The Godfather (1972)

Born in Greenville, SC. Started in Hollywood films as assistant costume designer for PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (1948). Not as well known in the world of fashion as Edith Head, Renie or Irene Sharaff, she nevertheless established herself as a designer of "real" costumes -- for "real" people in "real" movies by Elia Kazan, Frank Perry, Sidney Lumet, Herbert Ross and Francis Ford Coppola. Some of her design credits include ON THE WATERFRONT (1954), EAST OF EDEN (1955), BABY DOLL (1956), A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957), SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961), DAVID AND LISA (1962), AMERICA, AMERICA (1963), THE PAWNBROKER and FAIL-SAFE (both 1964), THE GROUP (1966), THE SWIMMER and THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES (both 1968), ALICE'S RESTAURANT (1969), COTTON COMES TO HARLEM and THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN (both 1970), WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN...? (1971), PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM and THE EFFECT OF GAMMMA RAYS... (both 1972), THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974), THE STEPFORD WIVES, DOG DAY AFTERNOON and REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER (all 1975), THE LAST TYCOON (1976), KING OF THE GYPSIES (1978), PRINCE OF THE CITY (1981), THE VERDICT (1982), GARBO TALKS (1984), ARTHUR 2: ON THE ROCKS and RUNNING ON EMPTY (both 1988) and FLETCH LIVES (1989).  Nominated for Costume Design 1972: THE GODFATHER  Nominated for Costume Design 1981: RAGTIME 2 nominations