Dolly Tree

Dolly Tree

Known for: Costume & Make-Up
Biography: 1899-03-17
Deathday: 1962-05-17 (63 years old)

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Biography

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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 London and she began her career as an artist after seeing the play Vanity Fair at the Palace Theatre in 1916. Of the play she later wrote, ‘I was fascinated by the wonderful dancing and art of Regine Flory and admired her so much that I started to design a special poster of her, really to amuse myself, based on my recollections of this vivid artist seen across the footlights.’ A friend took her drawing to Sir Alfred Butt who bought it and gave her a two-year contract (c1917-1918) to design posters and programme covers for of all his shows including The Boy (1917), The Beauty Spot (1918), Going Up (1918), Telling the Tale (1918), The Latest Craze (1919), The Kiss Call (1919), Very Good Eddie (1919) and Hello America (1919). Her comic illustrations also appeared in various British newspapers and magazines.


Between 1915 and 1918 Dolly Tree appeared in five British silent films as an actress. In the United Kingdom her career as a costume designer began in the 1920s on various cabaret shows in London in particular; in 1923 she collaborated on her first film, Woman to Woman, directed by Graham Cutts and with Alfred Hitchcock as the co-screenwriter, artistic director and assistant director. Her work became popular in Paris where she became the first English person and the first woman to design for the Folies Bergère.


In 1926 she moved to the United States, first working in New York where she created the costumes for the 1928 Broadway play Diamond Lil starring Mae West. She then went to Hollywood where she was involved in designing for 175 American films, firstly for Fox Studios (1929-1931) and then for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1931-1942), mainly as a designer of dresses, among others alongside Adrian. In 1931 while working at Fox Studios she met and married the American Naval officer Thomas Kimes. Although the marriage was a happy one but his career in the Navy kept them apart and they divorced in 1940. After her divorce Tree began to drink heavily which lead to her leaving MGM in 1942 and returning to Fox Studios where she married her second husband Don E. Whiteford. However, this marriage also did not work and they quickly divorced, which drove Tree further into alcoholism. Her second divorce, her heavy drinking and the death of her father in 1942 lead to her becoming increasing unreliable and losing her job.

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Filmography

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Movies 106

Costume Design
Thunder Birds

Thunder Birds (1942)

Movie
Costume Design
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)

Movie
Costume Design
The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper (1942)

Movie
Costume Design
Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan (1942)

Movie
Costume Design
Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)

Movie
Costume Design
Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid (1941)

Movie
Costume Design
The Bad Man

The Bad Man (1941)

Movie
Costume Design
The Trial of Mary Dugan

The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)

Movie
Costume Design
Maisie Was a Lady

Maisie Was a Lady (1941)

Movie
Costume Design
Go West

Go West (1940)

Movie
1
Costume Design
Little Nellie Kelly

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing (1940)

Movie
Costume Design
I Love You Again

I Love You Again (1940)

Movie
6
Costume Design
Gold Rush Maisie

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
We Who Are Young

We Who Are Young (1940)

Movie
Costume Design
Sporting Blood

Sporting Blood (1940)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Movie
Costume Design
20 Mule Team

20 Mule Team (1940)

Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Congo Maisie

Congo Maisie (1940)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Secret of Dr. Kildare

The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)

Movie
6
Costume Design
Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man (1939)

Movie
5.6
Costume Design
At the Circus

At the Circus (1939)

Movie
3.5
Costume Design
Thunder Afloat

Thunder Afloat (1939)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
They All Come Out

They All Come Out (1939)

Movie
Costumer
On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time (1939)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Stronger Than Desire

Stronger Than Desire (1939)

Movie
Costume Design
Maisie

Maisie (1939)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Tell No Tales

Tell No Tales (1939)

Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
6,000 Enemies

6,000 Enemies (1939)

Movie
Costume Design
The Kid From Texas

The Kid From Texas (1939)

Movie
Costume Design
The Ice Follies of 1939

The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)

Movie
Costume Design
Stand Up and Fight

Stand Up and Fight (1939)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs (1938)

Movie
Costume Design
The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour (1938)

Movie
Costume Designer
Spring Madness

Spring Madness (1938)

Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle (1938)

Movie
Wardrobe Master
The Chaser

The Chaser (1938)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Fast Company

Fast Company (1938)

Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Lord Jeff

Lord Jeff (1938)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Paradise for Three

Paradise for Three (1938)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Yellow Jack

