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Jack Dawn (February 10, 1892 - June 20, 1961) was an American make-up artist whose career spanned thirty-seven years. He worked on more than two hundred films, many of them regarded as classics by historians and moviegoers alike. As a boy living on a Kentucky farm, Dawn chopped faces in sandstone he found on the banks of a nearby creek, using a chisel, a hammer, and a spoon. He eventually gravitated to Hollywood, where he found work as an extra, portraying an Indian brave for $3 a day. He served with the British during World War I, then returned to the American film capital to work as a make-up assistant and part-time actor at Universal Pictures. One of his first creations was a stiff, uncomfortable mask he wore in the role of an ape in 1925. In order to make masks that were more elastic and lifelike, he began to experiment with a variety of materials. After nine years of research while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he developed a synthetic plastic he called vinylite resin for which he received a patent. Its first application was used to create the Chinese faces for the mostly white cast of The Good Earth in 1937. Two years later, Dawn was assigned the task of giving life to three non-human characters - a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion - in MGM's now-classic musical film The Wizard of Oz, based on L. Frank Baum's novel. He also created the green makeup for Wicked Witch of the West Margaret Hamilton and multiple looks for Frank Morgan, who portrayed five different characters in the film, as well as for the Munchkins. His work resulted in some of the most recognizable makeup designs ever created for a Hollywood production. In 1943, Dawn approached the San Diego Naval Hospital with an offer to help World War II soldiers whose faces and hands had been disfigured in battle. He created inlays that helped patients appear normal between multiple plastic surgery operations. Dawn worked with many of Hollywood's legendary performers, including Laurel and Hardy, Greta Garbo, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Greer Garson, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Fred Astaire, and Betty Hutton. Dawn died in Glendale, California, five years after retiring from films. He was buried with an unmarked grave in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1892-02-10
- event Death Date 1961-06-20
- school Known for: Costume & Make-Up
- star Popularity: 2.5
- info Birth Place Fleming, Kentucky, USA
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The Philadelphia Story
1940-12-05
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941-08-12
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The Stratton Story
1949-05-12
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Pride and Prejudice
1940-07-26
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Good News
1947-12-04
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Mrs. Parkington
1944-10-12
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Kismet
1944-10-01
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The Arnelo Affair
1947-02-13
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Mark of the Vampire
1935-04-26
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The Harvey Girls
1946-01-18
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Duchess of Idaho
1950-07-14
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The Hoodlum Saint
1946-04-04
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The Human Comedy
1943-03-02
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The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
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That Forsyte Woman
1949-11-03
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The Unfinished Dance
1947-09-19
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Hills of Home
1948-11-25
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Ambush
1950-01-13
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Keeper of the Flame
1943-04-01
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The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20
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Big City
1948-03-25
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Julia Misbehaves
1948-08-08
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Summer Holiday
1948-04-15
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Nancy Goes to Rio
1950-03-10
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The Reformer and the Redhead
1950-05-05
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Bathing Beauty
1944-06-27
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The Red Danube
1949-10-14
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Battleground
1949-11-09
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Yolanda and the Thief
1945-11-22
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Annie Get Your Gun
1950-05-17
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Two Smart People
1946-06-04
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The Pirate
1948-06-11
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Son of Lassie
1945-04-20
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Challenge to Lassie
1949-10-31
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The Asphalt Jungle
1950-05-12
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Way Out West
1937-04-16
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Gaslight
1944-05-04
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20 Mule Team
1940-05-03
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Tortilla Flat
1942-05-21
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Mystery Street
1950-06-23
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945-10-05
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939-07-28
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Boys Town
1938-09-08
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Easy to Wed
1946-07-25
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Stars in My Crown
1950-05-11
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Neptune's Daughter
1949-06-10
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She Went to the Races
1945-11-04
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Miracles for Sale
1939-08-10
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Broadway Serenade
1939-04-07
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Ninotchka
1939-11-23
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Side Street
1950-03-23
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In the Good Old Summertime
1949-07-29
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The Canterville Ghost
1944-07-20
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Desire Me
1947-10-31
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The Valley of Decision
1945-05-03
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The Wizard of Oz
1939-08-15
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Black Hand
1950-03-12
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Shadow on the Wall
1950-05-19
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The Big Hangover
1950-05-26
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Please Believe Me
1950-05-12
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Right Cross
1950-10-06
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Easter Parade
1948-07-08
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The Great Sinner
1949-06-29
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Father of the Bride
1950-05-18
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Little Nellie Kelly
1940-11-22
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The Hucksters
1947-07-17
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Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26
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Trouble for Two
1936-05-29
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Stand Up and Fight
1939-01-06
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Adam's Rib
1949-11-18
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The Man from Down Under
1943-08-04
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947-08-04
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The Kissing Bandit
1948-11-14
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The Vanishing Virginian
1942-02-01
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Undercurrent
1946-11-11
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Meet Me in St. Louis
1944-11-28
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949-03-09
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Strange Cargo
1940-03-01
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On the Town
1949-12-08
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Nazi Agent
1942-03-01
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On Borrowed Time
1939-07-07
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Tension
1949-11-25
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Madame Bovary
1949-08-25
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946-05-02
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Ziegfeld Follies
1945-08-26
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Comrade X
1940-12-13
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Two Sisters from Boston
1946-06-06
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939-12-01
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Bataan
1943-06-03
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The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
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Three Little Words
1950-07-12
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A Date with Judy
1948-07-29
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Dark Delusion
1947-06-24
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Thrill of a Romance
1945-05-23
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Conquest
1937-10-22
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Lady in the Lake
1946-12-19
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Above Suspicion
1943-05-31
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National Velvet
1945-01-26
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Cynthia
1947-08-29
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Ziegfeld Girl
1941-04-25
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They Were Expendable
1945-12-07
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Anchors Aweigh
1945-08-13
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Thousands Cheer
1943-09-13
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Lassie Come Home
1943-12-01
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Song of the Thin Man
1947-08-28
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For Me and My Gal
1942-10-21
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Escape
1940-11-01
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945-03-03
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Green Dolphin Street
1947-01-15
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The Yearling
1946-12-18
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Undercover Maisie
1947-03-01