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56 • THE ARTISAN SPRING 2020 Colleen Callaghan (1931-2020) Journeyman Hair Stylist Colleen Callaghan grew up in Texas and began performing as a singer at age 3. While traveling on concert tours and performing in local theater productions, she discovered her second love: doing the hair of friends and fellow perform- ers. By the time she was a teenager, she had performed and done hair for count- less theater productions, finally ending up in New York City. She appeared on Broadway while studying for her cosmetology license. At one point, she was performing in the chorus of Pajama Game while also serving as the production's hair stylist. Sister Callaghan began working as a hair stylist in live televi- sion and joined Local 798 in 1962. She worked on such classic shows as The Garry Moore Show, The Perry Como Show and The Ed Sullivan Show. Her film credits include Eyes of Laura Mars, Steel Magnolias, The Prince of Tides, Sleepless in Seattle, Grosse Pointe Blank and 28 Days. She was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Roommates and A Beautiful Mind and won an Emmy for You Don't Know Jack and a BAFTA for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. She served as President of Local 798 for five years and she was an active member of Local 706 since joining in 1993. She was a vocal advocate of hair stylists being recognized as "heads" of their own department, not just workers under the make-up depart- ment head. In 2004, she was the recipient of the MUAHS Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in Hair Styling. In Memoriam From Skip Berman: With Stan Winston, he won his first Emmy for his work on a TV movie called The Gargoyles. He also worked on many fun cult films such as The Man Who Fell to Earth with David Bowie, The Devil's Rain, One Dark Night, Spacehunter, and my all-time favorite, Phantom of the Paradise In the '80s, with his company Cosmekinetics, he built the robot for The Terminator, created the Alf character for the TV show, built the octopus and pelican for Popeye, built some unfolding legs for Heaven's Gate, and created an animatronic orangutan copy of CJ (Clyde Jr.) for Mr. Smith. There are count- less other films he worked on that aren't on IMDb. He was never a self-promoter, always humble, and did it for the love of the art, never for the recognition. In his later years, he worked at Paramount Studios with Michael Westmore on the Star Trek franchise, where he was nominated for an Emmy six years straight, and won his second Emmy for his work on Voyager. He was a mechanical genius who didn't know a sine from a cosine, yet was able to create many amazing animatronic mecha- nisms for the films he worked on. It was fun being his son. We always had the most awesome Halloweens and haunted houses, using props from whatever films he'd recently completed. Rest in peace, Dad. Laura De'Atley (1923-2020) Journeyman Make-up Artist Laura De'Atley started in show busi- ness at the age of 15 as a singer. She was on radio shows and won many tal- ent contests. Later at the age of 18, she started singing in nightclubs under the name Laura Jean (yes, she lied about her age; she told them she was 21). In 1942, while living in Detroit, Michigan, her agent told her it was time for her to take new publicity photos; he sent her to one of the best photographers in the business, Murray De'Atley … they were married six months later. The following year, their first child, Murray Jr., was born in New York. She continued entertaining in clubs, as well as USO shows. In 1947, Laura and her family moved to Los Angeles, Calif., where her husband became a film cameraman. Laura contin- ued working. One of her favorite jobs was working at Capitol Records where she was surrounded by music. In 1954, her second child was born, Irene. In the 1960s, she decided to stay home and spend more time with her family. In 1968, Laura was approached to record an album with musician/arranger Mel Henke and her single "Ma" and B-side "You'll Never Know" got a lot of airplay on the radio. In May of 1977, she joined Local 706 as a body make- up artist. She LOVED her job and elevated to trainee, then journeyman make-up artist after the body make-up category was eliminated. She retired in April of 2000. Yes, you could definitely say, "Show business was in her blood." Laura was 97 years old. She leaves behind daughter (journeyman hair stylist) Irene De'Atley-Stramisky, son-in-law Michael Stramisky, and sister (journeyman hair stylist) Barbara Lorenz. Laura had four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Some of her credits included One Day at a Time, Blade Runner, Cannery Row, Jagged Edge, Beaches, Big Business, Basic Instinct, Sliver, My Life, Showgirls, and The Ellen Show. Joe Podnar, Jr. (1953-2020) Journeyman Make-up Artist Joe was born in Clinton, Ohio. His father founded the Clinton Machine Company. Mark recalled Joe's early interest in make-up, saying, "Halloween was a favorite time of year for him. Joey loved doing monster make-ups." He then added, "Joey had no interest in following in the family business. In fact, my father even fired him three different times. I really think he screwed up on purpose." After graduating, Joe's aspirations motivated him to eventually move west. Driving across country, She is survived by her daughter, Local 706 make-up artist Kymbra Callaghan, and son-in-law Stephen Kelley.