Albert Wolsky, a prolific Hollywood costume designer who won Academy Awards for his sequined ensembles for “All That Jazz” and who transformed Olivia Newton-John’s character from saintly to seductive in “Grease,” died May 23 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 95.

After fleeing Paris with his family during WWII and settling in New York, Mr. Wolsky accumulated more than 80 screen credits, winning him a reputation as “the dean of Hollywood costume designers.” In addition to winning two Oscars, he was nominated for five more.

Not all actors were as thrilled with Mr. Wolsky’s creations. And that was fine with him. “When an actor says, ‘I wouldn’t wear that,’” he once said, he liked to respond: “Neither would I. That’s why I call it a costume.”