IDKMYDE: Bernadine Anderson
The Breakfast Club
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4.4 • 13.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2024
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Hey, listen up! Did you know that makeup isn't just about looking fabulous? It's also big business, and one woman paved the way for black makeup artists in Hollywood. On this episode of #IDKMYDE, meet Bernardine Anderson, the trailblazer who broke barriers and beat faces on Hollywood sets in the late '60s.
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| 0:37.0 | Listen, I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either, but it is some money being made in makeup, Jack. |
| 0:44.9 | Make up made Riana a billionaire. Makeup has made a plethora of fair maidens, |
| 0:50.2 | memorable. And today I'd like to introduce you to the first black woman to do |
| 0:54.8 | makeup on a Hollywood set. Miss Bernadine Anderson. |
| 0:59.2 | I didn't know maybe you didn't need. I didn't know maybe you didn't need. I didn't know. |
| 1:03.0 | Maybe you didn't know. |
| 1:05.0 | I didn't know. Maybe you didn't know. |
| 1:08.0 | I didn't know. |
| 1:09.0 | I didn't know. |
| 1:11.0 | I didn't know. |
| 1:12.0 | Now, no surprise here, but there was a time in these here United States when |
| 1:17.3 | black folk couldn't do makeup on white folks movie sets and Bernadine Anderson |
| 1:22.0 | she found difficulty breaking into the business in the |
| 1:24.9 | late 60s, but she were adamant about pursuing her passion. She filed a class action |
| 1:29.7 | lawsuit and was awarded a three-year apprenticeship with Warner Brothers. |
| 1:34.0 | It was his story because it would be the final one they would ever offer. |
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