About

Known credits:
31
Birthday:
1903-11-18
Place of birth:
Joplin, Missouri, USA
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Bernard Newman

Overview

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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 Goodman, and his clothes were worn by film stars like Kay Francis.

Bernard Newman started working as costume designer in the film industry from 1933 on, working mainly for RKO Pictures for the next three years. Newman is best remembered for the costumes he designed for Ginger Rogers in movies like Top Hat and Swing Time. He made a blue dress with ostrich feathers, to Rogers's specification, which she wore in the Cheek to Cheek sequence and which gave her the nickname of Feathers. 15 of his costumes for the 1935 movie Roberta were reproduced and merchandised by the Modern Merchandising Bureau. Other films he worked on include Sylvia Scarlett with Katharine Hepburn and You Can't Take It with You.

Known for

Costume & Make-Up
1948 Hazard Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1947 Escape Me Never Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Supervisor 58
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1947 Dark Passage Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
Fair
1947 Deep Valley Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 59
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1947 Possessed Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1947 Humoresque Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 60
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1942 Tales of Manhattan Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1942 Lady in a Jam Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1940 Green Hell Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1938 You Can't Take It with You Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 66
Fair
1938 Vivacious Lady Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1937 History Is Made at Night Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1936 More Than a Secretary Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1936 Theodora Goes Wild Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1936 Adventure in Manhattan Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1936 Walking on Air Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1936 Swing Time Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 61
Fair
1936 The Bride Walks Out Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1936 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1936 The Farmer in the Dell Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1936 Follow the Fleet Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1936 The Lady Consents Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1936 Two in the Dark Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 Sylvia Scarlett Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1935 I Dream Too Much Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 In Person Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
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1935 Top Hat Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
Fair
1935 The Nitwits Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1935 Break of Hearts Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1935 Star of Midnight Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
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1935 Roberta Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average