Dolly Tree
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Born
March 17, 1899
Birthplace
Bristol, England, UK
Died
May 17, 1962 (aged 63)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dolly Tree (17 March 1899–17 May 1962) was an English illustrator, actress and costume designer who during the 1930s and 1940s designed dresses for Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Rosalind Russell, Maureen O'Sullivan and Judy Garland among others in addition to costuming historical dramas such as David Copperfield (1935) and A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Born in Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol in 1899 as Dorothy Marian Isbell, the daughter of Charles Edwin Isbell (1863-1942) , a solicitor, and Bertha Marian (née Keith-Williams) at an early age she discovered an aptitude for drawing before being drawn towards a career on the stage. In 1912 her family relocated to Lo...
Best known work
A Night at the Opera
1935
The Thin Man
1934
Fury
1936
A Day at the Races
1937
After the Thin Man
1936
Another Thin Man
1939
Libeled Lady
1936
Mad Love
1935
The Devil-Doll
1936
At the Circus
1939Filmography
1942
Thunder BirdsCostume Design
1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan PoeCostume Design
1942
The Pied PiperCostume Design
1942
Tales of ManhattanCostume Design
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West PointCostume Design
1941
Billy the KidCostume Design
1941
The Bad ManCostume Design
1941
The Trial of Mary DuganCostume Design
1941
The Wild Man of BorneoCostumer
1941
Maisie Was a LadyCostume Design
1940
Go WestCostume Design
1940
Little Nellie KellyCostume Design
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes HomeWardrobe Designer
1940
The Golden FleecingWardrobe Designer
1940
I Love You AgainCostume Design
1940
Gold Rush MaisieCostume Design
1940
We Who Are YoungWardrobe Designer
1940
Sporting BloodCostume Design
1940
Andy Hardy Meets DebutanteWardrobe Designer
1940
20 Mule TeamCostume Design
1940
Congo MaisieWardrobe Supervisor
1939
The Secret of Dr. KildareWardrobe Designer
1939
Another Thin ManCostume Design
1939
At the CircusCostume Design
1939
Thunder AfloatCostume Design