# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gwen-wakeling
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:51:40.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gwen-wakeling"
name: "Gwen Wakeling"
slug: "gwen-wakeling"
description: "Gwendolyn Sewell Wakeling was an American costume designer who designed costumes for more than 140 films between the years 1924 and 1966. She began her career working for Cecil B. DeMille as an assistant designer on the 1924 film Feet of Clay. She collaborated with DeMille on many more films during her career, including her first film as a lead designer, The King of Kings (1927), and Samson and Delilah (1949). For the latter film she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951."
tagline: "American costume designer (1901–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gwen_Wakeling%2C_1924.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1901-03-03"
deathDate: "1982-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.88
  momentum:             6.428571428571429
  historical:           8.738661333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906835/"
    handle:    "nm0906835"
sources:
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    title: "Уэйклинг, Гвен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوين ويكلينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gwen Wakeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Wakeling"
    title: "Gwen Wakeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Wakeling"
    title: "Gwen Wakeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "گوئین ویکلینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Wakeling"
    title: "Gwen Wakeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Wakeling"
    title: "Gwen Wakeling"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Wakeling"
    title: "Gwen Wakeling"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517831"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8509"
    title: "Gwen Wakeling"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump