Mel Berns

Make Up Department

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.

Born: September 27, 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: May 7, 1977 (Age 79)

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Mel Berns Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
A Bill of Divorcement Movie	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1932
A Bullet for Joey Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1955
A Girl in Every Port Movie	5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
A Night of Adventure Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
A Woman Rebels Movie	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1936
Above Suspicion Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist, Hairstylist	1943
Action in Arabia Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Affair with a Stranger Movie	5.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1953
Alice Adams Movie	6.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1935
An Innocent Affair Movie	5.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1948
Androcles and the Lion Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
Angel Face Movie	7.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1953
Ann Vickers Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1933
Anne of Green Gables Movie	7.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1934
Anne of Windy Poplars Movie	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1940
Annie Oakley Movie	6.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1935
Armored Car Robbery Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
At Sword's Point Movie	5.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
Badman's Territory Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1946
Ball of Fire Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	7.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1941
Bedlam Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1946
Behave Yourself! Movie	5.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
Behind the Rising Sun Movie	5.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1943
Best of the Badmen Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
Beware, My Lovely Movie	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate Movie	5.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
Border Treasure Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
Born to Be Bad Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1950
Born to Kill Movie	7.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1947
Break of Hearts Movie	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1935
Breakfast for Two Movie	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1937
Breakfast in Hollywood Movie	5.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1946
Bride by Mistake Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Bringing Up Baby Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1938
Bundle of Joy Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1956
Carefree Movie	6.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1938
Cat People Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	7.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1942
Christopher Strong Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1933
Clash by Night Movie	6.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
Cornered Movie	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1945
Cover Up Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1949
Curtain Call Movie	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1940
Dance, Girl, Dance Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1940
Dangerous Mission Movie	5.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1954
Days of Glory Movie	5.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Devil's Canyon Movie	5.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1953
Down to Their Last Yacht Movie	4.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1934
Dynamite Pass Movie	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
Flying Leathernecks Movie	6.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
From This Day Forward Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1946
Gambling House Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
Gidget Goes to Rome Movie	4.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Supervisor	1963
Gildersleeve's Ghost Movie	5.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Girl Crazy Movie	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1932
Government Girl Movie	5.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Designer	1943
Gunga Din Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1939
Heartbeat Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1946
Higher and Higher Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1943
His Kind of Woman Movie	6.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
Hitler's Children Movie	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1943
In Name Only Movie	7.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1939
In Person Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1935
It's a Pleasure Movie	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1945
Jet Pilot Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1957
Joan of Paris Movie	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1942
Johnny Angel Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1945
Kentucky Kernels Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1934
King Kong Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Supervisor	1933
Ladies' Day Movie	5.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1943
Little Women Movie	7.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1933
Love Affair Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	7.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1939
Macao Movie	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
Mademoiselle Fifi Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Marine Raiders Movie	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Melody Cruise Movie	5.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1933
Mighty Joe Young Movie	6.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1949
Morning Glory Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1933
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1941
Mr. Lucky Movie	7.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1943
Murder on a Honeymoon Movie	6.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1935
Murder, My Sweet Movie	7.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Music in Manhattan Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
My Favorite Wife Movie	7.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1940
My Forbidden Past Movie	5.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
Never a Dull Moment Movie	5.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
New Faces of 1937 Movie	5.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1937
None But the Lonely Heart Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Notorious Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1946
Of Human Bondage Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	6.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1934
On Dangerous Ground Movie	7.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
One Minute to Zero Movie	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
Out of the Past Movie	7.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1947
Outpost in Morocco Movie	5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1949
Payment on Demand Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
Pearl of the South Pacific Movie	5.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1955
Play Girl Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1941
Professional Sweetheart Movie	5.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1933
Quality Street Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1937
Quicksand Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
Rafter Romance Movie	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1933
Room Service Movie	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1938
Sealed Cargo Movie	6.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
Second Chance Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1953
Seven Days Ashore Movie	5.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
She Couldn't Say No Movie	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1954
Show Business Movie	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Sing and Like it Movie	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1934
Slightly Scarlet Movie	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1956
Smart Woman Movie	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1931
Son of Sinbad Movie	5.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1955
Spitfire Movie	5.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1934
Split Second Movie	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1953
Stage Door Movie	7.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1937
Stage Door Canteen Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1943
Step Lively Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Storm Over Wyoming Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
Stranger on the Third Floor Movie	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1940
Stromboli Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	7.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
Sunset Pass Movie	5.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1946
Susan Slept Here Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1954
Suspicion Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1941
Sweepings Movie	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1933
Sylvia Scarlett Movie	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1935
Tender Comrade Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Tennessee's Partner Movie	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1955
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1948
The Animal Kingdom Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1932
The Babe Ruth Story Movie	5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1948
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Movie	7.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1947
The Big Sky Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
The Big Street Movie	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1942
The Big Wheel Movie	5.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1949
The Body Snatcher Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1945
The Boy with Green Hair Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1948
The Company She Keeps Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
The Conqueror Movie	3.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1956
The Curse of the Cat People Movie	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
The Devil and Miss Jones Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1941
The Falcon Out West Movie	5.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
The Flying Deuces Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1939
The French Line Movie	4.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1954
The Gay Diplomat Movie	4.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1931
The Girl Most Likely Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1958
The Great Dan Patch Movie	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1949
The Great Man Votes Movie	6.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1939
The Half-Breed Movie	5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
The Hitch-Hiker Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1953
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1939
The Las Vegas Story Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
The Life of the Party Movie	5.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1937
The Little Minister Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1934
The Locket Movie	6.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1946
The Lost Squadron Movie	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1932
The Lusty Men Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	7.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1952
The Mad Miss Manton Movie	6.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1938
The Magnificent Ambersons Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1942
The Nitwits Movie	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1935
The Outlaw Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	5.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1943
The Phenix City Story Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1955
The Pride of the Yankees Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	7.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1942
The Racket Movie	6.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
The Saint Takes Over Movie	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1940
The Saint in London Movie	6.2	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1939
The Saint In Palm Springs Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1941
The Secret Fury Movie	6.4	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
The Sky's the Limit Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1943
The Son of Kong Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	5.7	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1933
The Spanish Main Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1945
The Toast of New York Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1937
The White Tower Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
The Window Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	7.2	Costume & Make-Up	Key Makeup Artist	1949
They Knew What They Wanted Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1940
Trail Street Movie	6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1947
Two Alone Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1934
Two Tickets to Broadway Movie	5.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1951
Undercurrent Movie	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Department Head	1946
Underwater! Movie	5.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist, Makeup Supervisor	1955
What Price Hollywood? Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1932
Where Danger Lives Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.5	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
Youth Runs Wild Movie	4.6	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1944
Little Orphan Annie Movie	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1932
Footlight Fever Movie	5.9	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1941
Rider from Tucson Movie	6.1	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1950
Jungle Patrol Movie	5.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1948
Broken Arrow TV Show	7.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist 70 Episodes	1956-1958
Target: The Corruptors TV Show	7.8	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist 3 Episodes	1961-1962
Lost in Limehouse Short Film	6.3	Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	1933
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