The many portrayals of queen Elizabeth

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Director:

 Michael Curtiz

Make Up Artist: Perc Westmore 

'This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Ever the victor on the battlefield, Devereux returns to London after defeating Spanish forces at Cadiz. Middle-aged Elizabeth, so attracted to the younger Devereux but fearful of his influence and popularity, sends him on a new mission: a doomed campaign to Ireland. When he and his troops return in defeat, Devereux demands to share the throne with the heir-less queen, and Elizabeth, at first, intends to marry. Ultimately sensing the marriage would prove disastrous for England, Elizabeth sets in motion a merciless plan to protect her people and preserve her throne'-  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031826/

Bette Davis took her role very seriously as she allowed them to alter her image in the eyes of the public in which she wouldn't usual be perceived. for example she allowed them bleach her eyebrows and shave her hairline 2-3 inches higher than usual. 

Fire over england - flora robson

Director:

 William K. Howard

make up :Harry Frampton and Ernest Taylor

Queen Elizabeth is running this show. The men in her court should be thinking about how to add to the glory of the Elizabethan Age and how to foil those pesky Spanish who got far too much influence in England when her older sister Mary was on the throne after their father Henry VIII was succeeded by their sickly half brother. Elizabeth thinks Michael Ingolby can do great things. Michael is mostly thinking about one of Elizabeth's ladies in waiting, Cynthia. Soon his mind is on survival when Elizabeth sends him on a voyage to Spain. - IMDB 

 

image- www.themakeupgallery.info/period/c16/uk/elizabeth/fire.htm

Elizabeth I

This ITV mini-series tells the story of the older Elizabeth I (Helen Mirren) and what may, or may not have been, her affair with the much younger Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, which ended with the latter’s beheading.

This was one of two competing UK mini-series on Elizabeth: the other covering all of her reign featured Anne Marie Duff.

makeup artist- Fae Hammond was makeup designer; Su Westwood,Gemma Richards & Jane Hope-Kavanagh were hair & makeup artists.

http://www.themakeupgallery.info/period/c16/uk/elizabeth/elizabethhm.htm

All info sourced from lectures,  imdb.com and themakeupgallery.com