Costume designer Orry-Kelly with Marilyn Monroe, in a scene from 'Women He's Undressed'

The Man Who (Un)Dressed Marilyn Monroe

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Raphaela Neihausen
Documentary of the Week | Aug 12, 2016

You probably never heard of Orry-Kelly, but you would know his work as a fashion designer for Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman and others. In the documentary “Women He’s Undressed,” filmmaker Gillian Armstrong (“Little Women”) explores the career of Orry-Kelly and the secrets he kept as a gay man during a period of virulent homophobia.

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