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Jenny Shircore was the hair and makeup designer and Anita Burger was the makeup artist for this film. Here we can see that the hair line is very far back (which the actress had constantly shaved over the time period of filming even though there was a risk of it not growing back properly). Also you can see that the hair has been styled in the typical red colour associated with Queen Elizabeth and has been styled with curls to decorate the round shape on the top of the head. In terms of the makeup the eyebrows look to have been bleached, even though the actress has quite a fair skin tone anyway. Her cheeks look to have been lightly blushed and her lips look slightly rouged. The eye makeup on this version of Elizabeth also looks very minimal, Cate does not seem to be wearing any eyeliner or dark mascara, leaving the overall look to be very fresh faced and natural. This version of Elizabeth from the 1998 film feels very historic to me, I feel as though the designers have stuck to the original template from portraits of Elizabeth and have portrayed this look very well.Flora Robson in Fire Over England (1937) and Sea Hawk. (1940)
Fire Over England
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Flora Robson played Elizabeth twice, once in Fire Over England and again in Sea Hawk. Both of these looks I feel are very similar, the eyebrows are a similar thickness however in the look from Fire Over England they are much more rounded and look to be higher. In both of these looks the actress' original eyebrows have been hidden by being blocked out or bleached in some way. In terms of the hair both have a jewelled head piece and both have pin curls however the look from Sea Hawk looks more structured and the curls are more in place than that of the look from Fire Over England.
The private lives of Elizabeth and Essex. (1939)
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Bette Davis played this version of Elizabeth and was one of Hollywood's top 10 actresses at the time. Like Cate Blanchett in 'Elizabeth 1' Bette Davis also had her hairline shaved back at least 3 inches and also had her eyebrows shaved off for this look. I always feel a sort of admiration for the actresses who are fully dedicated to the role and shave their hairline when required to. Once again, much like the other looks, Bette Davis' has been designed to have no eyebrows and minimal eye makeup. The overall styling of this look is much like the others, she is wearing a big flamboyant dress with pearls and jewels on with her hair pin curled and styled in an up do which looks to have the typical padding, decorated with the curls and pearls. This would have been quite a transformation for Bette as at this point in time, Hollywood stars favoured a tan as it was the sign of a wealthy person. However Bette Davis must have been a fan of the role as she went back to Queen Elizabeth 25 years later and played her in 'The Virgin Queen'. Perc Westmore was the makeup artist for 'The Virgin Queen' and convinced her to again to have her hairline shaved back, this was a big risk as she would have been 25 years older and the chances would be greater that her hairline would not grow back and due to having her hairline shaved back she had to wear a hat to the oscars.
Glenda Jackson for the BBC in 'Elizabeth R' (1971)
Dawn Alock was the makeup artist.
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This film was made when the 1970's sepia tone came to TV. This take on Elizabeth feels quite 70's due to the straighter style of eyebrows and the blush not being in a rounded shape of colour but in more of a stripe. The lips look as though they have been made to look paler and once again the actress looks to be wearing minimal makeup on her eyes, although she does look like she is wearing a darker coloured mascara. Another thing I have noticed about this look is that the actress seems to have her natural eyebrows, they do not look like they have been shaved off and drawn on in another style, thus why this look feels quite 70's. The straightness of the ends of the eyebrows give the actress an overall fierce look which I feel embodies the personality that we have been taught that Elizabeth had. The foundation does not look that pale, compared to some takes on Elizabeth however the hair has been styled with the typical hairline (quite far back) and the pin curls are in the red colour associated with Queen Elizabeth, with a pearl to decorate and what looks to be a crown.
Anne-Marie Duff in 'The Virgin Queen' (2005).
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Neil Gorton was the prosthetic makeup artist and Lauge Voight sculptured the breasts and stomach for this look. Viki Bancroft and Karen Heartly Thomas were also makeup artists for this version of Elizabeth.
There's something I really like about this take on Elizabeth, I feel it looks extremely bare faced and even though Elizabeth is conveyed as a strong and somewhat hard character, this gives a vulnerable feel to her. The complexion seems to have been made paler, and the eyebrows look to have been bleached. The actress seems to be wearing minimal eye makeup, much like the other versions of Elizabeth which I feel makes the blue of her eyes feel very intense and when looking at the image i am drawn straight to the eyes and the eyebrows. In terms of the cheeks, this look seems to have been designed to have lightly blushed cheeks and a slight of pink/red to the lips. I also like the way the hair looks in this version of Elizabeth. The curls have been placed along the hairline with pearls placed to decorate them. Once again the hair is in the red colour that Elizabeth herself had.
Helen Mirren in 'Elizabeth 1' (2005)
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Fae Hammond was the makeup artist for this version of Elizabeth.
This look I feel is very similar to the other more recent versions of Elizabeth, the face has been given a pale complexion however although this was made in the same year as 'The Virgin Queen' (2005) something about this version of Elizabeth that looks a lot older in terms of the date than that of 'The Virgin Queen'. Once again the eyebrows are paler, although they do not look like they have been shaved and re designed in another shape. The lips have been tinted with a red colour, however unlike the older versions of Elizabeth, the more recent ones seem to have been lightly blushed whereas the older versions seem to have been blushed more heavily. Once again the actress seems to be wearing minimal eye makeup in terms of eye shadow and mascara and the hair has been styled in the typical red colour and with pin curls decorated with a pearl and jewel headpiece.
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