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Oscar-Winning Makeup Pioneer Michèle Burke Passes at 75

10/1/2025

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Michèle Burke died September 26 in Los Angeles at age 75.
She became the first woman to win makeup at the Oscars (1983) for Quest for Fire.
She earned a second Oscar in 1993 for Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
She also collaborated with Tom Cruise on Interview with the Vampire (1984) and received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.

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Michèle Burke died September 26 in Los Angeles at age 75.
She became the first woman to win makeup at the Oscars (1983) for Quest for Fire.
She earned a second Oscar in 1993 for Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
She also collaborated with Tom Cruise on Interview with the Vampire (1984) and received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.