Monty Westmore


Montague George "Monty" Westmore was part of the third generation of the Westmore family of American make-up artists in film and television who worked on over 75 films and television series since 1950. He was the brother of make-up artist Michael Westmore and uncle of actress McKenzie Westmore.
Westmore spent seven seasons as make-up artist on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. He was screen legend Joan Crawford's personal make-up artist on the films What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and Strait-Jacket and was a beneficiary of Crawford's will after her death in 1977. Westmore later served as Paul Newman's personal make-up artist on seventeen of the actor's films over the course of nearly three decades.
Westmore shared the 1991 Best Makeup Academy Award nomination for his work as assistant makeup supervisor on Steven Spielberg's Hook. He also received an Emmy Award nomination for the 1983 ABC drama Who Will Love My Children? starring Ann-Margret, and again in the 1996 HBO movie The Late Shift.
Westmore died in Woodland Hills, California in 2007 of prostate cancer.

Partial filmography

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - 1958-66What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - 1962The Towering Inferno - 19743 Women - 1977The Verdict - 1982Airplane II: The Sequel - 1982Who Will Love My Children? - 1983National Lampoon's European Vacation - 1985Stand by Me - 1986The Color of Money - 1986Alien Nation - 1988Fat Man and Little Boy - 1989Hook - 1991 Chaplin - 1992Jurassic Park - 1993The Hudsucker Proxy - 1994The Shawshank Redemption - 1994Nobody's Fool - 1994Outbreak - 1995Se7en - 1995The Late Shift - 1996 Star Trek: First Contact - 1996Star Trek: Insurrection - 1998How the Grinch Stole Christmas - 2000