1. George Henry Westmore was an English hairdresser who emigrated to the United States with his family, including several relatives who became prominent in Hollywood.
15 Facts About George Westmore
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George Westmore served with the 16th The Queen's Lancers in the Second Boer War.
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George Westmore was discharged from service on 22 April 1901, at the rank of Private, having been found medically unfit for further service.
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George Westmore had served in the army for one year and 168 days.
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George Westmore became a hairdresser to the Court of St James's.
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George Westmore emigrated to Canada, but afterwards moved to the United States.
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George Westmore first lived in Los Angeles, and subsequently worked in beauty parlours in St Louis, Cleveland, San Antonio and New Orleans.
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George Westmore worked for the Triangle Film Corporation and freelance.
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George Westmore was responsible for creating Mary Pickford's signature curls, and fake ones so that she didn't need to curl them each morning, which became a popular style and was imitated by Shirley Temple among others.
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George Westmore had always had a distant and somewhat competitive relationship with his children.
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George Westmore became depressed and despondent, feeling that his own accomplishments were forgotten.
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George Westmore had six sons who went into the film make-up business, Monte, Perc, Ern, Wally, Bud and Frank, out of a total of nineteen children from his marriage to Ada Savage.
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George Westmore had an additional daughter from his marriage to Anita Salazar.
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George Westmore is considered to be the patriarch of the Westmore family.
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George Westmore's sons were make-up artists throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood.