Mel Berns
Personal Info
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-09-27
Day of Death
1977-05-07 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Mel Berns
Biography
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.
Known For
Crew
(1963)
Gidget Goes to Rome
Makeup Supervisor
(1958)
The Girl Most Likely
Makeup Artist
(1957)
Jet Pilot
Makeup Department Head
(1956)
The Conqueror
Makeup Artist
(1956)
Bundle of Joy
Makeup Artist
(1956)
Slightly Scarlet
Makeup Artist
(1955)
Underwater!
Makeup Supervisor, Makeup Artist
(1955)
A Bullet for Joey
Makeup Artist
(1955)
Son of Sinbad
Makeup Artist
(1955)
Tennessee's Partner
Makeup Artist
(1955)
The Phenix City Story
Makeup Artist
(1955)
Pearl of the South Pacific
Makeup Artist
(1954)
She Couldn't Say No
Makeup Artist
(1954)
Dangerous Mission
Makeup Artist
(1954)
Susan Slept Here
Makeup Artist
(1954)
The French Line
Makeup Department Head
(1953)
Devil's Canyon
Makeup Artist
(1953)
Split Second
Makeup Artist
(1953)
The Hitch-Hiker
Makeup Artist
(1953)
Angel Face
Makeup Artist
(1953)
Second Chance
Makeup Artist
(1953)
Affair with a Stranger
Makeup Artist
(1952)
At Sword's Point
Makeup Artist
(1952)
One Minute to Zero
Makeup Artist
(1952)
The Las Vegas Story
Makeup Artist
(1952)
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Makeup Artist
(1952)
The Lusty Men
Makeup Artist
(1952)
Clash by Night
Makeup Artist
(1952)
Beware, My Lovely
Makeup Artist
(1952)
The Half-Breed
Makeup Artist
(1952)
The Big Sky
Makeup Artist
(1952)
Macao
Makeup Artist
(1952)
Androcles and the Lion
Makeup Artist
(1952)
A Girl in Every Port
Makeup Artist
(1951)
The Racket
Makeup Artist
(1951)
His Kind of Woman
Makeup Artist
(1951)
Behave Yourself!
Makeup Artist
(1951)
Sealed Cargo
Makeup Artist
(1951)
The Company She Keeps
Makeup Artist
(1951)
My Forbidden Past
Makeup Artist
(1951)
Best of the Badmen
Makeup Artist
(1951)
On Dangerous Ground
Makeup Artist
(1951)
Payment on Demand
Makeup Artist
(1951)
Flying Leathernecks
Makeup Artist
(1951)
Two Tickets to Broadway
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Stromboli
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Where Danger Lives
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Gambling House
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Border Treasure
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Never a Dull Moment
Makeup Artist
(1950)
The Secret Fury
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Rider from Tucson
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Quicksand
Makeup Artist
(1950)
The White Tower
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Dynamite Pass
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Armored Car Robbery
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Storm Over Wyoming
Makeup Artist
(1950)
Born to Be Bad
Makeup Department Head
(1949)
The Window
Key Makeup Artist
(1949)
The Great Dan Patch
Makeup Artist
(1949)
The Big Wheel
Makeup Artist
(1949)
Mighty Joe Young
Makeup Artist
(1949)
Outpost in Morocco
Makeup Artist
(1949)
Cover Up
Makeup Artist
(1948)
The Babe Ruth Story
Makeup Artist
(1948)
Jungle Patrol
Makeup Artist
(1948)
An Innocent Affair
Makeup Artist
(1948)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Makeup Artist
(1948)
The Boy with Green Hair
Makeup Artist
(1947)
Out of the Past
Makeup Department Head
(1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Makeup Artist
(1947)
Trail Street
Makeup Artist
(1947)
Born to Kill
Makeup Artist
(1946)
Notorious
Makeup Artist
(1946)
Heartbeat
Makeup Artist
(1946)
Bedlam
Makeup Artist
(1946)
From This Day Forward
Makeup Artist
(1946)
Breakfast in Hollywood
Makeup Artist
(1946)
Sunset Pass
Makeup Artist
(1946)
Badman's Territory
Makeup Artist
(1946)
Undercurrent
Makeup Department Head
(1946)
The Locket
Makeup Artist
(1946)
Nocturne
Makeup Artist
(1945)
Johnny Angel
Makeup Artist
(1945)
The Spanish Main
Makeup Department Head
(1945)
It's a Pleasure
Makeup Artist
(1945)
The Body Snatcher
Makeup Artist
(1945)
Cornered
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Tender Comrade
Makeup Artist
(1944)
None But the Lonely Heart
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Days of Glory
