Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Born
Jun 04, 1902
Died
Mar 08, 1982
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Credits
209 titles
Walter Plunkett
Biography
Walter Plunkett (June 5, 1902 – March 8, 1982) was a prolific costume designer who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry. Plunkett's first credited work as a costume designer was the 1927 film Hard-Boiled Haggerty. At RKO, he developed a huge costume and wardrobe department that became a major studio asset. Given free rein, he set about creating costumes that rivaled the work of his contemporaries, such as Travis Banton and Adrian. Plunkett's best-known work is featured in two films, Gone with the Wind (1939) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which he lampooned his initial style of the Roaring Twenties. In 1951, Plunkett shared an Oscar with Orry-Kelly and Irene Sharaff for An American in Paris.
Known For
Filmography
7 Women
Costume Design
Marriage on the Rocks
Costume Design
How the West Was Won
Costume Design
Two Weeks in Another Town
Costume Design
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Costume Design
Pocketful of Miracles
Costume Design
Cimarron
Costume Design
Bells Are Ringing
Costume Design
Pollyanna
Costume Designer
Home from the Hill
Costume Design
Some Came Running
Costume Design
The Law and Jake Wade
Costume Design
The Sheepman
Costume Design
The Brothers Karamazov
Costume Design
Raintree County
Costume Design
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Self
Gun Glory
Costume Design
The Wings of Eagles
Wardrobe Master
Lust for Life
Costume Designer
The Fastest Gun Alive
Costume Design
Tribute to a Bad Man
Costume Design
Forbidden Planet
Costume Design
Diane
Costume Design
The King's Thief
Costume Design
The Scarlet Coat
Costume Design
Moonfleet
Costume Design
The Glass Slipper
Costume Design
Jupiter's Darling
Costume Designer
Many Rivers to Cross
Costume Design
Deep in My Heart
Costume Design
Athena
Costume Design
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Costume Design
Valley of the Kings
Costume Design
Kiss Me Kate
Costume Design
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Costume Design
The Actress
Costume Design
Ride, Vaquero!
Costume Design
Young Bess
Costume Design
Million Dollar Mermaid
Costume Design
Plymouth Adventure
Costume Design
The Prisoner of Zenda
Costume Design
Carbine Williams
Costume Design
Singin' in the Rain
Costume Design
Westward the Women
Costume Design
The Man with a Cloak
Costume Design
An American in Paris
Costume Design
The Law and the Lady
Costume Design
Show Boat
Costume Design
Kind Lady
Wardrobe Designer
Soldiers Three
Costume Design