Leah Rhodes (1902-1986) was born in Port Arthur, Texas. She began her motion picture career as a seamstress at Warner Bros. in 1929, working under costume designer Orry Kelly. Rhodes succeeded him as head of Warner Bros. Costume Department in the 1940s and remained with the studio into the 1950s. Her numerous credits include PASSAGE TO MARSEILLES (1944), GOD IS MY CO-PILOT (1945), SARATOGA TRUNK (1945), THE BIG SLEEP (1946), PURSUED (1947), KEY LARGO (1948), STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951), APRIL IN PARIS (1952), and FORTY GUNS (1957). Other films include 5 CARD STUD (1968) and RIO LOBO (1970). She created designs for such notable stars as Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Doris Day, Hedy Lamarr, Cyd Charisse, and Alexis Smith. Rhodes received an Academy Award in costume design with co-designers Travilla and Marjorie Best for the film THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN (1949).