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Mel Berns(1897-1977)

  • Make-up Department
  • Additional Crew
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Mel Berns
Mel Berns was born on 27 September 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Mel is known for The Hitch-Hiker (1953), His Kind of Woman (1951) and Dangerous Mission (1954). Mel died on 7 May 1977 in Hollywood, California, USA.
BornSeptember 27, 1897
DiedMay 7, 1977(79)
BornSeptember 27, 1897
DiedMay 7, 1977(79)
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Known for

Frank Lovejoy and Edmond O'Brien in The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
The Hitch-Hiker
6.9
  • Makeup Department
  • 1953
Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in His Kind of Woman (1951)
His Kind of Woman
7.0
  • Makeup Department
  • 1951
Dangerous Mission (1954)
Dangerous Mission
5.7
  • Makeup Department
  • 1954
John Wayne and Janet Leigh in Jet Pilot (1957)
Jet Pilot
5.6
  • Makeup Department
  • 1957

Credits

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Makeup Department

  • Monte Markham in The New Perry Mason (1973)
    The New Perry Mason
    5.3
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1973–1974
  • I Love My Doctor
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • makeup artist
    • 1962
  • The Dick Powell Theatre (1961)
    The Dick Powell Theatre
    7.4
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1962
  • Robert Harland and Stephen McNally in Target: The Corruptors (1961)
    Target: The Corruptors
    7.5
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1961–1962
  • The only authorized DVD edition of all episodes in Season One.
    The Rifleman
    8.3
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1958–1962
  • Gertrude Berg and Cedric Hardwicke in The Gertrude Berg Show (1961)
    The Gertrude Berg Show
    7.5
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1961
  • The Tom Ewell Show (1960)
    The Tom Ewell Show
    7.1
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1961
  • Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    7.9
    TV Series
    • key makeup artist
    • makeup artist (uncredited)
    • 1959–1960
  • Brian Keith in The Westerner (1960)
    The Westerner
    7.8
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1960
  • June Wilkinson in Career Girl (1960)
    Career Girl
    5.1
    • makeup artist (as Mel Burnes)
    • 1960
  • The Detectives (1959)
    The Detectives
    7.5
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1960
  • Man with a Camera (1958)
    Man with a Camera
    7.3
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1959–1960
  • Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
    Zane Grey Theatre
    7.5
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1959
  • Black Saddle (1959)
    Black Saddle
    7.5
    TV Series
    • makeup artist
    • 1959
  • Jacques Tourneur in Cool and Lam (1958)
    Cool and Lam
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • makeup artist
    • 1958

Additional Crew

  • Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones in Portrait of Jennie (1948)
    Portrait of Jennie
    7.6
    • staff executive
    • 1948

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Mel Berne
  • Born
    • September 27, 1897
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • May 7, 1977
    • Hollywood, California, USA
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    During his tenure as Head of Makeup at RKO, Mel Berns commanded an entire building and had 33 hairdressers and makeup men working under him. In 1939 he brought in his old pal, Perc Westmore, to create the prodigious prosthetics for Charles Laughton in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Neither of them received an on screen credit for this.

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