About

Known credits:
17
Birthday:
1912-09-13
Place of birth:
Liverpool, England, UK
Website:
N/A

Tommie Manderson

Overview

Tommie Manderson (13 September 1912 – 28 January 2015) was an English make-up artist. She was the head of make-up at the BBC from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, during which time she worked on numerous television dramas, including An Age of Kings, A for Andromeda, and the 1963 adaptation of Hedda Gabler starring Ingrid Bergman. She was also noted for preparing Queen Elizabeth II for the first televised Royal Christmas Message in 1957.

Manderson later served as make-up supervisor on a number of theatrical films, including Ridley Scott's Alien, Bill Forsyth's Local Hero, Roland Joffé's The Killing Fields and The Mission, Euzhan Palcy's A Dry White Season, and Jim Sheridan's The Field. She also did make-up on films such as John Cassavetes' Husbands, Alan Parker's Bugsy Malone, James Ivory's Quartet, and Ron Howard's Willow. She received BAFTA Award nominations for her work on The Killing Fields and the 1987 mini-series adaptation of Porterhouse Blue. She also received a Special Achievement Award from the London Critics' Circle Film Awards in 1988.

Known for

Costume & Make-Up

1991 Afraid of the Dark Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1990 December Bride Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average
1989 A Dry White Season Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 60
Fair
1988 Willow Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 67
Fair
1987 Pack of Lies Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1986 The Mission Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 70
Good
1986 The Frog Prince Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1984 The Killing Fields Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 68
Fair
1983 Local Hero Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 62
Fair
1982 Who Dares Wins Costume & Make-Up Assistant Makeup Artist 58
Average
1981 Quartet Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1979 Why Not Stay For Breakfast? Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist N/A
N/A
1979 Alien Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 81
Very good
1978 The Cat and the Canary Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 58
Average
1976 Bugsy Malone Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 61
Fair
1970 Husbands Costume & Make-Up Makeup Artist 60
Fair
1961 Anna Karenina Costume & Make-Up Makeup Supervisor 58
Average