Sheila O'Brien

Sheila O'Brien
Born	October 9, 1902 Texas, USA
Died	January 26, 1983 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California
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.

External links

• Sheila O'Brien at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. "1953 Oscars". Retrieved February 21, 2015.