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Makeup Artist
(1944)
A Night of Adventure
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Seven Days Ashore
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Music in Manhattan
Makeup Artist
(1944)
The Falcon Out West
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Action in Arabia
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Marine Raiders
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Step Lively
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Mademoiselle Fifi
Makeup Artist
(1944)
The Curse of the Cat People
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Murder, My Sweet
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Youth Runs Wild
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Bride by Mistake
Makeup Artist
(1944)
Show Business
Makeup Artist
(1943)
The Outlaw
Makeup Artist
(1943)
Behind the Rising Sun
Makeup Artist
(1943)
Above Suspicion
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
(1943)
Higher and Higher
Makeup Artist
(1943)
Mr. Lucky
Makeup Artist
(1943)
Ladies' Day
Makeup Artist
(1943)
The Sky's the Limit
Makeup Artist
(1943)
Stage Door Canteen
Makeup Artist
(1943)
Hitler's Children
Makeup Artist
(1943)
Government Girl
Makeup Designer
(1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons
Makeup Department Head
(1942)
The Big Street
Makeup Department Head
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
Makeup Artist
(1942)
Joan of Paris
Makeup Artist
(1942)
Cat People
Makeup Artist
(1941)
Ball of Fire
Makeup Artist
(1941)
Suspicion
Makeup Artist
(1941)
Footlight Fever
Makeup Artist
(1941)
The Saint In Palm Springs
Makeup Artist
(1941)
The Devil and Miss Jones
Makeup Artist
(1941)
Play Girl
Makeup Artist
(1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Makeup Artist
(1940)
Curtain Call
Makeup Artist
(1940)
Stranger on the Third Floor
Makeup Artist
(1940)
Anne of Windy Poplars
Makeup Artist
(1940)
My Favorite Wife
Makeup Artist
(1940)
Dance, Girl, Dance
Makeup Artist
(1940)
They Knew What They Wanted
Makeup Artist
(1940)
The Saint Takes Over
Makeup Artist
(1939)
Love Affair
Makeup Artist
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Makeup Department Head
(1939)
The Flying Deuces
Makeup Artist
(1939)
In Name Only
Makeup Artist
(1939)
Gunga Din
Makeup Department Head
(1939)
The Saint in London
Makeup Artist
(1939)
The Great Man Votes
Makeup Artist
(1938)
Bringing Up Baby
Makeup Artist
(1938)
The Mad Miss Manton
Makeup Artist
(1938)
Room Service
Makeup Artist
(1938)
Carefree
Makeup Artist
(1937)
Breakfast for Two
Makeup Artist
(1937)
The Life of the Party
Makeup Artist
(1937)
New Faces of 1937
Makeup Department Head
(1937)
The Toast of New York
Makeup Artist
(1937)
Quality Street
Makeup Artist
(1936)
A Woman Rebels
Makeup Artist
(1935)
Sylvia Scarlett
Makeup Artist
(1935)
Annie Oakley
Makeup Artist
(1935)
Break of Hearts
Makeup Artist
(1935)
Murder on a Honeymoon
Makeup Artist
(1935)
Alice Adams
Makeup Artist
(1935)
The Nitwits
Makeup Department Head
(1935)
In Person
Makeup Artist
(1934)
Down to Their Last Yacht
Makeup Department Head
(1934)
Spitfire
Makeup Artist
(1934)
Two Alone
Makeup Artist
(1934)
Kentucky Kernels
Makeup Department Head
(1934)
Anne of Green Gables
Makeup Artist
(1934)
Of Human Bondage
Makeup Department Head
(1934)
The Little Minister
Makeup Artist
(1934)
Sing and Like It
Makeup Artist
(1934)
Finishing School
Makeup Artist
(1933)
Christopher Strong
Makeup Artist
(1933)
King Kong
Makeup Supervisor
(1933)
Little Women
Makeup Artist
(1933)
Professional Sweetheart
Makeup Artist
(1933)
Rafter Romance
Makeup Artist
(1933)
The Son of Kong
Makeup Department Head
(1933)
Morning Glory
Makeup Artist
(1933)
Melody Cruise
Makeup Artist
(1933)
Ann Vickers
Makeup Artist
(1933)
Sweepings
Makeup Artist
(1933)
Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament
Makeup Artist
(1932)
What Price Hollywood?
Makeup Artist
(1932)
The Lost Squadron
Makeup Artist
(1932)
The Animal Kingdom
Makeup Artist
(1932)
A Bill of Divorcement
Makeup Artist
(1932)
Little Orphan Annie
Makeup Artist
(1932)
Girl Crazy
Makeup Artist
(1931)
The Gay Diplomat
Makeup Artist
(1931)
Smart Woman
Makeup Artist