In this Rainer Werner Fassbinder movie, released in the same year as The Marriage of Maria Braun, Susanne Gast (Hanna Schygulla) was a member of a German terrorist commando who adopted clown makeup for one of their kidnappings. No children, not all clowns are nice clowns.
I have no information on the makeup credits for this movie; if anyone can help, please email me.