  Star Dust
1940  The Blue Bird
1940  The Grapes of Wrath
1940  Young People
1941  A Man Betrayed
1941  How Green Was My Valley
1941  I Wake Up Screaming
1941  Rise and Shine
1941  Swamp Water
1941  Week-End in Havana
1942  Moontide
1942  Roxie Hart
1942  Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942  Song of the Islands
1942  Tales of Manhattan
1942  This Above All
1942  To the Shores of Tripoli
1944  Cover Girl
1947  Unconquered
1949  Samson and Delilah
1954  The High and the Mighty
1954  Track of the Cat
1955  Blood Alley
1955  Escape to Burma
1956  Great Day in the Morning
1956  Johnny Concho
1957  The River's Edge
1958  From the Earth to the Moon
1966  Frankie and Johnny

Wardrobe Designer:
1929  Her Private Affair
1929  Paris Bound
1929  Rich People
1929  The Racketeer
1930  Her Man
1930  Holiday
1930  Sin Takes a Holiday
1930  Swing High
1931  Beyond Victory
1931  Born to Love
1931  Devotion
1931  Freighters of Destiny
1931  The Big Gamble
1931  The Big Shot
1931  The Painted Desert
1931  The Tip-Off
1932  A Woman Commands
1932  Lady with a Past
1932  Panama Flo
1933  Advice to the Lovelorn
1933  Gallant Lady
1934  Born to Be Bad
1934  Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934  Looking for Trouble
1934  The Affairs of Cellini
1934  The Last Gentleman
1934  Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1935  The Littlest Rebel
1935  The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1936  Banjo on My Knee
1936  Everybody's Old Man
1936  Half Angel
1936  It Had to Happen
1936  King of Burlesque
1936  Ladies In Love
1936  Pigskin Parade
1936  Poor Little Rich Girl
1936  Private Number
1936  Ramona
1936  The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936  The Road to Glory
1936  Under Two Flags
1936  White Hunter
1937  Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937  On the Avenue
1937  Seventh Heaven
1937  Wake Up and Live
1937  Wee Willie Winkie
1937  Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1938  Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938  Gateway
1938  I'll Give a Million
1938  Just Around the Corner
1938  Kentucky
1938  Little Miss Broadway
1938  Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938  Sally, Irene and Mary
1938  Submarine Patrol
1938  Three Blind Mice
1939  Drums Along the Mohawk
1939  Hotel for Women
1939  Susannah of the Mounties
1939  Tail Spin
1939  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939  The Gorilla
1939  The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939  The Little Princess
1939  The Rains Came
1939  The Return of the Cisco Kid
1940  Brigham Young
1940  Johnny Apollo
1940  Star Dust
1940  The Blue Bird
1940  The Grapes of Wrath
1940  Young People
1941  A Man Betrayed
1941  How Green Was My Valley
1941  I Wake Up Screaming
1941  Rise and Shine
1941  Swamp Water
1941  Week-End in Havana
1942  Moontide
1942  Roxie Hart
1942  Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942  Song of the Islands
1942  Tales of Manhattan
1942  This Above All
1942  To the Shores of Tripoli
1944  Cover Girl
1947  Unconquered
1949  Samson and Delilah
1954  Silver Lode
1954  The High and the Mighty
1954  Track of the Cat
1955  Blood Alley
1955  Escape to Burma
1956  Great Day in the Morning
1956  Johnny Concho
1957  The River's Edge
1958  From the Earth to the Moon
1961  Most Dangerous Man Alive
1966  Frankie and Johnny

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