Westmore family

The Westmore family is a famous family in Hollywood makeup. Even four generations of Wesmores engaged in makeup. The Westmore's created classic beauty makeups that have stood the test of time since the earliest years of silent film and competed around the word.


First generation

It all began with George Henry Westmore. He born in England and he was a hairstylist, wigmaker and makeup artist. In 1901 George opened a hair dressing salon in Canada and in 1913 he added makeup to his repertory. He still did not know much about makeup, so he exchanged makeup lessons for hairstyling services. That helped him to learn beauty makeup. George had six sons (Monte, Ern, Perc, Wally, Frank, Bud) and all of them went into makeup design. 


Second generation

Montague George Westmore (Monte) born in England. He was a makeup artist. First he worked in lumberyard mill, then dishwasher, a valet and finally a makeup artist at Rudolph Valentino. There Monte defined Valentino look and perfected the style, whish the world came to recognized. When Valentino, Monte became a freelance artist.



Third generation

Marvin George Westmore born in USA, in 1934. He is known for his work on Escape from L.A (1996), Blade runner (1982), Breaking away (1979) etc.




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