Albert Wolsky, the French-born costume designer who won Oscars for All That Jazz and Bugsy and set hearts racing by dressing Olivia Newton-John in body-hugging black sharkskin pants and a leather jacket for Grease, has died. He was 95.
Wolsky died Saturday at his home in the Hollywood Hills, according to a friend who spoke with The Hollywood Reporter.
Across his career, Wolsky received seven Oscar nominations for costuming, dressing Meryl Streep for Sophie’s Choice (1982) — she thanked him in her best actress Oscar acceptance speech — and two members of the Cusack family: John in The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) and Joan in the Robin Williams-led Toys (1992).
His last two noms came for his work on the Beatles-infused Across the Universe (2007) and Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road (2009).
He collaborated 11 times with American director Paul Mazursky, including Harry and Tonto (1974), for which Art Carney won the Oscar for best actor, and An Unmarried Woman (1978), starring Jill Clayburgh in one of her Oscar-nominated turns.
