Ruth Haney: Hollywood Makeup Artist Success Story

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Success Story: Ruth Haney, Hollywood Studio Union Makeup Artist for over 25 years. Ruth moved from Albany, New York to Los Angeles around 1980. She had a chance meeting while waitressing that changed her life and opened the doors to the world of studio makeup. Ruth is a fine artist, so makeup was an easy transition, using color and brushes, on people rather than a canvas. Ruth has worked on the Carol Burnett show, Come Back show in the early 1990's, 8 years on Diagnosis Murder starring Dick Van Dyke, and 7 years at CSI Las Vegas with Matthew Mungle doing Special Effects makeup. Ruth then stepped into the film world doing many films including, The Call, Haunted House 2, Nocturnal Animals, Guilty, Blade Runner, and Ambulance, and recently Dune, just to name a few. Ruth is currently working on Barry season 3.