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- Michael Woulfe was born on June 2, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a costume designer, known for The Thing from Another World (1951), Dangerous Mission (1954) and Jet Pilot (1957). He died on August 30, 2007 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Also designed costumes and dresses for Las Vegas nightclub acts by Garland, Lena Horne, Betty Hutten, Russell and Debbie Reynolds.
- He worked under contract for RKO Studios, serving as head designer on more than 100 films. He designed gowns for Ava Gardner, Janet Leigh, Jean Simmons and Marilyn Monroe. But he was proudest of the dress he designed in 1954 for Garland that she wore to the world premiere of "A Star Is Born".
- Began his costume designing career at 25, when he was tapped to dress Sylvia Sidney in the James Cagney production of "Blood on the Sun.".
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