• Edie Bahr Giles (1930–2016)

    EDIE BAHR GILES (1930 – 2016)

    Journeyman Body Make-up Artist Edie Giles Bahr joined Local 706 in 1981, attaining Journeyman status in 1983.  Often the unsung heroines, the body make-up artists were a select group who rarely secured permanent jobs, most often they travelled from show to show on a daily basis.  Edie received her training during by working one day at a time at all the major studios.  She worked on hundreds of television productions at Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Lorimar, CBS, MGM, Aaron Spelling and many others.  

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  • Brian McManus (1952-2016)

    BRIAN MC MANUS                  Journeyman Make-up Artist                            (1952-2016)

    A truly gifted, artistic and humble man, Brian McManus displayed the best and kindest traits to everyone he encountered.  Many are the tales of his generosity, his kindness, his patience and willingness to teach, to guide and befriend so many.   It has been said "he could fix anything" whether it was a make-up that had gone wrong, or his abilities at carpentry.  Always wearing his signature cowboy boots and riding a motorcycle, he was lovingly referred to as "The Marlboro Man (who looked like Nick Nolte)."  

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  • Monica Helpman (1933-2016)

    Monica Helpman, Journeyman Hair Stylist (1933-2016)

    Monica immigrated to California in approximately 1960 from London, England, where she had been a hair stylist in film and television.  She began working at NBC and became a member of the Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild in 1982.  She achieved Journeyman status in 1987 and spent many years working primarily in episodic television series ranging from Dynasty, Moonlighting, Dallas, L.A. Law,  Knots Landing, E.R., The Practice, and several seasons on Judging Amy and 24.  She was nominated (along with Gerald Solomon and Cheri) for an Emmy in 1998 for the beautiful hair styling on Dynasty, and again nominated for a 2002 Hollywood Make-up Artists and Hair Stylist Guild Award for The Big Time (along with Marsha Lewis and Maggie Hayes Jackson).  

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