Frank Westmore

Frank Courtney Westmore (April 13, 1923 – May 14 1985) was a Hollywood make-up artist, part of the Westmore family who were credited with introducing the art of make-up to the Hollywood movie industry. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9076690/Westmore-Family "Westmore Family"] , "Encyclopædia Britannica"] He was born in Maywood, California, and died of a heart ailment in St. Joseph's Medical Center, Burbank, California. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E7DC123BF935A25756C0A963948260 "Frank Westmore, 62, A Film Makeup Artist"] , Obituary, "The New York Times", May 16 1985]

After apprenticing at Paramount Pictures with his brother Wally, he worked on films such as "Farewell, My Lovely", "The Ten Commandments", "Houseboat", "Two for the Seesaw", and "The Towering Inferno", and television series such as "The Munsters", "Planet of the Apes", "Bonanza", "Hart to Hart" and "Kung Fu". For the last of these he won the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Makeup" in 1972, and was also nominated unsuccessfully the following year. He was nominated a third time in 1978 with his nephew Michael for "". [http://llwyd.tripod.com/makeup/emmys.htm "the Emmys awarded to makeup artists"] , themakeupgallery] [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922866/ Frank Westmore] at IMDb] [http://3rd.en.vicdir.com/award-497.htm "Records of Emmy Awards; Outstanding Achievement In Makeup"] , Vicdir.com] He also co-wrote a biography of the family, "The Westmores of Hollywood" in 1976. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0397011024 "The Westmores of Hollywood"] , Amazon.com]

Bibliography

*Frank Westmore & Muriel Davidson, "The Westmores of Hollywood", Lippincott (1976), 256pp, ISBN 0-397-01102-4

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