Personal Info
Birth date
1907-11-02 (117 Years)
Day of death
1997-05-25
Gender
Male
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
Sidney Guilaroff
Sidney Guilleroff
Sydney Guilaroff
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.
Filmography
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
4.3
Overview:
Ann, a former chorus girl marries above herself into a rich society family, but her mother-in-law regards her with great suspicion from the start. When Ann shoots her husband dead, claiming she thought he was a prowler, the older Mrs. Grenville decides to back the woman she despises, to protect the family image.The Graduate
7.636
Overview:
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.Rosemary's Baby
7.827
Overview:
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.North by Northwest
7.982
Overview:
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.Singin' in the Rain
8.1
Overview:
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.High Society
6.9
Overview:
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.Forbidden Planet
7.25
Overview:
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.The Misfits
6.945
Overview:
While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated with Roslyn and, on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido's half-finished desert home together. When grizzled ex-rodeo rider Perce Howland arrives, the unlikely foursome strike up a business capturing wild horses.The Time Machine
7.336
Overview:
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.Quo Vadis
7.1
Overview:
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.The Great Race
7.083
Overview:
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.How the West Was Won
6.982
Overview:
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.Gypsy
6.4
Overview:
Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.Carnal Knowledge
6.6
Overview:
Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
7.652
Overview:
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
7.156
Overview:
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
7.726
Overview:
A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.Point Blank
7.041
Overview:
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.An American in Paris
7.017
Overview:
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.Grand Prix
7.213
Overview:
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.The Shop Around the Corner
8.138
Overview:
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.New York, New York
6.57
Overview:
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.The Asphalt Jungle
7.494
Overview:
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.Julius Caesar
7.054
Overview:
The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and for the republic.Father of the Bride
6.986
Overview:
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.Sex and the Single Girl
6.6
Overview:
A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.Easter Parade
7
Overview:
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.Silk Stockings
6.7
Overview:
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).Acting
2019Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner as Self (archive footage)
2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self - Key MGM Hair Designer (archive footage)
2002Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star as Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)
1995Inside the Dream Factory as Self
1977New York, New York as Hairdresser
Costume & Make-Up
1989Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder ... Hairstylist
1987The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (2 Episodes) ... Hairdresser
1984A Streetcar Named Desire ... Hairstylist
1982Regina Roma ... Hairstylist
1981...All the Marbles ... Hairstylist
1978Return Engagement ... Hairstylist
1977New York, New York ... Hair Designer
1971Carnal Knowledge ... Hairstylist
1969The Happy Ending ... Hairstylist
1969The Gypsy Moths ... Hairstylist
1969The Extraordinary Seaman ... Hairstylist
1969Sweet Charity ... Hair Designer
1968The Split ... Hairstylist
1968The Legend of Lylah Clare ... Hairstylist
1968Rosemary's Baby ... Hair Designer
1968Speedway ... Hairstylist
1968Stay Away, Joe ... Hairstylist
1968The Power ... Hairstylist
1968Sol Madrid ... Hairstylist
1967The Graduate ... Hair Designer
1967Point Blank ... Hairstylist
1967Divorce American Style ... Hairstylist
1967Don't Make Waves ... Hairstylist
1967Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! ... Hairstylist
1967Return of the Gunfighter ... Hairstylist
1967Hot Rods to Hell ... Hairstylist
1967The Venetian Affair ... Hairstylist
1966Gambit ... Hairstylist
1966Grand Prix ... Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
