Edith Head – Costume – The 10 Commandements – 1956 – Anne Baxter – Nefretiri
In Cecile B. Demille’s 1956 film, The Ten Commandments, Anne Baxter plays an Egyptian queen named Nefretiri, who is based on a real queen named Nefertari, who is not to be confused with Nefertiti, who was like the mother-in-law of King Tut.
Rameses II’s Queen was actually named Nefretiri. Nefertiti lived about 60 years earlier, and was the Queen of Amenhotep IV (named Akhenaten later in his reign). These events were depicted The Egyptian (1954). Nefretiri means “beautiful companion” in Egyptian.
Edith Head was one of the most prolific costume designers of the twentieth century and won a record eight Academy Awards for costume design in a career that saw her dress the casts of over 400 films.
Costume design: Arnold Friberg, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, John Jensen, Ralph Jester
costuming and makeup for Anne Baxter as Nefertiri!
