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- Orry-Kelly war ein australisch-amerikanischer Kostümbildner.
- Orry-Kelly was the professional name of Orry George Kelly (31 December 1897 – 27 February 1964), a prolific Hollywood costume designer. He was born in Kiama, New South Wales in Australia, and was known as Jack Kelly. His father William Kelly, was born on the Isle of Man and was a gentleman tailor in Kiama. Orry was a name of an ancient King of Man. He studied art in Sydney, and worked as a tailor's apprentice and window dresser. He journeyed to New York to pursue an acting career. He shared an apartment there with Charlie Spangles and Cary Grant. A job painting murals in a nightclub led to his employment by Fox East Coast studios illustrating titles. He designed costumes and sets for Broadway's Shubert Revues and George White's Scandals. He went to Hollywood in 1932, working for all the major studios, and designed for all the great actresses of the day, including Bette Davis, Kay Francis, Olivia de Havilland, Katharine Hepburn, Dolores del Río, Ava Gardner, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Stanwyck, and Merle Oberon. He worked on many films now deemed classics, including 42nd Street, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey, Oklahoma!, Auntie Mame, and Some Like It Hot. He won three Academy Awards for Best Costume Design and was nominated for a fourth. He wrote a column 'Hollywood Fashion Parade' for the International News Service, owned by William Randolph Hearst, during the war years. A longtime alcoholic, he died of liver cancer in Hollywood and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). His pallbearers included Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Billy Wilder and George Cukor and his eulogy was read by Jack Warner. His Academy Awards went to Jack Warner's wife, Ann.
- Orry-Kelly foi um figurinista norte-americano de origem australiana. Prolífico figurinista da indústria do cinema de Hollywood com carreira iniciada em 1932, produziu quase trezentos trabalhos. Foi premiado três vezes com o Óscar: em 1952 em An American in Paris, 1958 com Les Girls e 1959 com Quanto mais Quente Melhor.
- Orry-Kelly ou John Orry Kelly, né le 31 décembre 1897 et mort le Modèle:Date, est un des costumiers les plus prolifiques d'Hollywood.
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- Orry-Kelly war ein australisch-amerikanischer Kostümbildner.
- Orry-Kelly foi um figurinista norte-americano de origem australiana. Prolífico figurinista da indústria do cinema de Hollywood com carreira iniciada em 1932, produziu quase trezentos trabalhos. Foi premiado três vezes com o Óscar: em 1952 em An American in Paris, 1958 com Les Girls e 1959 com Quanto mais Quente Melhor.
- Orry-Kelly was the professional name of Orry George Kelly (31 December 1897 – 27 February 1964), a prolific Hollywood costume designer. He was born in Kiama, New South Wales in Australia, and was known as Jack Kelly. His father William Kelly, was born on the Isle of Man and was a gentleman tailor in Kiama. Orry was a name of an ancient King of Man. He studied art in Sydney, and worked as a tailor's apprentice and window dresser. He journeyed to New York to pursue an acting career.
- Orry-Kelly ou John Orry Kelly, né le 31 décembre 1897 et mort le Modèle:Date, est un des costumiers les plus prolifiques d'Hollywood.
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