Gender
Male
Born
Jan 17, 1913
Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Died
Nov 04, 2010
Los Angeles, California, USA
Performer Designer
Comments
Noel Taylor acted with the Lunts as a teenager in 1931, but began to work in costume design in the early 1940s. In 1947, he was asked by Eva Le Gallienne to design costumes for her blockbuster 1947 production of Alice in Wonderland. He would go on to create costumes for more than 100 stage shows. His work in movies and television was even more extensive. Katharine Hepburn, Gloria Swanson, Kirk Douglas, Bette Davis, Rosalind Russell and Elizabeth Taylor all wore his designs.

He designed for movies but achieved more success in television, where his costumes for the 1953 production of Hamlet for "Hallmark Hall of Fame" helped bring theatrical standards to the small screen. He designed for the Hallmark series for 17 years. Taylor was nominated for four Emmys and won one, for PBS's "Actor: The Paul Muni Story" in 1978. The Costume Designers Guild gave him a lifetime achievement award in 2004 for his contributions to television.
  • CREDITS
    The Sunshine Boys (Dec 08, 1997 - Jun 28, 1998)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyRevival
    The Gin Game (Apr 20, 1997 - Aug 31, 1997)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayRevival
    The Glass Menagerie (Nov 15, 1994 - Jan 01, 1995)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaRevival
    Lucifer's Child (Apr 04, 1991 - Apr 27, 1991)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlaySoloOriginal
    Mixed Couples (Dec 28, 1980 - Jan 03, 1981)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    Diversions and Delights (Apr 12, 1978 - Apr 22, 1978)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlaySoloOriginal
    Paul Robeson (Jan 19, 1978 - Apr 30, 1978)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlaySolo Play with musicOriginal
    Chapter Two (Dec 04, 1977 - Dec 08, 1979)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Night of the Iguana (Dec 16, 1976 - Feb 20, 1977)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaRevival
    The Norman Conquests: Living Together (Dec 07, 1975 - Jun 19, 1976)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden (Dec 07, 1975 - Jun 19, 1976)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Norman Conquests: Table Manners (Dec 07, 1975 - Jun 18, 1976)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (Dec 12, 1972 - Feb 04, 1973)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    Mourning Becomes Electra (Nov 15, 1972 - Dec 31, 1972)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaRevival
    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Mar 30, 1972 - Aug 12, 1972)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    MusicalComedy FarceRevival
    Ovid's Metamorphoses (Apr 22, 1971 - Jul 03, 1971)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayPlay with musicOriginal
    Brightower (Jan 28, 1970 - Jan 28, 1970)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    The Mundy Scheme (Dec 11, 1969 - Dec 13, 1969)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    We Bombed in New Haven (Oct 16, 1968 - Dec 29, 1968)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlaySatireOriginal
    Lovers (Jul 25, 1968 - Nov 30, 1968)
    • Winners
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    • Losers
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    Song of the Grasshopper (Sep 28, 1967 - Sep 30, 1967)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    Dr. Cook's Garden (Sep 25, 1967 - Sep 30, 1967)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayMelodramaOriginal
    We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Oct 19, 1966 - Oct 26, 1966)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    The Loves of Cass McGuire (Oct 06, 1966 - Oct 22, 1966)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    Slapstick Tragedy (Feb 22, 1966 - Feb 26, 1966)
    • The Mutilated
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOne ActOriginal
    • The Gnadiges Fraulein
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOne ActOriginal
    The Great Indoors (Feb 01, 1966 - Feb 05, 1966)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaOriginal
    And Things That Go Bump in the Night (Apr 26, 1965 - May 08, 1965)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    Hughie (Dec 22, 1964 - Jan 30, 1965)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    What Makes Sammy Run? (Feb 27, 1964 - Jun 12, 1965)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    MusicalOriginal
    Marathon '33 (Dec 22, 1963 - Feb 01, 1964)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Nov 13, 1963 - Jan 25, 1964)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaOriginal
    Strange Interlude (Mar 11, 1963 - Jun 29, 1963)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaRevival
    The Riot Act (Mar 07, 1963 - Apr 13, 1963)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    Great Day in the Morning (Mar 28, 1962 - Apr 07, 1962)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    General Seeger (Feb 28, 1962 - Mar 01, 1962)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    The Night of the Iguana (Dec 28, 1961 - Sep 29, 1962)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    Write Me a Murder (Oct 26, 1961 - Apr 14, 1962)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    A Shot in the Dark (Oct 18, 1961 - Sep 22, 1962)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayFarce ComedyOriginal
    Everybody Loves Opal (Oct 11, 1961 - Oct 28, 1961)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    Little Moon of Alban (Dec 01, 1960 - Dec 17, 1960)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    The Wall (Oct 11, 1960 - Mar 04, 1961)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    Tall Story (Jan 29, 1959 - May 02, 1959)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    Comes a Day (Nov 06, 1958 - Nov 29, 1958)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaOriginal
