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Mel Berns
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Born September 27, 1897Died May 7, 1977 (79 years)
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Mel Berns (September 27, 1897 - May 7, 1977) was an American make-up artist. He was the Head of Makeup at RKO Pictures for more than twenty years.
Berns began his career in the entertainment industry while working as an agent at the William Morris Agency. Later he became the Head of Makeup at RKO Pictures for more than twenty years, creating the makeup for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn's screentest. He was a lifelong friend of Ginger Rogers, who makes ample reference to their friendship in her autobiography: Ginger: My Story.
He worked extensively in television after leaving RKO, notably the Perry Mason series. "The crew is giving it the best of Hollywood's techniques," Burr told columnist Erskine Johnson. The crew included veteran make-up artist Berns.
The baseball player Babe Ruth had severe scarring from acne on his face. Mel Berns developed makeup for Ruth so that Ruth could feel more comfortable in public. A picture of Ruth and Berns shows Ruth in a smock and Berns applying makeup to his face. The picture is autographed to Berns by Babe Ruth.
Mel Berns (September 27, 1897 - May 7, 1977) was an American make-up artist. He was the Head of Makeup at RKO Pictures for more than twenty years.
Berns began his career in the entertainment industry while working as an agent at the William Morris Agency. Later he became the Head of Makeup at RKO Pictures for more than twenty years, creating the makeup for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn's screentest. He was a lifelong friend of Ginger Rogers, who makes ample reference to their friendship in her autobiography: Ginger: My Story.
He worked extensively in television after leaving RKO, notably the Perry Mason series. "The crew is giving it the best of Hollywood's techniques," Burr told columnist Erskine Johnson. The crew included veteran make-up artist Berns.
The baseball player Babe Ruth had severe scarring from acne on his face. Mel Berns developed makeup for Ruth so that Ruth could feel more comfortable in public. A picture of Ruth and Berns shows Ruth in a smock and Berns applying makeup to his face. The picture is autographed to Berns by Babe Ruth.
Mel Berns Filmography
| 1963 | Gidget Goes to Rome · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors (TV Series) · as Makeup Artist |
| 1957 | The Girl Most Likely · as Makeup Artist |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1956 | Bundle of Joy · as Makeup Artist |
| 1956 | Broken Arrow (TV Series) · as Makeup Artist |
| 1956 | The Conqueror · as Makeup Artist |
| 1956 | Slightly Scarlet · as Makeup Artist |
| 1955 | Tennessee's Partner · as Makeup Artist |
| 1955 | Pearl of the South Pacific · as Makeup Artist |
| 1955 | The Phenix City Story · as Makeup Artist |
| 1955 | Son of Sinbad · as Makeup Artist |
| 1955 | A Bullet for Joey · as Makeup Artist |
| 1955 | Underwater! · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1954 | Susan Slept Here · as Makeup Artist |
| 1954 | Dangerous Mission · as Makeup Artist |
| 1953 | She Couldn't Say No · as Makeup Artist |
| 1953 | The French Line · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1953 | Devil's Canyon · as Makeup Artist |
| 1953 | Second Chance · as Makeup Artist |
| 1953 | Affair with a Stranger · as Makeup Artist |
| 1953 | Split Second · as Makeup Artist |
| 1953 | The Hitch-Hiker · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | Blackbeard, the Pirate · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | Angel Face · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | A Girl in Every Port · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | The Lusty Men · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | The Big Sky · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | One Minute to Zero · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | Beware, My Lovely · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | Clash by Night · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | The Half-Breed · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | Macao · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | The Las Vegas Story · as Makeup Artist |
| 1952 | At Sword's Point · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | On Dangerous Ground · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | The Racket · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | Two Tickets to Broadway · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | His Kind of Woman · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | Behave Yourself! · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | Flying Leathernecks · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | Best of the Badmen · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | The Company She Keeps · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | Sealed Cargo · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | My Forbidden Past · as Makeup Artist |
| 1951 | Payment on Demand · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | Gambling House · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | Where Danger Lives · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | Born to Be Bad · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1950 | Never a Dull Moment · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | Border Treasure · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | The White Tower · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | Armored Car Robbery · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | Rider from Tucson · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | Storm Over Wyoming · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | Dynamite Pass · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | The Secret Fury · as Makeup Artist |
| 1950 | Stromboli · as Makeup Artist |
| 1949 | The Big Wheel · as Makeup Artist |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young · as Makeup Artist |
| 1949 | The Great Dan Patch · as Makeup Artist |
| 1949 | The Window · as Key Makeup Artist |
| 1949 | Outpost in Morocco · as Makeup Artist |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | The Boy with Green Hair · as Makeup Artist |
