Elizabeth Blattner

Elizabeth Blattner
Birth date:	14 October 1914
Death date:	13 April 1986
Work in the DWU
Main jobs:	Make-up artist
Stories:	An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Myth Makers
Main time period active:	1963-1965
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	The Old Curiosity Shop, Epitaph for a Spy, Martin Chuzzlewit, If..., Curse of the Crimson Altar, Hamlet, Eskimo Nell
IMDb profile

Elizabeth Blattner (14 October 1914–13 April 1986) provided the make-up for several Doctor Who television stories.

Career

Blattner's other work included BBC adaptations of Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop and Martin Chuzzlewit. On the former, she was responsible for transforming Patrick Troughton into the grotesque Daniel Quilp. It was a role the actor recalled as his favourite.

Personal life

Blattner's father was the German sound-recording pioneer Ludwig Blattner. He committed suicide in 1935 in despair over his invention.

Her brother Gerry was a producer.

DWU credits

• An Unearthly Child
• The Daleks
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth (with Sonia Markham)
• The Myth Makers (with Sonia Markham)

External links

• Elizabeth Blattner at the Internet Movie Database