Jack Dawn

Personal Info

Know For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-02-10 (69 years old)

Deathday

1961-06-20

Place of Birth

Fleming, Kentucky, USA

Jack Dawn

Biography

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 Pict...

Acting

Production

1940

The Philadelphia Story

as Makeup Artist

1941

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Makeup Artist

1949

The Stratton Story

as Makeup Designer

1940

Pride and Prejudice

as Makeup Artist

1947

Good News

as Makeup Designer

1944

Mrs. Parkington

as Makeup Designer

1944

Kismet

as Makeup Designer

1947

The Arnelo Affair

as Makeup Artist

1935

Mark of the Vampire

as Makeup Artist

1946

The Harvey Girls

as Makeup Designer

1950

Duchess of Idaho

as Makeup Artist

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

as Makeup Artist

1943

The Human Comedy

as Makeup Artist

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Makeup Artist

1949

That Forsyte Woman

as Makeup Designer

1947

The Unfinished Dance

as Makeup Designer

1948

Hills of Home

as Makeup Designer

1950

Ambush

as Makeup Artist

1943

Keeper of the Flame

as Makeup Artist

1948

The Three Musketeers

as Makeup Designer

1948

Big City

as Makeup Artist

1948

Julia Misbehaves

as Makeup Artist

1948

Summer Holiday

as Makeup Artist

1950

Nancy Goes to Rio

as Makeup Artist

1950

1944

Bathing Beauty

as Makeup Designer

1949

The Red Danube

as Makeup Artist

1949

Battleground

as Makeup Artist

1945

Yolanda and the Thief

as Makeup Artist

1950

Annie Get Your Gun

as Makeup Artist

1946

Two Smart People

as Makeup Artist

1948

The Pirate

as Makeup Artist

1945

Son of Lassie

as Makeup Designer

1949

Challenge to Lassie

as Makeup Designer

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as Makeup Designer

1937

Way Out West

as Makeup Artist

1944

Gaslight

as Makeup Designer

1940

20 Mule Team

as Makeup Designer

1942

Tortilla Flat

as Makeup Artist

1950

Mystery Street

as Makeup Designer

1938

Boys Town

as Makeup Artist

1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Makeup Artist

1946

Easy to Wed

as Makeup Artist

1950

Stars in My Crown

as Makeup Artist

1949

Neptune's Daughter

as Makeup Artist

1945

She Went to the Races

as Makeup Artist

1939

Miracles for Sale

as Makeup Artist

1939

Broadway Serenade

as Makeup Artist

1939

Ninotchka

as Makeup Designer

1950

Side Street

as Makeup Supervisor

1949

In the Good Old Summertime

as Makeup Designer

1944

The Canterville Ghost

as Makeup Designer

1947

Desire Me

as Makeup Designer

1945

The Valley of Decision

as Makeup Designer

1950

Black Hand

as Makeup Artist

1950

Please Believe Me

as Makeup Artist

1950

Shadow on the Wall

as Makeup Artist

1950

The Big Hangover

as Makeup Artist

1950

Right Cross

as Makeup Designer

1948

Easter Parade

as Makeup Designer

1949

The Great Sinner

as Makeup Designer

1950

Father of the Bride

as Makeup Designer

1940

Little Nellie Kelly

as Makeup Designer

1947

The Hucksters

as Makeup Designer

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Makeup Artist

1936

Trouble for Two

as Makeup Artist

1939

Stand Up and Fight

as Makeup Designer

1949

Adam's Rib

as Makeup Designer

1943

The Man from Down Under

as Makeup Designer

1947

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Makeup Designer

1948

The Kissing Bandit

as Makeup Designer

1942

The Vanishing Virginian

as Makeup Designer

1946

Undercurrent

as Makeup Designer

1944

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Makeup Designer

1940

Strange Cargo

as Makeup Artist

1949

On the Town

as Makeup Artist

1949

1942

Nazi Agent

as Makeup Artist

1939

On Borrowed Time

as Makeup Artist

1949

Tension

as Makeup Artist

1949

Madame Bovary

as Makeup Artist

1946

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Makeup Designer

1940

Comrade X

as Makeup Artist

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as Makeup Designer

1943

Bataan

as Makeup Artist

1944

The White Cliffs of Dover

as Makeup Designer

1950

Three Little Words

as Makeup Artist

1948

A Date with Judy

as Makeup Artist

1947

Dark Delusion

as Makeup Designer

1945

Thrill of a Romance

as Makeup Designer

1937

Conquest

as Makeup Artist

1946

Lady in the Lake

as Makeup Artist

1943

Above Suspicion

as Makeup Designer

1945

National Velvet

as Makeup Artist

1947

Cynthia

as Makeup Artist

1945

They Were Expendable

as Makeup & Hair

1945

Anchors Aweigh

as Makeup Designer

1943

Thousands Cheer

as Makeup Designer

1943

Lassie Come Home

as Makeup Artist

1947

Song of the Thin Man

as Makeup Designer

1942

For Me and My Gal

as Makeup Designer

1940

Escape

as Makeup Designer

1945

The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Makeup Designer

1947

Green Dolphin Street

as Makeup Designer

1946

The Yearling

as Makeup Designer

1947

Undercover Maisie

as Makeup Artist

1950

The Outriders

as Makeup Designer

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as Makeup Designer

1946

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Makeup Designer

1939

The Wizard of Oz

as Makeup Designer

1950

Devil's Doorway

as Makeup Designer

1949

Border Incident

as Makeup Designer

1949

Act of Violence

as Makeup Designer

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