Bernard Newman

Personal Info

Know For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-11-18 (63 years old)

Deathday

1966-11-30

Place of Birth

Joplin, Missouri, USA

Bernard Newman

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernard Newman (18 November 1903 – 30 November 1966) was head designer for Bergdorf Goodman and head costume designer for RKO Pictures. He designed costumes for some 35 movies, including costumes for Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball and Helen Broderick. He was posthumously included in the Costume Designers Guild Hall of Fame in 2004. Bernard Newman was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1903. He studied in Paris and at the Art Student's League. He started working at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury goods department store in Manhattan, as a window dresser. He later became the head designer for Bergdorf ...

Production

1935

Sylvia Scarlett

as Costume Design

1936

The Lady Consents

as Costume Design

1935

In Person

as Costume Design

1936

Walking on Air

as Costume Design

1937

History Is Made at Night

as Costume Design

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Costume Design

1935

Top Hat

as Costume Design

1936

Theodora Goes Wild

as Costume Design

1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Costume Design

1935

Star of Midnight

as Costume Design

1936

Swing Time

as Costume Design

1936

Adventure in Manhattan

as Costume Design

1936

More Than a Secretary

as Costume Design

1938

Vivacious Lady

as Costume Design

1947

Dark Passage

as Costume Design

1936

The Bride Walks Out

as Costume Design

1938

1936

The Farmer in the Dell

as Costume Design

1936

Two in the Dark

as Costume Design

1935

Roberta

as Costume Design

1935

I Dream Too Much

as Costume Design

1935

Break of Hearts

as Costume Design

1935

The Nitwits

as Costume Design

1947

Escape Me Never

as Wardrobe Supervisor

1948

Hazard

as Costume Design

1936

Follow the Fleet

as Costume Design

1947

Deep Valley

as Costume Designer

1940

Green Hell

as Costume Design

1947

Possessed

as Costume Design

1947

Humoresque

as Costume Designer

1942

Lady in a Jam

as Costume Design

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