The Westmore Family

The Westmore's

The Westmore family are well known for their make-up, they owned Hollywood's first make up department back in 1917.

The founder George Westmore was a English wig maker, would work on stars such as Mary Pickford. George Westmore has three generations that have steamed from his six sons Perc Westmore, Ern Westmore, Monte Westmore, Wally Westmore, Bud Westmore, and Frank Westmore. 

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In 1921 Monte Westmore made his break becoming actors Rudoplh Valentino's personal make-up artist. Sadly in 1926 Rudolph passed away, Monte went on to work at Selznick International. He met his death 13 years later after the huge work load for the movie 'Gone with the wind' became too much for him.

Perc Westmore became established in 1923 when he landed a career with Warner Bros. He worked on films such as 'The private lives of Elizabeth and Essex'.

Wally Westmore worked for Paramount in 1926 and created the faces for 1931. Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde. He became well known for his prosthetics.

The Brothers later went on and opened The House of Westmore Salon for celebrities and the public.

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Above is a photo of Michael and Marvin Westmore both sons of Monte Westmore, receiving their star on the Hollywood walk of fame October 3rd 2008 in Los Angeles California.