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Birth Name: Gwen Sewell
Born: 3 March 1901 Died: 16 June 1982
Country of origin: 
United States
Height: 5' 6"
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Henry J. Staudigl
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Gwen Wakeling was born in Detroit. Her father was a mining engineer whose work resulted in the family moving every few years, and she wound up living everywhere from Seattle to Los Angeles to Prescott, Arizona. Upon graduating high school she got a job as a fashion artist in a department store. She soon was hired by director Cecil B. DeMille when he was working for Pathe Studios, and he took her with him when he moved over to Paramount Pictures. In 1933 she went to work for Fox Films as the studio's head costume designer. In 1941 she suffered the traumas of a death in her family and a serious illness because of a ruptured append
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