Walter Plunkett - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

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1928 - 1966

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June 5, 1902 in Oakland, CA

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March 8, 1982 in California

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by Hal Erickson biography

By his own admission, American costume designer Walter Plunkett held delusions of movie stardom when he came to Hollywood in 1925. While he enjoyed substantial roles in stock and vaudeville, the best Plunkett could do in the movies was the occasional bit or extra part. Through the kindess of an old friend, costumer Howard Greer, Plunkett received a job at Joseph P. Kennedy's FBO studios. By the time FBO became RKO Radio in 1929, Plunkett had worked his way up to the position of designer, working on such earlier RKO productions as Rio Rita (1929), Morning Glory (1933) and Flying Down to Rio (1933). Freelancing after 1937, Plunkett worked for such independents as Hal Roach, Walter Wanger, Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick. It was for Selznick that Plunkett undertook his most ambitious assigment: Designing all costumes and uniforms for the 1939 classic Gone with the Wind. He did not receive an Oscar for this effort, but twelve years later he shared an Academy Award with Orry-Kelly and Irene for An American in Paris (1951). Walter Plunkett retired in 1966, after having worked in films, on Broadway and for the Metropolitan Opera.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Seven Women Costume Designer	1966
Marriage on the Rocks Costume Designer	1965
How the West Was Won Costume Designer	1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Costume Designer	1962
Two Weeks in Another Town Costume Designer	1962
Pocketful of Miracles Costume Designer	1961
Bells Are Ringing Costume Designer	1960
Cimarron Costume Designer	1960
Home from the Hill Costume Designer	1960
Pollyanna Costume Designer	1960
Merry Andrew Costume Designer	1958
Some Came Running Costume Designer	1958
The Brothers Karamazov Costume Designer	1958
The Law and Jake Wade Costume Designer	1958
The Sheepman Costume Designer	1958
Gun Glory Costume Designer	1957
Raintree County Costume Designer	1957
The Wings of Eagles Costume Designer	1957
Forbidden Planet Costume Designer	1956
Lust for Life Costume Designer	1956
Tribute to a Badman Costume Designer	1956
Diane Costume Designer	1955
Jupiter's Darling Costume Designer	1955
Many Rivers to Cross Costume Designer	1955
Moonfleet Costume Designer	1955
The Glass Slipper Costume Designer	1955
The King's Thief Costume Designer	1955
The Scarlet Coat Costume Designer	1955
Athena Costume Designer	1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Costume Designer	1954
The Student Prince Costume Designer	1954
Valley of the Kings Costume Designer	1954
All the Brothers Were Valiant Costume Designer	1953
Kiss Me Kate Costume Designer	1953
Ride, Vaquero! Costume Designer	1953
Scandal at Scourie Costume Designer	1953
The Actress Costume Designer	1953
Young Bess Costume Designer	1953
Singin' in the Rain Costume Designer	1952
The Plymouth Adventure Costume Designer	1952
The Prisoner of Zenda Costume Designer	1952
Across the Wide Missouri Costume Designer	1951
An American in Paris Costume Designer	1951
Kind Lady Costume Designer	1951
Mr. Imperium Costume Designer	1951
Show Boat Costume Designer	1951
Soldiers Three Costume Designer	1951
The Man with a Cloak Costume Designer	1951
Vengeance Valley Costume Designer	1951
Westward the Women Costume Designer	1951
Ambush Costume Designer	1950
Devil's Doorway Costume Designer	1950
Father of the Bride Costume Designer	1950
King Solomon's Mines Costume Designer	1950
Summer Stock Costume Designer	1950
The Happy Years Costume Designer	1950
The Magnificent Yankee Costume Designer	1950
The Miniver Story Costume Designer	1950
The Toast of New Orleans Costume Designer	1950
Two Weeks With Love Costume Designer	1950
Adam's Rib Costume Designer	1949
Little Women Costume Designer	1949
Madame Bovary Costume Designer	1949
That Forsyte Woman Costume Designer	1949
The Secret Garden Costume Designer	1949
Summer Holiday Costume Designer	1948
The Kissing Bandit Costume Designer	1948
The Three Musketeers Costume Designer	1948
Green Dolphin Street Costume Designer	1947
Song of Love Costume Designer	1947
The Sea of Grass Costume Designer	1947
Duel in the Sun Costume Designer	1946
My Brother Talks to Horses Costume Designer	1946
A Song to Remember Costume Designer	1945
Along Came Jones Costume Designer	1945
Can't Help Singing Costume Designer	1944
Knickerbocker Holiday Costume Designer	1944
The Heat's On Costume Designer	1943
Go West, Young Lady Costume Designer	1941
Ladies in Retirement Costume Designer	1941
Lydia Costume Designer	1941
Sundown Costume Designer	1941
Abe Lincoln in Illinois Costume Designer	1940
Vigil in the Night Costume Designer	1940
Allegheny Uprising Costume Designer	1939
Gone With the Wind Costume Designer	1939
Stagecoach Costume Designer	1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Costume Designer	1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle Costume Designer	1939
Nothing Sacred Costume Designer	1937
Quality Street Costume Designer	1937
A Woman Rebels Costume Designer	1936
Mary of Scotland Costume Designer	1936
The Plough and the Stars Costume Designer	1936
Alice Adams Costume Designer	1935
Jalna Costume Designer	1935
The Arizonian Costume Designer	1935
The Informer Costume Designer	1935
The Return of Peter Grimm Costume Designer	1935
The Three Musketeers Costume Designer	1935
To Beat the Band Costume Designer	1935
Anne of Green Gables Costume Designer	1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers Costume Designer	1934
Of Human Bondage Costume Designer	1934
Spitfire Costume Designer	1934
Stingaree Costume Designer	1934
Strictly Dynamite Costume Designer	1934
The Fountain Costume Designer	1934
The Gay Divorcee Costume Designer	1934
The Little Minister Costume Designer	1934
We're Rich Again Costume Designer	1934
Wednesday's Child Costume Designer	1934
Where Sinners Meet Costume Designer	1934
Finishing School Costume Designer	1933
Flying Down to Rio Costume Designer	1933
King Kong Costume Designer	1933
Little Women Costume Designer	1933
Morning Glory Costume Designer	1933
Son of Kong Costume Designer	1933
The Animal Kingdom Costume Designer	1932
Love in the Desert Costume Designer	1929
Sinners in Love Costume Designer	1928

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