The Westmores

The Westmore's of Hollywood are a family of Hollywood make-up artists who introduced the art of make-up to the motion-picture industry. They have been doing make-up for four generations and is said that they are who created Hollywood beauty.

The Westmore's worked on a variety of actresses, such as, Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor, Sandra Dee and Farrah Fawcett. The beasts from the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were also created by the famous westmore's.

It all started out with George Westmore who first started the studio make-up department at Selig Studios in 1917 and he was very well known for making house calls for rising stars who were searching for the flawless look.

Westmore's six sons who were Monte, Ern, Perc, Wally, Frank and Bud all followed into it. They then grew much bigger and opened more make-up departments in other studios.

Perc was in charge of disguises which would become Warner Bros, Wally was at Paramount, Ern was at 20th Century Fox and Bud was at Universal Studios.

Source: http://westmoremuseum.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/georgecrop.jpg?w=227&h=300

Source: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2510980608/tt1688059

Shown below is make-up work done by the Westmore's...

Source: http://makeupmag.com/images/1759_MA_01_Monty%20Westmore.jpg

Source: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/3f/a2/ce/3fa2ce39b4c624838684efdfe0aab227.jpg

Source: http://www.local706.org/static/media/uploads/706_about.jpg

Quotes made by Sue Cabral Ebert - "Their artistic abilities were phenomenal".

"The beauty and the horror that you saw coming out of all of those different studios was directly because of their involvement".

Source Information: http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2013/02/21/30608/oscars-2013-westmore-family-continues-to-make-up-h/
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/641129/Westmore-Family