Sydney Guilaroff
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.
Known for
Costume & Make-UpBirthday
November 2, 1907Deathday
May 25, 1997Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
267Place of birth
London, England, UKAlso known as
Sidney Guilaroff, Sidney GuilleroffCast credits
Crew credits
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
HairstylistThe Philadelphia Story
HairstylistThe Opposite Sex
HairstylistGreen Mansions
HairstylistWeek-End at the Waldorf
HairstylistSkirts Ahoy!
HairstylistMy Man and I
HairstylistThe Legend of Lylah Clare
HairstylistInside Straight
HairstylistThe Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
HairstylistThe Actress
HairstylistBUtterfield 8
HairstylistThe Prisoner of Zenda
HairstylistHow the West Was Won
HairstylistBilly Rose's Jumbo
HairstylistSeven Days in May
HairstylistBoom Town
HairstylistNorth by Northwest
HairstylistThe Night of the Iguana
Hair DesignerThe Shop Around the Corner
HairstylistMystery Street
Hair Designer