Born in San Diego, CA. In Hollywood from the late 1940s, following stage experience, she designed gowns and costumes for many major films, winning 3 Academy Awards. Notable non-nominated credits (alone or in collaboration) include CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1950), THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT and THE BIG SKY (both 1952), NIAGARA, TITANIC and BENEATH THE 12-MILE REEF (all 1953), THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (1954), FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956), SOUTH PACIFIC (1958), THE UNFORGIVEN, ELMER GANTRY and LET'S MAKE LOVE (all 1960), ALL FALL DOWN (1962), THE BEST MAN and ENSIGN PULVER (both 1964), ANY WEDNESDAY (1966), THE FLIM-FLAM MAN and REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE (both 1967), FINIAN'S RAINBOW and THE FIXER (both 1968), TRUE GRIT (1969), THE MOLLY MAGUIRES and LITTLE BIG MAN (both 1970), FAT CITY (1972), THE ICEMAN COMETH (1973), YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974), THE YAKUZA and THE HINDENBURG (both 1975), AUDREY ROSE (1977), THE BETSY (1978), NORTH DALLAS FORTY and LOVE AND BULLETS (both 1979), and THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE and ON GOLDEN POND (both 1981).  Costume Design (Color) 1948: JOAN OF ARC (w. Karinska)  Costume Design (Color) 1950: SAMSON AND DELILAH (w. Edith Head, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele & Gwen Wakeling)  Nominated for Costume Design (Color) 1952: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (w. Edith Head & Miles White)  Nominated for Costume Design (Black & White) 1952: MY COUSIN RACHEL (w. Charles LeMaire)  Nominated for Costume Design (Color) 1956: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (w. Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen & Arnold Friberg)  Nominated for Costume Design (Black & White) 1961: THE CHILDREN'S HOUR  Nominated for Costume Design (Color) 1962: THE MUSIC MAN  Costume Design (Black & White) 1964: THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA  Nominated for Costume Design (Color) 1965: THE SOUND OF MUSIC  Nominated for Costume Design (Color) 1966: HAWAII  Nominated for Costume Design 1973: THE WAY WE WERE (w. Moss Mabry)  Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design 1987: THE DEAD 12 nominations, 3 Awards