Adrian
Costume & Make-Up
Born March 3, 1903 · Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA
Died September 13, 1959
Also known as Adrian Adolph Greenberg · Gilbert Adrian
Biography
Adrian Adolph Greenberg, most widely known as Adrian, was an American costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other MGM films of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career he designed costumes for over 250 films, and his screen credits usually read as "Gowns by Adrian". On occasion he was credited as Gilbert Adrian, a combination of his father's forename and his own.
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Costume Design in a Musical · 1961
Filmography50+ titles
Rope
Anna Christie
The Philadelphia Story
The Wizard of Oz
Shadow of a Doubt
Waterloo Bridge
Ninotchka
Gallant Sons
The Women
The Bishop's Wife
The Cat and the Fiddle
That's Entertainment! III
Humoresque
Strange Cargo
Camille
Sadie McKee
Grand Hotel
Faithless
Possessed
The Godless Girl
Possessed
Woman of the Year
When Ladies Meet
New Moon
Pride and Prejudice
Boom Town
The Bride Wore Red
Dancing Lady
Queen Christina
Red Dust
A Woman's Face
Broadway Melody of 1940
The Shopworn Angel
Maytime
Dinner at Eight
Blossoms in the Dust
Ziegfeld Girl
Wife vs. Secretary
Riptide
Paid
Hi Diddle Diddle
Keeper of the Flame
Broadway Serenade
Marie Antoinette
Broadway Melody of 1938
Conquest
San Francisco
Broadway Melody of 1936
Red-Headed Woman
Emma