The Westmore family is a prominent family in Hollywood make-up. The artistic family, which are made up of four generations, are led by George Westmore. They have all served as make-up artists in various capacities in Hollywood since George's establishment of Hollywood's first make-up department in 1917.
George Westmore was born on the Isle of Wight, UK in 1879. He started a career in hairdressing before moving to LA & set up Hollywood's first film make-up department in Selig studio in 1917. Since then, the four generations of the Westmore family have followed in their ancestors footsteps as make-up artists. During the 1920s, George's sons, Perc, Wally, Frank, Ern, Bud & Monte, became head make-up artists at four major studios and were successful within both the beauty & horror areas with their individual approaches to the make-up industry.
As times went on, they built the House of Westmore salon, which served the public as well as celebrities. Later generations continued the name & continued to work in the make-up industry as well as the theatrical make-up artists. I admire the Westmore family for everything they've done because they also worked as therapeutic make-up artists who helped victims of disease, burns & other incidents to cover scars or any other physical disfigurement.
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