Mel Berns
Known For: Costume & Make-Up
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 27, 1897
Day of Death: May 7, 1977 (80 years old)
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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Makeup Artist
One Minute to Zero
Makeup Artist
At Sword's Point
Makeup Artist
The Las Vegas Story
Makeup Artist
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Makeup Artist
Androcles and the Lion
Makeup Artist
The Lusty Men
Makeup Artist
Beware, My Lovely
Makeup Artist
The Big Sky
Makeup Artist
Clash by Night
Makeup Artist
The Half-Breed
Makeup Artist
Macao
Makeup Artist
A Girl in Every Port
1951
Makeup Artist
The Racket
Makeup Artist
His Kind of Woman
Makeup Artist
On Dangerous Ground
Makeup Artist
Two Tickets to Broadway
Makeup Artist
Behave Yourself!
Makeup Artist
Flying Leathernecks
Makeup Artist
Best of the Badmen
Makeup Artist
Sealed Cargo
Makeup Artist
My Forbidden Past
Makeup Artist
Payment on Demand
Makeup Artist
The Company She Keeps
1950
Makeup Artist
Stromboli
Makeup Artist
Gambling House
Makeup Artist
Never a Dull Moment
Makeup Artist
Where Danger Lives
Makeup Artist
Border Treasure
Makeup Artist
The White Tower
Makeup Artist
Armored Car Robbery
Makeup Artist
Rider from Tucson
Makeup Artist
Storm Over Wyoming
Makeup Artist
Quicksand
Makeup Artist
Dynamite Pass
Makeup Artist
The Secret Fury
Makeup Department Head
Born to Be Bad
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Makeup Artist
Tender Comrade
Makeup Artist
None But the Lonely Heart
Makeup Artist
Days of Glory
Makeup Artist
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Makeup Artist
Seven Days Ashore
Makeup Artist
A Night of Adventure
Makeup Artist
Music in Manhattan
Makeup Artist
Mademoiselle Fifi
Makeup Artist
Murder, My Sweet
Makeup Artist
Youth Runs Wild
Makeup Artist
Bride by Mistake
Makeup Artist
Step Lively
Makeup Artist
Marine Raiders
Makeup Artist
Show Business
Makeup Artist
The Falcon Out West
Makeup Artist
The Curse of the Cat People
Makeup Artist
Action in Arabia
1943
Makeup Artist
The Outlaw
Makeup Artist
Higher and Higher
Makeup Artist
Behind the Rising Sun
Makeup Artist
The Sky's the Limit
Makeup Artist
Stage Door Canteen
Makeup Artist
Mr. Lucky
Makeup Artist
Above Suspicion
Hairstylist
Above Suspicion
Makeup Artist
Ladies' Day
Makeup Artist
Hitler's Children
Makeup Designer
Government Girl
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Makeup Artist
Christopher Strong
Makeup Supervisor
King Kong
Makeup Department Head
The Son of Kong
Makeup Artist
Little Women
Makeup Artist
Ann Vickers
Makeup Artist
Rafter Romance
Makeup Artist
Morning Glory
Makeup Artist
Melody Cruise
Makeup Artist
Professional Sweetheart
Makeup Artist
Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament
Makeup Artist
Sweepings
