Michèle Burke

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Michèle Burke
Born(1949-12-29)29 December 1949
Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
Died(2025-09-26)26 September 2025
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationMake-up artist
Years active1980–2025
Website micheleburke.com

Michèle Burke (December 29, 1949 – September 26, 2025) was an Irish-born Academy Award-winning make-up artist.

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Life and career

Burke emigrated to Canada with her brother Mark in 1973, and first worked as a model in Montreal before becoming a make-up artist.[ citation needed ]

She held both Canadian and U.S. citizenship, in addition to her original Irish nationality. Burke died on September 26, 2025, at the age of 75. [1]

Honours and awards

Burke won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards for Best Makeup, the first time for Quest for Fire (1981) – whereby she was also the first female to win an Oscar in this category – and the second time for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [ excessive citations ]

References

  1. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (1 October 2025). "Michèle Burke Dies: Oscar-winning 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' & Tom Cruise Makeup Artist Was 75". Deadline. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "In Converstation with .... Oscar winning Make-up Artist Michele Burke". www.ifta.ie.
  3. ↑ "SHORT BIO ‹ Michele Burke". micheleburke.com. 31 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Michele Burke Make-up Artist - EF Creative Studios". emmafarrellmakeup.com.
  5. ↑ "IFTA Academy - Irish Film & Television Academy - Irish Film & Television Awards". ifta.ie.
  6. ↑ "How An Oscar-Winning Hollywood Make-Up Artist Turned Her Passion Into A Career — Look the Business". 14 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Michele Burke to be honored at Oscar Wilde | US-Ireland Alliance". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Talking Makeup With Michele Burke - The Irish Film & Television Network". www.iftn.ie.
  9. ↑ "MakeUp in ...™ - Thanks to Michele Burke, the work of a film makeup artist will no longer be a mystery to you!". makeup-in.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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