After doing some research on the Westmores and their family history I was amazed at the work their entire family had done. The Westmores's legacy started in Hollywood and ever since George Westmore an English hairdresser and wigmaker set up a hair salon in hollywood the Westmores have been a major part of the make-up industry working with stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davies and Farrah Fawcett. After setting up the hair salon, George would give his customers make-up advice and soon enough he founded the first studio make-up department at Selig Studios in 1917.Their work has also been shown on legendary films such as Mask, Gone with the Wind, Blade Runner, Rocky, Star Trek New Generation and so many more.
George Westmore had six sons Perc, Monte, Wally, Ern, Bud and Frank and they all followed in their fathers footsteps and pursued their passion for make-up. Some of the brothers worked for different make-up departments at other studios such as Warner Bros, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Studios.
“Their artistic abilities were phenomenal,” says Sue Cabral Ebert, President of the Make-up Artists and Hairstylist’s Guild IATSE Local 706. “The beauty and the horror that you saw coming out of all of those different studios was directly because of their involvement.”
Mikenzie Westmore, George Westmore's great grandaughter now works on the world famous Syfy Network's 'Faceoff'' in which special effects make-up artists compete in a competition series. From generation to generation the Westmores have continued to bless the worlds screens with their unbelievable skills and knowledge and I've been really interested in researching them and their work!
Here below is a link to a video that I found with Michael G.Westmore talking a little bit about the make-up used when Perc Westmore worked on the film Elizabeth with Bette Davies!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEXNXL1pk7U
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