A CBS Television Series
Lakeside Productions
Created by Jacqueline Zambrano
Starring Karen Sillas, Seymour Cassel
and Ray Baker.

Female Detective Drama
(with a kick!)
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The show ran for only one season on CBS. It has since played in syndication on TNT Network.

"There were many great opportunities for special make-ups on the series 'Under Suspicion.' One of my favorites was in the episode about a killer who scalps his victims. In addition to creating the scalps for set dressing, we see the victims in several scenes."

The scalping was achieved using very simple techniques. The top portion of the hair was 'soaped-down.' Begin by soaking a bar of soap in some water over night.

"I like to keep it in a sealed jar with enough water to cover half the bar. This gives me the other half of the bar to hold onto with it slipping all over the place."

The soap is added to the hair in sections, drying it with a hair dryer as you go. When finished, it lays the hair down flat against the scalp. You could also use a hair resin, like 'Gafquat' or 'Gantrez.' A little hair is laid around the edge of the soaped area to blend it back into the real hair. Then, add some mortician's wax to the front of the soaped area to create a 'cut' line above the forehead. Some blood for the finishing touch and you're done!

"Marnie, the actress playing the victim was thrilled with her make-up. So much so that when we wrapped filming on her last day at midnight, she decided to wear it home to show it off. Later she told me she had crept into the bed of her boyfriend when he was asleep and woke him up. Talk about your rude awakenings!!" -- E. Larry

Another episode that provided something different for the Make-up Department involved a decayed body found in the woods. The body was made from skeletons used in "M.I.A. Refund." They were redressed to appear to have been buried in the forest for awhile.

In the episode, the body is taken to the corner, played by Doug Baldwin. He is asked to do a reconstructive sculpture on the skull.

"We stared by doing a lifecast of the actress. This was re-sculpted into a rough 'rendering' of her (we didn't want it to look too perfect.) A real human skull I happen to have lying around was fitted with erasers from pencils to simulate the reference points and then partially sculpted up to create a portion of the face. This represented the half-way point in the reconstruction."

(Photos from the series "Under Suspicion" are watermarked/copyrighted CBS Television/Lakeside Productions)

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