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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irene Maud Lentz (December 8, 1901 – November 15, 1962) also known mononymously and professionally as Irene, was an American fashion designer and costume designer. Her work as a clothing designer in Los Angeles led to her career as a costume designer for films in the 1930s. Lentz also worked under the name Irene Gibbons. Lentz had been taught sewing as a child and, with a flair for style, she decided to open a small dress shop. The success of her designs in her tiny store eventually led to an offer from the Bullocks Wilshire luxury department store to design for their Ladies Custom Salon which catered to a wealthy clientele including a number of Hollywood stars. Lentz's designs at Bullocks gained her much attention in the film community and she was contracted by independent production companies to design the wardrobe for some of their productions. Billing herself simply as "Irene", her first work came in 1933 on the film Goldie Gets Along featuring her designs for star Lily Damita. However, her big break came when she was hired to create the gowns for Ginger Rogers for her 1937 film Shall We Dance with Fred Astaire. This was followed by more designs in another Ginger Rogers film as well as work for other independents such as Walter Wanger Productions, Hal Roach Studios as well as majors such as RKO, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. During the 1930s, Irene Lentz designed the film wardrobe for leading ladies such as Constance Bennett, Hedy Lamarr, Joan Bennett, Claudette Colbert, Carole Lombard, Ingrid Bergman, and Loretta Young among others. She "is generally regarded as the originator of the dressmaker suit" that was popular in the late 1930s. Through her work, Lentz met and married short story author and screenwriter Eliot Gibbons, brother of multi-Academy Award winning Cedric Gibbons, head of art direction at MGM Studios. Despite her success, working under the powerful set designer Cedric while being married to his brother Eliot was not easy. Irene confided to her close friend Doris Day that the marriage to Eliot was not a happy one. Generally regarded as the most important and influential production designer in the history of American films, Cedric Gibbons hired Lentz when gown designer Adrian left MGM in 1941 to open his own fashion house. By 1943 she was a leading costume supervisor at MGM, earning international recognition for her "soufflé creations" and is remembered for her avant-garde wardrobe for Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). In 1950, Lentz left MGM to open her own fashion house. After Lentz was out of the film industry for nearly ten years, Doris Day requested her services for the production Midnight Lace (Universal, 1960). The following year she did the costume design for another Day film, Lover Come Back (1961), and during 1962 worked on her last production, A Gathering of Eagles (1963). Lentz was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for B.F.'s Daughter (1948). She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color for Midnight Lace (1960).
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1901-12-08
- event Death Date 1962-11-15
- school Known for: Costume & Make-Up
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Baker, Montana, USA
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A Tailor-Made Man
1922-08-05
5
The Dare-Devil
1923-11-25
4.2
Picking Peaches
1924-02-02
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The Duck Hunter
1922-02-13
5.5
The Great Morgan
1945-01-01
4.5
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
1924-01-06
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4.5
Up Goes Maisie
1946-02-01
4.5
Kismet
1944-10-01
4.5
The Arnelo Affair
1947-02-13
4.5
Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
4.5
The Hoodlum Saint
1946-04-04
4.5
The Human Comedy
1943-03-02
4.5
Living in a Big Way
1947-06-10
4.5
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945-10-04
4.5
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944-05-04
4.5
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946-12-25
4.5
The Unfinished Dance
1947-09-19
4.5
No Time for Love
1943-04-09
4.5
Wedding Present
1936-10-09
4.5
Easy to Wed
1946-07-25
4.5
Gentle Annie
1944-12-05
4.5
Faithful in My Fashion
1946-08-21
4.5
Anchors Aweigh
1945-08-13
4.5
Yolanda and the Thief
1945-11-22
4.5
Nothing But Trouble
1944-12-06
4.5
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944-03-18
4.5
Bathing Beauty
1944-06-27
4.5
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945-03-03
