Tree, Dolly (1899–1962)

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Tree, Dolly (1899–1962)

American costume designer. Name variations: Dorothy Tree. Born Dorothy Marian Isbell, Mar 17, 1899, in Bristol, England; died May 17, 1962, in Long Island, NY.

Began career on Broadway (1920s), where she designed Mae West's costumes for Diamond Lil (1927); also designed for Capitol Stage and Paramount Circuit Shows (1927); moved to Los Angeles (1929); at MGM, designed costumes for over 200 movies (1932–42), including Manhattan Melodrama (1934), The Thin Man (1934), Evelyn Prentice (1934), David Copperfield (1934), Age of Indiscretion (1935), A Night at the Opera (1935), Ah, Wilderness! (1935), A Tale of Two Cities (1935), After the Thin Man (1936), The Good Earth (1936), Night Must Fall (1937), A Day at the Races (1937), Rosalie (1937), Ice Follies of 1939 (1938), Test Pilot (1938), Young Tom Edison (1939), Maisie (1939), On Borrowed Time (1939), Babes in Arms (1939), Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940), Wyoming (1940), Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940), Strike up the Band (1940), Hullabaloo (1940), Little Nellie Kelly (1940), The Trial of Mary Dugan (1940), Billy the Kid (1941) and Tales of Manhattan (1942).

See also Women in World History.

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