Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments, formerly Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel, also known as the Knickerbocker, is a historic former apartment hotel, now retirement home, located at 1714 Ivar Avenue in H
Knickerbocker in 2006
Postcard circa 1940s
Irene (costume designer)
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Irene Maud Lentz, also known mononymously and professionally as Irene, was an American actress turned fashion designer and costume designer. Her work as a clothing designer in Los Angeles led to her c
Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel
…something the duo did not appreciate. Elvis Presley stayed in room 1016 while making his first film, Love Me Tender. In 1962, celebrated costume designer Irene Lentz (known professionally by just her first name) committed suicide by jumping from an 11th-floor window. On March 3, 1966, veteran character actor William…
Irene Lentz, Edythe Chapman, and Charles Ray in A Tailor-Made Man (1922)
Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
1959 Irene skirt suit, striped wool and silk (RISD Museum)
Doris Day in Midnight Lace (1960)