Ben Nye’s Remarkable Makeup Career

Ben Nye, Sr.’s makeup career spans four incredible motion picture decades. As 20th Century Fox Makeup Director, he designed the makeup for over 500 feature films. His creativity forever influenced makeup artistry. He made-up starlets, Alice Faye, Heddy Lamar, Madelene Carrol, Ingrid Bergman, Vivien Leigh, Joan Fontaine, Annabella, Irene Dunn, Mitzie Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe, Mia Farrow, Candice Bergman, and Julie Andrews. He worked with Hollywood legends Ty Power, Henry Fonda, Don Ameche, Leslie Howard, La
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