| 1948 | Jungle Patrol · as Makeup Artist |
| 1948 | An Innocent Affair · as Makeup Artist |
| 1948 | The Babe Ruth Story · as Makeup Artist |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven · as Makeup Artist |
| 1947 | Out of the Past · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer · as Makeup Artist |
| 1947 | Born to Kill · as Makeup Artist |
| 1947 | Trail Street · as Makeup Artist |
| 1946 | The Locket · as Makeup Artist |
| 1946 | Undercurrent · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1946 | Nocturne · as Makeup Artist |
| 1946 | Notorious · as Makeup Artist |
| 1946 | Sunset Pass · as Makeup Artist |
| 1946 | Bedlam · as Makeup Artist |
| 1946 | Badman's Territory · as Makeup Artist |
| 1946 | |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward · as Makeup Artist |
| 1946 | Breakfast in Hollywood · as Makeup Artist |
| 1945 | Johnny Angel · as Makeup Artist |
| 1945 | Cornered · as Makeup Artist |
| 1945 | The Spanish Main · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1945 | The Body Snatcher · as Makeup Artist |
| 1945 | It's a Pleasure · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Murder, My Sweet · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Show Business · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | None But the Lonely Heart · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Music in Manhattan · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Gildersleeve's Ghost · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Youth Runs Wild · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Mademoiselle Fifi · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Bride by Mistake · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Step Lively · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Marine Raiders · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Action in Arabia · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Days of Glory · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | A Night of Adventure · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | Seven Days Ashore · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | The Curse of the Cat People · as Makeup Artist |
| 1944 | The Falcon Out West · as Makeup Artist |
| 1943 | Higher and Higher · as Makeup Artist |
| 1943 | Tender Comrade · as Makeup Artist |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen · as Makeup Artist |
| 1943 | Government Girl · as Makeup Designer |
| 1943 | Behind the Rising Sun · as Makeup Artist |
| 1943 | The Sky's the Limit · as Makeup Artist |
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky · as Makeup Artist |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion · as Makeup Artist |
| 1943 | Ladies' Day · as Makeup Artist |
| 1943 | The Outlaw · as Makeup Artist |
| 1943 | Hitler's Children · as Makeup Artist |
| 1942 | Cat People · as Makeup Artist |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees · as Makeup Artist |
| 1942 | The Big Street · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1942 | Joan of Paris · as Makeup Artist |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire · as Makeup Artist |
| 1941 | Suspicion · as Makeup Artist |
| 1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Makeup Artist |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones · as Makeup Artist |
| 1941 | Footlight Fever · as Makeup Artist |
| 1941 | Play Girl · as Makeup Artist |
| 1940 | The Saint in Palm Springs · as Makeup Artist |
| 1940 | They Knew What They Wanted · as Makeup Artist |
| 1940 | Dance, Girl, Dance · as Makeup Artist |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor · as Makeup Artist |
| 1940 | Anne of Windy Poplars · as Makeup Artist |
| 1940 | The Saint Takes Over · as Makeup Artist |
| 1940 | My Favorite Wife · as Makeup Artist |
| 1940 | Curtain Call · as Makeup Artist |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1939 | The Flying Deuces · as Makeup Artist |
| 1939 | In Name Only · as Makeup Artist |
| 1939 | The Saint in London · as Makeup Artist |
| 1939 | Love Affair · as Makeup Artist |
| 1939 | Gunga Din · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1939 | The Great Man Votes · as Makeup Artist |
| 1938 | The Mad Miss Manton · as Makeup Artist |
| 1938 | Room Service · as Makeup Artist |
| 1938 | Carefree · as Makeup Artist |
| 1938 | Vivacious Lady · as Makeup Artist |
| 1938 | Bringing Up Baby · as Makeup Artist |
| 1937 | Breakfast for Two · as Makeup Artist |
| 1937 | The Life of the Party · as Makeup Artist |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York · as Makeup Artist |
| 1937 | New Faces of 1937 · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1937 | Quality Street · as Makeup Artist |
| 1936 | A Woman Rebels · as Makeup Artist |
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett · as Makeup Artist |
| 1935 | In Person · as Makeup Artist |
| 1935 | Annie Oakley · as Makeup Artist |
| 1935 | Alice Adams · as Makeup Artist |
| 1935 | The Nitwits · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1935 | Break of Hearts · as Makeup Artist |
| 1935 | Murder on a Honeymoon · as Makeup Artist |
| 1934 | The Little Minister · as Makeup Artist |
| 1934 | Anne of Green Gables · as Makeup Artist |
| 1934 | Kentucky Kernels · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1934 | Down to Their Last Yacht · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1934 | Of Human Bondage · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1934 | Sing and Like It · as Makeup Artist |
| 1934 | Spitfire · as Makeup Artist |
| 1934 | Two Alone · as Makeup Artist |
| 1933 | Son of Kong · as Makeup Department Head |
| 1933 | Little Women · as Makeup Artist |
| 1933 | Ann Vickers · as Makeup Artist |
| 1933 | Morning Glory · as Makeup Artist |
| 1933 | Melody Cruise · as Makeup Artist |
| 1933 | Sweepings · as Makeup Artist |
| 1933 | King Kong · as Makeup Supervisor |
| 1933 | Christopher Strong · as Makeup Artist |
| 1932 | The Animal Kingdom · as Makeup Artist |
| 1932 | Little Orphan Annie · as Makeup Artist |
| 1932 | A Bill of Divorcement · as Makeup Artist |
| 1932 | What Price Hollywood? · as Makeup Artist |
| 1932 | Girl Crazy · as Makeup Artist |
| 1932 | The Lost Squadron · as Makeup Artist |
| 1931 | Smart Woman · as Makeup Artist |
| 1931 | The Gay Diplomat · as Makeup Artist |