Sydney Guilaroff

Sydney Guilaroff November 2 1907 May 25 1997 was a hair stylist during Hollywoods Golden Age who was the first to receive onscreen credit in films He worked for more than forty years at the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios on more than a thousand films He was instrumental in crafting many of the hairstyles which became the signature looks for numerous film stars Over his long and distinguished career Guilaroffs other clients included Elizabeth Taylor Lana Turner Greta Garbo Lena Horne Greer Garson Debbie Reynolds AnnMargret Marilyn Monroe Katharine Hepburn Ingrid Bergman Hedy Lamarr Kathryn Grayson Liza Minnelli Clare Booth Luce Ginger Rogers Geraldine Page Libby Holman and Nancy Reagan He was the stylist of choice for such male stars as Cary Grant Clark Gable Fred Astaire James Stewart Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra Guilaroff won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or Special for The Two Mrs Grenvilles 1987 starring AnnMargret and Claudette Colbert