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Jack Pierce

American makeup artist
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  • Boris Karloff and Zita Johann in The Mummy (1932), directed by Karl Freund.
    The Mummy

    …for Karloff by makeup artist Jack Pierce. The Mummy was part of a trio of horror films (with Dracula and Frankenstein [1931]) that made Universal Pictures famous in the 1930s.

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    …for Karloff by makeup artist Jack Pierce. The Mummy was part of a trio of horror films (with Dracula and Frankenstein [1931]) that made Universal Pictures famous in the 1930s.

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  • Lon Chaney, Jr., as a werewolf in The Wolf Man (1941).
    The Wolf Man

    Legendary makeup artist Jack Pierce received plaudits for his help with the effect.

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    Legendary makeup artist Jack Pierce received plaudits for his help with the effect.

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