Sheila O'Brien
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| Born | October 9, 1902 Texas, United States |
| Died | January 26, 1983 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | costume designer |
| Years active | 1939 - 1965 |
Sheila O’Brien (October 9, 1902 in Texas – January 26, 1983) was an American costume designer.
O'Brien began her career as a seamstress for Paramount Pictures but transferred to the costume department of MGM, where she worked as a costume department dresser on The Wizard of Oz in 1939, coming into her own as a Hollywood costume designer in the 1950s. She was a favourite of Joan Crawford’s, dressing her in Sudden Fear (1952, for which O’Brien received an Oscar nomination),[1] Johnny Guitar (1954) and Female on the Beach (1955). O’Brien died of cancer in 1983.
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[edit]- ^ "1953 Oscars". Retrieved February 21, 2015.
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