1966Penelope ... Hairstylist
1966Spinout ... Hairstylist
1966Seconds ... Hairstylist
1966Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ... Hairstylist
1966The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! ... Hairstylist
1965Harum Scarum ... Hairstylist
1965The Great Race ... Hair Designer
1965The Sandpiper ... Hairstylist
1965Harlow ... Hairstylist
1965Once a Thief ... Hairstylist
1965Girl Happy ... Hairstylist
1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! ... Hairstylist
1965The Rounders ... Hair Designer
1964The Yellow Rolls-Royce ... Hairstylist
1964Sex and the Single Girl ... Hairstylist
196436 Hours ... Hairstylist
1964Goodbye Charlie ... Hair Designer
1964The Americanization of Emily ... Hairstylist
1964The Outrage ... Hairstylist
1964The Night of the Iguana ... Hair Designer
1964What a Way to Go! ... Hair Designer
1964The Unsinkable Molly Brown ... Hair Designer
19647 Faces of Dr. Lao ... Hairstylist
1964Kissin' Cousins ... Hairstylist
1964Viva Las Vegas ... Hairstylist
1964Seven Days in May ... Hairstylist
1963The Prize ... Hairstylist
1963Sunday in New York ... Hair Designer
1963It Happened at the World's Fair ... Hairstylist
1963The Courtship of Eddie's Father ... Hairstylist
1962Billy Rose's Jumbo ... Hairstylist
1962How the West Was Won ... Hairstylist
1962Gypsy ... Hairstylist
1962Period of Adjustment ... Hairstylist
1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm ... Hairstylist
1962All Fall Down ... Hairstylist
1962Sweet Bird of Youth ... Hairstylist
1962The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ... Hairstylist
1961The Misfits ... Hairstylist
1960Cimarron ... Hairstylist
1960BUtterfield 8 ... Hairstylist
1960All the Fine Young Cannibals ... Hairstylist
1960Bells Are Ringing ... Hairstylist
1960The Time Machine ... Hairstylist
1960Please Don't Eat the Daisies ... Hairstylist
1960Home from the Hill ... Hairstylist
1959Ask Any Girl ... Hairstylist
1959North by Northwest ... Hairstylist
1959The World, the Flesh and the Devil ... Hairstylist
1959The Mating Game ... Hairstylist
1959Watusi ... Hairstylist
1959Green Mansions ... Hairstylist
1958The Tunnel of Love ... Hairstylist
1958Party Girl ... Hair Designer
1958The Badlanders ... Hairstylist
1958Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ... Hairstylist
1958The High Cost of Loving ... Hairstylist
1958Gigi ... Hairstylist
1958The Sheepman ... Hairstylist
1958Saddle the Wind ... Hairstylist
1957Raintree County ... Hairstylist
1957Don't Go Near the Water ... Hairstylist
1957Man on Fire ... Hairstylist
1957Gun Glory ... Hairstylist
1957Silk Stockings ... Hairstylist
1957Designing Woman ... Hair Designer
1957This Could Be the Night ... Hairstylist
1957Ten Thousand Bedrooms ... Hairstylist
1956The Opposite Sex ... Hairstylist
1956Tea and Sympathy ... Hairstylist
1956The Power and the Prize ... Hairstylist
1956Lust for Life ... Hair Designer
1956High Society ... Hairstylist
1956The Catered Affair ... Hairstylist
1956Gaby ... Hair Designer
1956Tribute to a Bad Man ... Hairstylist
1956Forbidden Planet ... Hairstylist
1956Meet Me in Las Vegas ... Hair Designer
1956Ransom! ... Hairstylist
1955I'll Cry Tomorrow ... Hairstylist
1955It's a Dog's Life ... Hairstylist
1955The Tender Trap ... Hairstylist
1955Kismet ... Hairstylist
1955Trial ... Hairstylist
1955It's Always Fair Weather ... Hairstylist
1955The King's Thief ... Hair Designer
1955The Cobweb ... Hairstylist
1955Love Me or Leave Me ... Hair Designer
1955The Prodigal ... Hairstylist
1955Hit the Deck ... Hairstylist
1955Jupiter's Darling ... Hairstylist
1955Many Rivers to Cross ... Hair Designer
1954Green Fire ... Hairstylist
1954Deep in My Heart ... Hair Designer
1954The Last Time I Saw Paris ... Hairstylist
1954Brigadoon ... Hairstylist
1954Her Twelve Men ... Hairstylist
1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ... Hairstylist
1954Executive Suite ... Hairstylist
1954Tennessee Champ ... Hairstylist
1954Rose Marie ... Hairstylist
1954The Great Diamond Robbery ... Hairstylist
1953Easy to Love ... Hairstylist
1953Kiss Me Kate ... Hairstylist
1953All the Brothers Were Valiant ... Hair Designer
1953Give a Girl a Break ... Hairstylist
1953The Actress ... Hairstylist
1953The Affairs of Dobie Gillis ... Hairstylist
1953The Band Wagon ... Hairstylist
1953Ride, Vaquero! ... Hairstylist
1953Dangerous When Wet ... Hairstylist
1953Julius Caesar ... Hairstylist
1953Young Bess ... Hairstylist
1953Remains to Be Seen ... Hairstylist
1953Bright Road ... Hairstylist
1953The Girl Who Had Everything ... Hairstylist
1953The Story of Three Loves ... Hairstylist
1953I Love Melvin ... Hairstylist
1953Lili ... Hairstylist
1953Rogue's March ... Hairstylist
1952The Bad and the Beautiful ... Hairstylist
1952Desperate Search ... Hairstylist
