Profile
Adrian
Costume Designer
Male
Born
Mar 3, 1903
Hometown
Naugatuck, Connec...
Died
Sep 13, 1959
Death Place
Hollywood, Los An...
Other Names
Greenberg, Adrian...
Adrian Adolph Greenberg, most widely known as Adrian, was an American costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career, he designed costumes for over 250… Read More
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Adrian.
CHILDHOOD
1903
Birth
Adrian was born on March 3, 1903 in Naugatuck, Connecticut to Jewish immigrant parents Gilbert and Helena (Pollack) Greenberg.
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TEENAGE
1922
19 Years Old
In 1922, he transferred to NYSFAA's Paris campus and while there was hired by Irving Berlin.
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TWENTIES
1924
21 Years Old
Adrian was hired by Rudolph Valentino's wife Natacha Rambova to design costumes for A Sainted Devil in 1924.
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1928
25 Years Old
In 1928, Cecil B. DeMille moved temporarily to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Adrian was hired as chief costume designer at the studio.
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THIRTIES
Adrian is perhaps best known today for his work on the 1939 movie classic, The Wizard of Oz.
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FORTIES
1952
49 Years Old
After leaving MGM, he established his own fashion house. Some of his designs were sold through Macy's. He only returned to MGM for a final film, 1952's Lovely to Look At.
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FIFTIES
He came out of his retirement and returned to the States in 1959 to design the costumes for the upcoming Broadway musical Camelot.
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