    The Body Beautiful (Jan 23, 1958 - Mar 15, 1958)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    MusicalComedyOriginal
    The Square Root of Wonderful (Oct 30, 1957 - Dec 07, 1957)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    Good as Gold (Mar 07, 1957 - Mar 09, 1957)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    Auntie Mame (Oct 31, 1956 - Jun 28, 1958)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Apple Cart (Oct 18, 1956 - Feb 02, 1957)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyRevival
    Time Limit! (Jan 24, 1956 - May 12, 1956)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaOriginal
    No Time for Sergeants (Oct 20, 1955 - Sep 14, 1957)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    Festival (Jan 18, 1955 - Feb 05, 1955)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Burning Glass (Mar 04, 1954 - Mar 27, 1954)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaOriginal
    In the Summer House (Dec 29, 1953 - Feb 13, 1954)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    The Ladies of the Corridor (Oct 21, 1953 - Nov 28, 1953)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayOriginal
    The Teahouse of the August Moon (Oct 15, 1953 - Mar 24, 1956)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Grey-Eyed People (Dec 17, 1952 - Dec 20, 1952)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    Dial "M" for Murder (Oct 29, 1952 - Feb 27, 1954)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayThriller Mystery DramaOriginal
    Bernardine (Oct 16, 1952 - Feb 28, 1953)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    First Lady (May 28, 1952 - Jun 08, 1952)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyRevival
    Tovarich (May 14, 1952 - May 25, 1952)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedy Play with musicRevival
    The Male Animal (Apr 30, 1952 - Jan 31, 1953)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyRevival
    One Bright Day (Mar 19, 1952 - Apr 12, 1952)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaOriginal
    The Wild Duck (Dec 26, 1951 - Jan 06, 1952)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaRevival
    Stalag 17 (May 08, 1951 - Jun 21, 1952)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedy MelodramaOriginal
    Twentieth Century (Dec 24, 1950 - Jun 30, 1951)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyRevival
    Alice in Wonderland (Apr 05, 1947 - Jun 28, 1947)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayFantasy Play with musicRevival
    The Haven (Nov 13, 1946 - Nov 16, 1946)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayDramaOriginal
    Reunion in Vienna (Nov 16, 1931 - Jul 1932)
    • Performer: Noel Taylor [Bellboy]
    PlayComedyOriginal
    Chapter Two Upcoming
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Gin Game (Oct 27, 1998 - May 16, 1999)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayRevival
    Auntie Mame (Apr 19, 1958 - Feb 04, 1959)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    Auntie Mame (Oct 30, 1957 - Jan 17, 1959)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Teahouse of the August Moon (Apr 02, 1956 - Jul 07, 1956)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Teahouse of the August Moon (Oct 05, 1955 - Sep 29, 1956)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
    The Teahouse of the August Moon (Dec 16, 1954 - Jun 23, 1956)
    • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
    PlayComedyOriginal
The Sunshine Boys (Dec 08, 1997 - Jun 28, 1998)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyRevival
The Gin Game (Apr 20, 1997 - Aug 31, 1997)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayRevival
The Glass Menagerie (Nov 15, 1994 - Jan 01, 1995)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaRevival
Lucifer's Child (Apr 04, 1991 - Apr 27, 1991)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlaySoloOriginal
Mixed Couples (Dec 28, 1980 - Jan 03, 1981)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
Diversions and Delights (Apr 12, 1978 - Apr 22, 1978)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlaySoloOriginal
Paul Robeson (Jan 19, 1978 - Apr 30, 1978)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlaySolo Play with musicOriginal
Chapter Two (Dec 04, 1977 - Dec 08, 1979)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Night of the Iguana (Dec 16, 1976 - Feb 20, 1977)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaRevival
The Norman Conquests: Living Together (Dec 07, 1975 - Jun 19, 1976)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden (Dec 07, 1975 - Jun 19, 1976)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Norman Conquests: Table Manners (Dec 07, 1975 - Jun 18, 1976)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (Dec 12, 1972 - Feb 04, 1973)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
Mourning Becomes Electra (Nov 15, 1972 - Dec 31, 1972)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaRevival
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Mar 30, 1972 - Aug 12, 1972)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
MusicalComedy FarceRevival
Ovid's Metamorphoses (Apr 22, 1971 - Jul 03, 1971)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayPlay with musicOriginal
Brightower (Jan 28, 1970 - Jan 28, 1970)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
The Mundy Scheme (Dec 11, 1969 - Dec 13, 1969)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
We Bombed in New Haven (Oct 16, 1968 - Dec 29, 1968)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlaySatireOriginal
Lovers (Jul 25, 1968 - Nov 30, 1968)
  • Winners
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
  • Losers
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
