Elois Jenssen

Elois Jenssen
Born	(1922-11-05)November 5, 1922 Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Died	February 14, 2004(2004-02-14) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1943-1986

Elois Jenssen (November 5, 1922 – February 14, 2004) was an American film and television costume designer.

Career

In 1951, Lucille Ball approached Jenssen and asked her if she would be interested in designing costumes for a new situation comedy she and her husband Desi Arnaz were readying for CBS. Under exclusive contract to 20th Century Fox at the time, she was unable to accept the offer, but after leaving the studio to freelance, she spent a season designing clothing for Ann Sothern on Private Secretary, then contacted Ball to see if the position on I Love Lucy was available. She was hired at $100 per episode, considerably less than her feature film salary, one week before the filming of the 1953-54 season began, and the following season her salary increased to $150. When she held out for $200 the next year, cost-conscious executives at Desilu replaced her.^[1] Her later television credits included designs for Julie Newmar in My Living Doll and Eleanor Parker in Bracken's World.

Personal life

Born Elois W. Jenssen in Palo Alto, California, she attended the Westlake School for Girls before moving to Paris to study fashion at The New School's Parsons School of Design division. She returned to California after the start of World War II and enrolled at the Chouinard Art Institute. She began her film career as an assistant costume designer in Hunt Stromberg's production company and received her first screen credit designing Hedy Lamarr's gowns for Dishonored Lady in 1947. She was designer on the film Lured starring Lucille Ball and thus began an association that ultimately lead to designing for I Love Lucy. In 1948, her design for a white fleece overcoat, electrically heated by batteries carried in two side pockets (with an extension cord that could be plugged in on planes or trains), was featured in a futuristic fashion show sponsored by the Los Angeles Fashion Group.^[2]

Additional credits

Samson and Delilah (1949)
Cry Danger (1951)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
We're Not Married! (1952)
Forever, Darling (1956)
Tron (1982)

Awards and nominations

1951 Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color (Samson and Delilah, winner) (shared with Edith Head, Charles LeMaire, Dorothy Jeakins, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling)
1983 Academy Award for Best Costume Design (TRON, nominee) (shared with Rosanna Norton)
1983 Saturn Award for Best Costumes (TRON, winner)

References

↑ The Story of I Love Lucy (by Bart Andrews, E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1976, pp. 88-89, 123-124) ISBN 0-525-14990-2
↑ Time, November 3, 1947

External links

Elois Jenssen at the Internet Movie Database
USA Today obituary
Variety obituary
Elois Jenssen at Find a Grave

Academy Award for Costume Design

1948–1956	1948 (Black & white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska 1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla 1950 (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling 1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff 1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago 1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada 1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire 1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff

1957–1958	1957: Orry-Kelly 1958: Cecil Beaton

1959–1960	1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden 1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Bill Thomas and Arlington Valles

1961–1966	1961 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Irene Sharaff 1962 (bw): Norma Koch / (c): Mary Wills 1963 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Renié, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff 1964 (bw): Dorothy Jeakins / (c): Cecil Beaton 1965 (bw): Julie Harris / (c): Phyllis Dalton 1966 (bw): Irene Sharaff / (c): Joan Bridge and Elizabeth Haffenden

1967–1980	1967: John Truscott 1968: Danilo Donati 1969: Margaret Furse 1970: Vittorio Nino Novarese 1971: Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo 1972: Anthony Powell 1973: Edith Head 1974: Theoni V. Aldredge 1975: Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Söderlund 1976: Danilo Donati 1977: John Mollo 1978: Anthony Powell 1979: Albert Wolsky 1980: Anthony Powell

1981–2000	1981: Milena Canonero 1982: Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo 1983: Marik Vos-Lundh 1984: Theodor Pištěk 1985: Emi Wada 1986: Jenny Beavan and John Bright 1987: James Acheson 1988: James Acheson 1989: Phyllis Dalton 1990: Franca Squarciapino 1991: Albert Wolsky 1992: Eiko Ishioka 1993: Gabriella Pescucci 1994: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner 1995: James Acheson 1996: Ann Roth 1997: Deborah Lynn Scott 1998: Sandy Powell 1999: Lindy Hemming 2000: Janty Yates

2001–present	2001: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie 2002: Colleen Atwood 2003: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor 2004: Sandy Powell 2005: Colleen Atwood 2006: Milena Canonero 2007: Alexandra Byrne 2008: Michael O'Connor 2009: Sandy Powell 2010: Colleen Atwood 2011: Mark Bridges 2012: Jacqueline Durran 2013: Catherine Martin 2014: Milena Canonero

Black & White / Color separate (1948–1956, 1959–1966)

Saturn Award for Best Costume

Bill Thomas (1976) John Mollo (1977) Theoni V. Aldredge (1978) Jean-Pierre Dorleac (1979) Jean-Pierre Dorleac (1980) Bob Ringwood (1981) Elois Jenssen & Rosanna Norton (1982) Aggie Guerard Rodgers & Nilo Rodis-Jamero (1983) Bob Ringwood (1984) Nanà Cecchi (1985) Robert Fletcher (1986) Phyllis Dalton (1987) Barbara Lane (1988) Erica Edell Phillips (1989/90) Marilyn Vance (1991) Eiko Ishioka (1992) Mary E. Vogt (1993) Sandy Powell (1994) Julie Weiss (1995) Deborah Everton (1996) Ellen Mirojnick (1997) Jenny Beavan (1998) Trisha Biggar (1999) Louise Mingenbach (2000) Judianna Makovsky (2001) Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor / Trisha Biggar (2002) Penny Rose (2003) Kevin Conran (2004) Isis Mussenden (2005) Yee Chung-Man (2006) Colleen Atwood (2007) Mary Zophres (2008) Michael Wilkinson (2009) Colleen Atwood (2010) Alexandra Byrne (2011) Paco Delgado (2012) Trish Summerville (2013) Ngila Dickson (2014)

Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

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