page_title: Sydney Guilaroff
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Sydney Guilaroff / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Screenshot from the film Till Clouds Roll By (1946) of Lena Horne. It is part of the Show Boat segment, and she is singing "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man".
context_page_description: Sydney Guilaroff was a hair stylist during Hollywood's Golden Age who was the first to receive on-screen credit in films. He worked for more than 40 years at the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios on more than 1,000 films. He was instrumental in crafting many of the hairstyles that became the signature looks for numerous film stars.
context_section_description: Guilaroff never married. In 1938, he became the first single man in the United States to adopt a son whom he named Jon in honor of Joan Crawford. The adoption was opposed by the state of California, which took legal means to prevent the adoption. Guilaroff, however, ultimately prevailed and subsequently adopted another son and some years later a third son, who had been a former employee.
  In his memoir Crowning Glories, Guilaroff claimed he had romantic affairs with Greta Garbo and Ava Gardner.
caption: Hair design for Lena Horne as Julie LaVerne in a mini-production of Show Boat in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
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