Yellow Jack (1938)

Movie
Costume Designer
Test Pilot

Test Pilot (1938)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The First Hundred Years

The First Hundred Years (1938)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Arsène Lupin Returns

Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Of Human Hearts

Of Human Hearts (1938)

Movie
7.33
Costume Design
Rosalie

Rosalie (1937)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Navy Blue and Gold

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)

Movie
Wardrobe Master
Live, Love and Learn

Live, Love and Learn (1937)

Movie
Costume Design
Madame X

Madame X (1937)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
My Dear Miss Aldrich

My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Big City

Big City (1937)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races (1937)

Movie
6.4
Wardrobe Supervisor
The Good Earth

The Good Earth (1937)

Movie
Costumer
Night Must Fall

Night Must Fall (1937)

Movie
Costume Design
The Good Old Soak

The Good Old Soak (1937)

Movie
Costume Design
Espionage

Espionage (1937)

Movie
Costumer
After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man (1936)

Movie
5.28
Wardrobe Designer
Sinner Take All

Sinner Take All (1936)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Mad Holiday

Mad Holiday (1936)

Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady (1936)

Movie
6.33
Costume Designer
Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy (1936)

Movie
Costume Designer
Suzy

Suzy (1936)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Devil-Doll

The Devil-Doll (1936)

Movie
Costume Design
Fury

Fury (1936)

Movie
3.67
Wardrobe Supervisor
Trouble for Two

Trouble for Two (1936)

Movie
Costume Design
Absolute Quiet

Absolute Quiet (1936)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Unguarded Hour

The Unguarded Hour (1936)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Three Godfathers

Three Godfathers (1936)

Movie
Costume Design
The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case (1936)

Movie
4.5
Costume Design
Exclusive Story

Exclusive Story (1936)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Three Live Ghosts

Three Live Ghosts (1936)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Riffraff

Riffraff (1936)

Movie
Costume Design
A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

Movie
Wardrobe Master
Whipsaw

Whipsaw (1935)

Movie
Costumer
Kind Lady

Kind Lady (1935)

Movie
Costume Design
A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Movie
4.29
Wardrobe Designer
Rendezvous

Rendezvous (1935)

Movie
Costume Design
It's in the Air

It's in the Air (1935)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Bishop Misbehaves

The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Woman Wanted

Woman Wanted (1935)

Movie
Costume Design
Mad Love

Mad Love (1935)

Movie
5
Costume Design
Escapade

Escapade (1935)

Movie
Wardrobe Master
Public Hero Number 1

Public Hero Number 1 (1935)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Age of Indiscretion

Age of Indiscretion (1935)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Casino Murder Case

The Casino Murder Case (1935)

Movie
4.33
Wardrobe Designer
Times Square Lady

Times Square Lady (1935)

Movie
Costume Design
David Copperfield

David Copperfield (1935)

Movie
Wardrobe Master
The Night Is Young

The Night Is Young (1935)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
The Gay Bride

The Gay Bride (1934)

Movie
Wardrobe Supervisor
A Wicked Woman

A Wicked Woman (1934)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
Hide-Out

Hide-Out (1934)

Movie
Costume Supervisor
Straight Is the Way

Straight Is the Way (1934)

Movie
Costume Design
The Thin Man

The Thin Man (1934)

Movie
5.31
Costume Design
Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Movie
Wardrobe Designer
You Can't Buy Everything

You Can't Buy Everything (1934)

Movie
Costume Design
She Wanted a Millionaire

She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)

Movie
Costume Design
Skyline

Skyline (1931)

Movie
Costume Design
Transatlantic

Transatlantic (1931)

Movie
Costume Design
Bad Girl

Bad Girl (1931)

Movie
6
Costume Design
Sporting Blood

Sporting Blood (1931)

Movie
Costume Design
Annabelle's Affairs

Annabelle's Affairs (1931)

Movie
Costume Design
Just Imagine

Just Imagine (1930)

Movie
Costume Designer
The Arcadians

The Arcadians (1927)

Movie
Actress
Love in a Wood

Love in a Wood (1915)

Movie

Ratings

Average 6
Based on 228 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1935
1937
1935
1942
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Information

Known For
Costume & Make-Up

Gender
Female

Birthday
1899-03-17

Deathday
1962-05-17 (63 years old)

Birth Place
Bristol, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Dorothy Marian Isbell


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Image credit: Triplestones, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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