Helen Hunt

Biography:

Helen Hunt was a hair stylist in Hollywood movies from the 1930s up to 1967, when she worked on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. She was the chief hair stylist for Columbia Pictures. Hunt fell into her career by accident. She was working as a stenographer for a costume company in Omaha, Nebraska. She began washing and arranging the company's wigs on her own time because they were being neglected. When she went into a shop to look over a display of wigs, she was offered a job by the owner, George Westmore of Hollywood. This eventually led to a position with Columbia Pictures. She worked with Rita Hayworth before the latter became a star. According to some sources, it was Hunt who came up with the idea to dye Hayworth's black hair auburn. She also arranged for the painful, lengthy electrolysis that raised Hayworth's hairline. During the course of her career, she also styled such stars as Irene Dunne, Rosalind Russell, Loretta Young and Evelyn Keyes. Cult movie actress Pamela Duncan credited Hunt with bringing her to the attention of the casting department of Columbia.



Credits

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Hairstylist
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Hairstylist
Cry for Happy (1961)
Hairstylist
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
Hairstylist
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
Hairstylist
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
Hairstylist
Song Without End (1960)
Hairstylist
13 Ghosts (1960)
Hairstylist
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
Hairstylist
The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
Hairstylist
The Last Angry Man (1959)
Hairstylist
The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Hairstylist
They Came to Cordura (1959)
Hairstylist
Gidget (1959)
Hairstylist
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Hairstylist
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
Hairstylist
Cowboy (1958)
Hairstylist
Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
Hairstylist
Pal Joey (1957)
Hairstylist
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Hairstylist
The Garment Jungle (1957)
Hairstylist
Full of Life (1956)
Hair Designer
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Hairstylist
Storm Center (1956)
Hairstylist
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Hairstylist
Picnic (1955)
Hair Designer
Queen Bee (1955)
Hairstylist
My Sister Eileen (1955)
Hairstylist
The Man from Laramie (1955)
Hair Designer
Tight Spot (1955)
Hairstylist
The Violent Men (1955)
Hairstylist
Phffft (1954)
Hairstylist
Human Desire (1954)
Hairstylist
Pushover (1954)
Hairstylist
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Hairstylist
Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954)
Hairstylist
It Should Happen to You (1954)
Hairstylist
Bad for Each Other (1953)
Hairstylist
Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
Hairstylist
The Big Heat (1953)
Hairstylist
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Hairstylist
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Hairstylist
Let's Do It Again (1953)
Hairstylist
Assignment: Paris (1952)
Hairstylist
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Hairstylist
The Marrying Kind (1952)
Hairstylist
Death of a Salesman (1951)
Hairstylist
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
Hairstylist
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
Hairstylist
Ten Tall Men (1951)
Hairstylist
The Family Secret (1951)
Hairstylist
The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
Hairstylist
Sirocco (1951)
Hairstylist
Born Yesterday (1950)
Hairstylist
The Blazing Sun (1950)
Hairstylist
Harriet Craig (1950)
Hairstylist
Last of the Buccaneers (1950)
Hairstylist
Indian Territory (1950)
Hairstylist
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
Hairstylist
The Petty Girl (1950)
Hairstylist
Streets of Ghost Town (1950)
Hairstylist
Convicted (1950)
Hairstylist
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Hairstylist
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Hairstylist
No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
Hairstylist
Beware of Blondie (1950)
Hairstylist
The Palomino (1950)
Hairstylist
Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
Hairstylist
The Nevadan (1950)
Hairstylist
Tell It to the Judge (1949)
Hairstylist
All the King's Men (1949)
Hairstylist
Rusty's Birthday (1949)
Hairstylist
Tokyo Joe (1949)
Hairstylist
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
Hairstylist
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
Hairstylist
Anna Lucasta (1949)
Hairstylist
Knock on Any Door (1949)
Hairstylist
Shockproof (1949)
Hairstylist
Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
Hairstylist
Blondie's Secret (1948)
Hairstylist
Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
Hairstylist
The Loves of Carmen (1948)
Hairstylist
Lulu Belle (1948)
Hairstylist
Blondie's Reward (1948)
Hairstylist
Whirlwind Raiders (1948)
Hairstylist
Best Man Wins (1948)
Hair Designer
Port Said (1948)
Hairstylist
My Dog Rusty (1948)
Hairstylist
The Mating of Millie (1948)
Hairstylist
The Woman from Tangier (1948)
Hairstylist
The Prince Of Thieves (1948)
Hairstylist
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Hairstylist
It Had to Be You (1947)
Hairstylist
Blondie in the Dough (1947)
Hairstylist
Down to Earth (1947)
Hair Designer
Dead Reckoning (1947)
Hairstylist
The Jolson Story (1946)
Hairstylist
Renegades (1946)
Hairstylist
Gilda (1946)
Hairstylist
Cover Girl (1944)
Hairstylist
The Desperadoes (1943)
Hairstylist
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Hairstylist