Duing the filming of this movie Bette Davis who is known to have been a famous Hollywood beauty boldly decided to undertake a dramatic transformation in order to paint a realistic as possible image of the older virgin Queen. This drastic makeover included the 31 year old actress having her hairline shaved back up to 3 inches to reveal a high forehead, her eyebrows completely shaved off and pencilled in with thin lines and finally wore thick, white Elizabethan like make up which not only made the young actress appear much older than her true age but gave the illusion of her having thinner lips.
The make up artist for this movie was Perc Westmore is just one member of the famous Hollywood make up artist family, The Westmores.
Below the transformation from Bette Davis as she woukd have normally looked to her charecter as Qeen Elizabeth.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=50zStEopKDIC&pg=PA80&dq=Perc+Westmore&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zQGpUL-WDI-r0AXy9oGoBw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=Perc%20Westmore&f=false
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Lives_of_Elizabeth_and_Essex
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/oct/30/private-lives-of-elizabeth-and-essex
http://www.themakeupgallery.info/period/c16/uk/elizabeth/essex.htm
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