4.5
Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05
4.5
Easter Parade
1948-07-08
4.5
Two Smart People
1946-06-04
4.5
The Palm Beach Story
1942-08-28
4.5
Desire Me
1947-10-31
4.5
Girl Crazy
1943-11-26
4.5
Courage of Lassie
1946-11-08
4.5
Music for Millions
1944-12-18
4.5
Midnight
1939-03-24
4.5
You'll Never Get Rich
1941-09-25
4.5
Gaslight
1944-05-04
4.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938-09-01
4.5
Topper Takes a Trip
1938-12-29
4.5
Dangerous Partners
1945-06-07
4.5
Eternally Yours
1939-10-07
4.5
Vivacious Lady
1938-05-13
4.5
She Went to the Races
1945-11-04
4.5
Neptune's Daughter
1949-06-10
4.5
In Name Only
1939-08-18
4.5
The Great Sinner
1949-06-29
4.5
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948-02-20
4.5
Swing Shift Maisie
1943-10-01
4.5
Key to the City
1950-02-02
4.5
The Bribe
1949-02-03
4.5
This Time for Keeps
1947-10-17
4.5
Fiesta
1947-06-12
4.5
Please Believe Me
1950-05-12
4.5
Goldie Gets Along
1933-01-27
4.5
State of the Union
1948-04-30
4.5
Broadway Rhythm
1944-01-19
4.5
Lost Angel
1943-12-23
4.5
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942-04-28
4.5
A Gathering of Eagles
1963-06-21
4.5
The Sun Comes Up
1949-05-12
4.5
Scene of the Crime
1949-07-28
4.5
Reunion in France
1942-12-25
4.5
Topper
1937-07-16
4.5
In the Good Old Summertime
1949-07-29
4.5
Undercover Maisie
1947-03-01
4.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941-01-31
4.5
Waterloo Bridge
1940-05-17
4.5
On an Island with You
1948-05-03
4.5
Meet the People
1944-06-01
4.5
Merton of the Movies
1947-10-11
4.5
Madame Curie
1943-12-16
4.5
The Secret Heart
1946-12-25
4.5
Two Sisters from Boston
1946-06-06
4.5
The Harvey Girls
1946-01-18
4.5
B.F.'s Daughter
1948-03-24
4.5
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944-11-15
4.5
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945-11-11
4.5
Song of the Thin Man
1947-08-28
4.5
High Barbaree
1947-05-01
4.5
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949-05-04
4.5
National Velvet
1945-01-26
4.5
Mrs. Parkington
1944-10-12
4.5
Cry 'Havoc'
1943-11-23
4.5
The Talk of the Town
1942-08-20
4.5
Arise, My Love
1940-11-08
4.5
Adventure
1945-12-28
4.5
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944-06-14
4.5
Lover Come Back
1961-12-20
4.5
Green Dolphin Street
1947-01-15
4.5
Take a Letter, Darling
1942-05-06
4.5
The Valley of Decision
1945-05-03
4.5
Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
4.5
The Pirate
1948-06-11
4.5
Shadow on the Wall
1950-05-19
4.5
Above Suspicion
1943-05-31
4.5
To Be or Not to Be
1942-03-05
4.5
Cass Timberlane
1947-11-06
4.5
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944-11-28
4.5
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944-12-24
4.5
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945-12-28
4.5
Too Many Husbands
1940-04-03
4.5
The Clock
1945-05-25
4.5
You Were Never Lovelier
1942-11-19
4.5
The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
4.5
Thousands Cheer
1943-09-13
4.5
They All Kissed the Bride
1942-06-11
4.5
Undercurrent
1946-11-11
4.5
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946-05-02
4.5
Best Foot Forward
1943-10-08
4.5
Du Barry was a Lady
1943-08-13
4.5
Julia Misbehaves
1948-08-08
4.5
Cabin in the Sky
1943-03-24
4.5
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946-12-05
4.5
Lucky Partners
1940-08-02
4.5
Bachelor Mother
1939-06-30
4.5
Without Love
1945-03-22
4.5
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939-10-06
4.5
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941-04-11
4.5
The Hucksters
1947-07-17
4.5
Hired Wife
1940-09-13
4.5
That Uncertain Feeling
1941-04-20
4.5
The Hidden Eye
1945-08-31
4.5
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947-08-04
4.5
Swing Fever
1943-11-01
4.5
A Guy Named Joe
1943-12-24
4.5
Ziegfeld Follies
1945-08-26
4.5
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943-05-08
4.5
Madame Curie
1943-12-16
4.5
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
4.5
Midnight Lace
1960-10-13
4.5
Green Hell
1940-01-26
4.5
Dark Delusion
1947-06-24
4.5
Between Two Women
1945-03-28
4.5
Thrill of a Romance
1945-05-23
4.5
Merrily We Live
1938-03-04
4.5
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945-09-06
4.5
Son of Lassie
1945-04-20
4.5
Lady in the Lake
1946-12-19
4.5
Song of Love
1947-10-09
4.5
Cynthia
1947-08-29
4.5
Algiers
1938-01-16
4.5
The Canterville Ghost
1944-07-20
4.5
Twice Blessed
1945-05-31
4.5
Trade Winds
1938-12-28
4.5
Seven Sinners
1940-10-25
4.5
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944-08-15
4.5
The Yearling
1946-12-18
4.5
Rationing
1944-03-24
4.5
Bad Bascomb
1946-05-26