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Edith Head

1897 - 1981

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Edith Claire Head (née Posener; October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American film costume designer. She has received a record 35 nominations for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and has won a record eight times, making her both the most awarded and most nominated woman in the Academy's history. Head is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential costume designers in film history. Born and raised in California, Head started her career as a Spanish teacher, but was interested in design. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edith Head is the 9,703rd most popular politician (down from 9,337th in 2019), the 3,677th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,222nd in 2019) and the 314th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Edith Head ranks 9,703 out of 19,576. Before her are Phankham Viphavanh, Carrie Lam, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Werner Lorenz, and Edward Dickinson Baker. After her are Franz Kutschera, Ernst Fast, Emperor Ai of Jin, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Kurt Schmitt, and Edwin Montagu.

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Among people born in 1897, Edith Head ranks 137. Before her are Bulbul, Georgy Shpagin, Agustín Lara, Georgios Grivas, Wilhelm Falley, and Lazare Ponticelli. After her are Zhang Guotao, Paul Ben-Haim, Valentin Kataev, Tan Malaka, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and John Bagot Glubb. Among people deceased in 1981, Edith Head ranks 92. Before her are Nisargadatta Maharaj, Norman Taurog, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Nargis, Mohammad Beheshti, and Mariama Bâ. After her are Helmut Gröttrup, Eraldo Monzeglio, Walter Heitler, Glauber Rocha, Paul Anspach, and Victor Kugler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edith Head ranks 3,677 out of 20,380. Before her are Frank Welker (1946), Bill Walker (1951), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Albert Ghiorso (1915), and Amelia Bloomer (1818). After her are Neil Simon (1927), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), George Segal (1934), Howard Zinn (1922), Martha Chase (1927), and Howlin' Wolf (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edith Head ranks 314. Before her are David Axelrod (1955), George Koval (1913), Mangas Coloradas (1792), Dean Rusk (1909), Winfield Scott (1786), and Bill Walker (1951). After her are Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872), Elizabeth Monroe (1768), Harry Hopkins (1890), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Marie Smith Jones (1918), and R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941).

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