1952The Prisoner of Zenda ... Hairstylist
1952Lone Star ... Hair Designer
1952My Man and I ... Hairstylist
1952The Merry Widow ... Hairstylist
1952Fearless Fagan ... Hair Designer
1952Holiday for Sinners ... Hairstylist
1952Shadow in the Sky ... Hair Designer
1952Pat and Mike ... Hairstylist
1952Skirts Ahoy! ... Hairstylist
1952Scaramouche ... Hairstylist
1952Young Man with Ideas ... Hairstylist
1952Carbine Williams ... Hairstylist
1952Singin' in the Rain ... Hair Designer
1952Love Is Better Than Ever ... Hairstylist
1952The Belle of New York ... Hair Designer
1952Invitation ... Hairstylist
1952The Wild North ... Hairstylist
1951Too Young to Kiss ... Hair Designer
1951Callaway Went Thataway ... Hairstylist
1951The Unknown Man ... Hairstylist
1951Quo Vadis ... Hair Designer
1951Angels in the Outfield ... Hair Designer
1951Bannerline ... Hairstylist
1951Texas Carnival ... Hairstylist
1951An American in Paris ... Hair Designer
1951The Strip ... Hair Designer
1951The Tall Target ... Hair Designer
1951Show Boat ... Hair Designer
1951Kind Lady ... Hairstylist
1951The Painted Hills ... Hairstylist
1951Father's Little Dividend ... Hair Designer
1951Cause for Alarm! ... Hair Designer
1951Royal Wedding ... Hair Designer
1951Mr. Imperium ... Hair Designer
1951Inside Straight ... Hairstylist
1951Three Guys Named Mike ... Hairstylist
1951Vengeance Valley ... Hair Designer
1951Grounds for Marriage ... Hairstylist
1950The Magnificent Yankee ... Hairstylist
1950Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone ... Hair Designer
1950Kim ... Hair Designer
1950Two Weeks with Love ... Hairstylist
1950To Please a Lady ... Hair Designer
1950Right Cross ... Hair Designer
1950Summer Stock ... Hair Designer
1950The Toast of New Orleans ... Hair Designer
1950Devil's Doorway ... Hairstylist
1950Duchess of Idaho ... Hairstylist
1950Three Little Words ... Hairstylist
1950Mystery Street ... Hair Designer
1950Shadow on the Wall ... Hairstylist
1950Father of the Bride ... Hair Designer
1950Annie Get Your Gun ... Hair Designer
1950The Asphalt Jungle ... Hair Designer
1950Please Believe Me ... Hairstylist
1950Stars in My Crown ... Hairstylist
1950The Reformer and the Redhead ... Hair Designer
1950The Yellow Cab Man ... Hairstylist
1950Side Street ... Hairstylist
1950Black Hand ... Hairstylist
1950Nancy Goes to Rio ... Hairstylist
1950The Outriders ... Hair Designer
1950Ambush ... Hairstylist
1949On the Town ... Hairstylist
1949Tension ... Hairstylist
1949Adam's Rib ... Hair Designer
1949That Forsyte Woman ... Hair Designer
1949Challenge to Lassie ... Hair Designer
1949The Red Danube ... Hairstylist
1949Madame Bovary ... Hair Designer
1949In the Good Old Summertime ... Hair Designer
1949The Great Sinner ... Hair Designer
1949Neptune's Daughter ... Hairstylist
1949The Stratton Story ... Hairstylist
1949Take Me Out to the Ball Game ... Hairstylist
1948Hills of Home ... Hair Designer
1948The Kissing Bandit ... Hair Designer
1948The Three Musketeers ... Hair Designer
1948Julia Misbehaves ... Hair Designer
1948A Date with Judy ... Hairstylist
1948Easter Parade ... Hair Designer
1948The Pirate ... Hair Designer
1948Summer Holiday ... Hairstylist
1948Big City ... Hairstylist
1947Good News ... Hair Designer
1947Desire Me ... Hair Designer
1947Song of the Thin Man ... Hair Designer
1947The Hucksters ... Hair Designer
1947The Sea of Grass ... Hairstylist
1947Green Dolphin Street ... Hair Designer
1946Lady in the Lake ... Hair Designer
1946Till the Clouds Roll By ... Hair Designer
1946Undercurrent ... Hair Designer
1946Two Sisters from Boston ... Hair Designer
1946Two Smart People ... Hairstylist
1945Week-End at the Waldorf ... Hairstylist
1945Ziegfeld Follies ... Hairstylist
1945The Valley of Decision ... Hair Designer
1944Mrs. Parkington ... Hair Designer
1944Kismet ... Hair Designer
1942Panama Hattie ... Hairstylist
1942Apache Trail ... Makeup Artist
1942Calling Dr. Gillespie ... Hairstylist
1942Mrs. Miniver ... Hairstylist
1942The Affairs of Martha ... Hairstylist
1942Grand Central Murder ... Hairstylist
1942The Courtship of Andy Hardy ... Hairstylist
1942Nazi Agent ... Hairstylist
1941Two-Faced Woman ... Hair Designer
1941Married Bachelor ... Hairstylist
1941The Feminine Touch ... Hair Designer
1941Lady Be Good ... Hairstylist
1941When Ladies Meet ... Hair Designer
1940The Philadelphia Story ... Hairstylist
1940Bitter Sweet ... Hairstylist
1940Escape ... Hair Designer
1940Dulcy ... Hairstylist
1940Boom Town ... Hairstylist
1940Pride and Prejudice ... Hairstylist
1940Susan and God ... Hair Department Head
1940The Shop Around the Corner ... Hairstylist
1939Ninotchka ... Hairstylist
1939The Women ... Hairstylist
1939The Ice Follies of 1939 ... Hairstylist
1939Idiot's Delight ... Hairstylist
1938The Shining Hour ... Hairstylist