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Year: 1988 (61st) Academy Awards

Category: Makeup

Film Title: Beetlejuice

Winner: Ve Neill, Steve La Porte, Robert Short

Presenter: Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr.

Date & Venue: March 29, 1989; Shrine Civic Auditorium

VE NEILL:
We'd like to thank the members of the Academy, our producer Richard Hashimoto, our director Tim Burton, Michael Keaton for bringing that wild and wacky character of "Beetlejuice" to life.

STEVE LA PORTE:
Our hairstylist Yolanda Toussieng and a cast of many other makeup artists: Ed Henriques, Margaret Bessera, Mike Mills, Frank Carrisosa, and many others.

ROBERT SHORT:
And thank you to the Academy for the great honor that we're receiving as well as to Alan Munro and especially to Barbara Slifka for holding this all together. Thank you very much.

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[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]