Song of the Grasshopper (Sep 28, 1967 - Sep 30, 1967)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
Dr. Cook's Garden (Sep 25, 1967 - Sep 30, 1967)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayMelodramaOriginal
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Oct 19, 1966 - Oct 26, 1966)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
The Loves of Cass McGuire (Oct 06, 1966 - Oct 22, 1966)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
Slapstick Tragedy (Feb 22, 1966 - Feb 26, 1966)
  • The Mutilated
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOne ActOriginal
  • The Gnadiges Fraulein
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOne ActOriginal
The Great Indoors (Feb 01, 1966 - Feb 05, 1966)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaOriginal
And Things That Go Bump in the Night (Apr 26, 1965 - May 08, 1965)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
Hughie (Dec 22, 1964 - Jan 30, 1965)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
What Makes Sammy Run? (Feb 27, 1964 - Jun 12, 1965)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
MusicalOriginal
Marathon '33 (Dec 22, 1963 - Feb 01, 1964)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Nov 13, 1963 - Jan 25, 1964)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaOriginal
Strange Interlude (Mar 11, 1963 - Jun 29, 1963)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaRevival
The Riot Act (Mar 07, 1963 - Apr 13, 1963)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
Great Day in the Morning (Mar 28, 1962 - Apr 07, 1962)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
General Seeger (Feb 28, 1962 - Mar 01, 1962)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
The Night of the Iguana (Dec 28, 1961 - Sep 29, 1962)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
Write Me a Murder (Oct 26, 1961 - Apr 14, 1962)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
A Shot in the Dark (Oct 18, 1961 - Sep 22, 1962)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayFarce ComedyOriginal
Everybody Loves Opal (Oct 11, 1961 - Oct 28, 1961)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
Little Moon of Alban (Dec 01, 1960 - Dec 17, 1960)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
The Wall (Oct 11, 1960 - Mar 04, 1961)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
Tall Story (Jan 29, 1959 - May 02, 1959)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
Comes a Day (Nov 06, 1958 - Nov 29, 1958)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaOriginal
The Body Beautiful (Jan 23, 1958 - Mar 15, 1958)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
MusicalComedyOriginal
The Square Root of Wonderful (Oct 30, 1957 - Dec 07, 1957)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
Good as Gold (Mar 07, 1957 - Mar 09, 1957)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
Auntie Mame (Oct 31, 1956 - Jun 28, 1958)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Apple Cart (Oct 18, 1956 - Feb 02, 1957)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyRevival
Time Limit! (Jan 24, 1956 - May 12, 1956)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaOriginal
No Time for Sergeants (Oct 20, 1955 - Sep 14, 1957)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
Festival (Jan 18, 1955 - Feb 05, 1955)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Burning Glass (Mar 04, 1954 - Mar 27, 1954)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaOriginal
In the Summer House (Dec 29, 1953 - Feb 13, 1954)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
The Ladies of the Corridor (Oct 21, 1953 - Nov 28, 1953)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayOriginal
The Teahouse of the August Moon (Oct 15, 1953 - Mar 24, 1956)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Grey-Eyed People (Dec 17, 1952 - Dec 20, 1952)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
Dial "M" for Murder (Oct 29, 1952 - Feb 27, 1954)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayThriller Mystery DramaOriginal
Bernardine (Oct 16, 1952 - Feb 28, 1953)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
First Lady (May 28, 1952 - Jun 08, 1952)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyRevival
Tovarich (May 14, 1952 - May 25, 1952)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedy Play with musicRevival
The Male Animal (Apr 30, 1952 - Jan 31, 1953)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyRevival
One Bright Day (Mar 19, 1952 - Apr 12, 1952)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaOriginal
The Wild Duck (Dec 26, 1951 - Jan 06, 1952)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaRevival
Stalag 17 (May 08, 1951 - Jun 21, 1952)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedy MelodramaOriginal
Twentieth Century (Dec 24, 1950 - Jun 30, 1951)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyRevival
Alice in Wonderland (Apr 05, 1947 - Jun 28, 1947)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayFantasy Play with musicRevival
The Haven (Nov 13, 1946 - Nov 16, 1946)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayDramaOriginal
Reunion in Vienna (Nov 16, 1931 - Jul 1932)
  • Performer: Noel Taylor [Bellboy]
PlayComedyOriginal
Chapter Two Upcoming
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Gin Game (Oct 27, 1998 - May 16, 1999)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayRevival
Auntie Mame (Apr 19, 1958 - Feb 04, 1959)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
Auntie Mame (Oct 30, 1957 - Jan 17, 1959)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Teahouse of the August Moon (Apr 02, 1956 - Jul 07, 1956)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Teahouse of the August Moon (Oct 05, 1955 - Sep 29, 1956)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal
The Teahouse of the August Moon (Dec 16, 1954 - Jun 23, 1956)
  • Costume Design by Noel Taylor
PlayComedyOriginal

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