About Arlington Valles
Lived 1886 – 1970 (aged 83). Arlington Valles was an American costume designer.
Fred Arlington Valles (4 May 1886 - April 1970 ) was a Hollywood costume designer, also professionally known as Valles and J. Arlington Valles.
Valles primarily worked at MGM, including as the head of men's wardrobe design. He first provided costumes for the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol. His work includes National Velvet (1944), Albert Lewin's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), The Yearling (1946) and That Forsyte Woman (1949) for which he received an Academy Award nomination in 1951.
In 1961, his costume work on Spartacus earned an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color, shared with Bill Thomas.
Valles died on 12 April 1970 in Los Angeles, California, aged 83.
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Who was Arlington Valles?
British-born American costume designer (1886–1970)
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Arlington Valles was born on 4 May 1886 in London.
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Arlington Valles died on 12 April 1970 in Hollywood.
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Arlington Valles was a costume designer.
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Arlington Valles was American.
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