Bernice Pontrelli
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Also Known As
Bernice Rose Bellomo
Birth Place
Italy
Born
April 25, 1907
Died
July 24, 1993
Cause of Death
Heart Failure
Biography
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Worked in the costume departments of Paramount, MGM and Universal beginning in the 1930s and eventually became head of the wardrobe department at RKO. Pontrelli designed clothes for such stars as Ginger Rogers, Joan Fontaine and Claudette Colbert, and her creations appeared in films including "Blood on the Moon" (1948), "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957), "How the West Was Won" (1963) ...
Biography
Worked in the costume departments of Paramount, MGM and Universal beginning in the 1930s and eventually became head of the wardrobe department at RKO. Pontrelli designed clothes for such stars as Ginger Rogers, Joan Fontaine and Claudette Colbert, and her creations appeared in films including "Blood on the Moon" (1948), "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957), "How the West Was Won" (1963) and "True Grit" (1969). She also worked on the TV shows "The Fugitive" and "Love, American Style" in the 1960s and designed a line of women's sportswear before retiring at the end of the decade.
Filmography
Costume-Wardrobe (Feature Film)
The Big Night
(1960)
Wardrobe
Verboten!
(1959)
Costume Design
The Crimson Kimono
(1959)
Costumes
The Gun Runners
(1958)
Women's Costume
All Mine to Give
(1958)
Costumes
Chicago Confidential
(1957)
Ladies Wardrobe
Public Pigeon No. 1
(1957)
Costumes
Ride Out for Revenge
(1957)
Wardrobe
The Careless Years
(1957)
Wardrobe Supervisor
Around the World in 80 Days
(1956)
Ward, U.S.
Life Events
Family
Bernice Mahfet
Granddaughter
Survived her.
