Jeakins, Dorothy (1914—)

American costume designer. Born on January 11, 1914 in San Diego, California; attended Otis Art Institute, 1931–34; children: Stephen Sydney Dane; Peter Jeakins Dane.

Selected films as costume designer, alone or in collaboration:

Joan of Arc (1948); Samson and Delilah (1949–50); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); My Cousin Rachel (1952); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); Niagara (1952); Titanic (1952); Three Coins in the Fountain (1954); Friendly Persuasion (1956); The Ten Commandments (1956); South Pacific (1958); Let's Make Love (1960); The Children's Hour (1961); All Fall Down (1962); The Music Man (1962); The Best Man (1964); The Night of the Iguana (1964); The Sound of Music (1965); Hawaii (1966); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967); Finian's Rainbow (1968); True Grit (1969); Little Big Man (1970); Fat City (1972); The Way We Were (1973); Young Frankenstein (1974); The Hindenburg (1975); The Yakuza (1975); Audrey Rose (1977); The Betsy (1978); North Dallas Forty (1979); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); On Golden Pond (1981); The Dead (1987).

Born in San Diego, California, in 1914, Dorothy Jeakins trained at Otis Art Institute and designed for the stage before arriving in Hollywood in the late 1940s. Jeakins frequently collaborated with Edith Head and also worked with Charles LeMaire during the 1950s. The designer shared Academy Awards for Joan of Arc (1948), Samson and Delilah (1950), and The Night of the Iguana (1964). She also designed costumes for network television.