Wiard Boppo Ihnen (1897 - 1979)

Born 5 Aug 1897 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States

Husband of Edith Claire (Posener) Head — married 8 Sep 1940 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States

Died 22 Jun 1979 at age 81 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Bill Ihnen is Notable.

Bill Wiard Ihnen won 2 Academy Awards for Best Art Direction

Wiard Boppo "Bill" Ihnen was an American art director. Wiard Ihnen lived in Rochelle Park, NJ around the 1920s. His father, Henry Ihnen, designed Arcola Park and Easton Tower in what is today Paramus NJ. He was active from 1919 to 1960 and won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction. He married Edith Head in Las Vegas in 1940.

He was an academy award-winning art director and production designer on many films of the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s. Art director on the Marx brother's film 'Duck Soup' (1933). He won Oscars for his work on 'Wilson' (1944) and 'Blood On the Sun' (1945). Married for thirty years to legendary costume designer Edith Head. They are buried side-by-side.

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• "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCBB-2JY : 26 August 2020), Wieard B. Ihnen, 1898.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9FJ-RPS : 11 March 2022), Wiard Ihnen in entry for Henry E Ihnen, 1900.

• "New Jersey State Census, 1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM46-JW3 : 28 May 2022), Wiard B Ihnen in entry for Henry Ihnen, 1905.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKRY-P9Y : accessed 19 August 2022), Wierd B Ihnen in household of William George Ihnen, East Rutherford, Bergen, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration di...

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJ1-GV4 : accessed 19 August 2022), Wiard B Ihnen, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED...

• "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4G-K38C : 22 July 2021), Wiard B Ihnen and Edith Head, 08 Sep 1940; citing Marriage, Clark, Nevada, United States, Nevada State Museum and Historical So..

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4CRD-MWW2 : 14 December 2019), Wiard B Ihnen,

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9TV-6ZG : 11 January 2021), Wiard Ihnen, Jun 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: Nati...

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC6-RGP : 26 November 2014), Wiard Boppo Ihnen, 22 Jun 1979; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPG-FF2P : accessed 19 August 2022), Wiard B Ihnen in entry for Miss Edith Head, Pennsylvania, United States, 27 Oct 1981; from "Recent N...

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP11-BD8S : 18 July 2020), Wiard B Ihnen in entry for Miss Edith Head, 1981.

• https://backstoryclassic.com/2019/02/art-director-the-vision-of-wiard-ihnen/

• Find A Grave: Memorial #12730 memorial page for Wiard Ihnen (5 Aug 1897–22 Jun 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12730, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

• Wiard Ihnen—Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiard_Ihnen