l ies oys K. ,\-‘, 2/ o en cucy. Gr T n( Lifetim hi 111. bd e cyns» latetime ac evement award for makeup artist Ann Brodie continued from page 1 ita as s vhains M . j i 7 : yS. I 1z e kitchen.She wou cook various hirléillagggfogï¬gt}‘lusgaqd Bill Brodie was Gogh‘s The Post. The way the painter had . wasn‘t questioning your work, there was no â€" concoctions and try thg?n outl.u’)l‘hat could Stience of the Ne 1rOtr’; besllgrlvaf1 fop the movie painted the young man made him look like â€" problem. Sometimes Mr. Kubrick would try bring interesting effects as flies buzzed J éou C deciged ¢ (ta)mg shot in Canada. an old soldier. She tore it out. When the _ eight or nine makeup artists on an actor. If â€" around the actors. 8e ye;?rs Th IlO Llylzl POL}F? and stay â€" time came to make up Mr. Sutherland, she _ it the look wasn‘t what he was looking for, Artists would sometimes share their eemente af Crargahgvveti eht. hey were . stuck red all over his face. It worked. he would try another makeup artist. secrets. She remembers famous makeup ponseatens, when he passed away Her start in the business Barry‘s mother in the movie was a â€" artist Dick Smith who developed "a pile of 1 gl "11 f It was back at Grangda TV in England _ challenge. In Ireland, she had the big rosy _ stuff" and was incredibly generous. j / 1 skill at the maAkeup chair A.nn got her start. Television stations would cheeks and appearance of no makeup Nowadays, she says, there are magazines continued to provide her with plenty of â€" hire women on as permanent staff, but in common to the poor. Later in the selling all that‘s needed and actual opportunity after the move to Canada. feature films, makeâ€"up was the domain film, she had to be aged 10 years prosthetics departments; artists today Angela Lansbury, Glynis Johns, David of men. It was a period of relative iss _._ and made to look like she was â€" wouldn‘t get away with some of the kitchen Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, Glenda Jackson, _ calm in the business following the |__ 4; iA hi i‘ï¬â€˜ wearing lead makeup typical of concoctions used years ago. Faye Dunaway, and on and on â€" they‘ve all _ tumultuous war years. 4 4C O ONL _ nigh society of that day. Mr. And lighting has improved. Ann says a gone before the cameras wearing her makeâ€" Ann recalls hearing stories y $u _ 3 Kubrick kept saying, "She‘s . great deal can be done with lighting. It‘s up. $P about movieâ€"making in Britain >‘ :ï¬â€™* ix)( 3** not right â€" each time she looks . critical to success; without it, her work is Npt surprisingly, her name is in the during those times. The young 4 {'\ a c W B more like Maureen O‘Hara." pointless, she says. credits for many "name" movies including makeâ€"up artists who were off j.h W us When she looks back, Ann A lifelong love Little Gloria, Barry Lynden, Children of a â€" fighting were replaced by people m | remembers how much she Ann loves the work. It has given her a Lesser' God, Moonstruck, My Big Fat Greek â€" from the theatre, and circuses. The pail learned with the director . feeling of luck combined with privilege. She Wedding and, most recently, Cinderella â€" union meetings during those years {shalle Kubrick. becomes animated as she describes the y [ were terrible, with people swinging ° \ "Â¥ou had to go a bit further _ camaraderie on a film set. She says it‘s like In 1997â€"8, Anne was nominated for an from the ceilings and terrible fudis and try new things. It was a a family unit without the strife. Emmy. In 2003, she won the Hollywood . shouting matches. : ul : fabulous experience." ‘Ann maintains relationships with a few Makeâ€"up A_rt.lsts Award for My Big Fat Periodically, wellâ€"established - No retirement now of her peers but, with most, it‘s simply a Greek Wedding. ) : artists were called to the airport to ! There is no retirement in sight commitment while you‘re on the job. You One might think someone who has make up someone for a drop behind iz for Ann Brodie. Like many artists, . have to rely on the whole crew; everyone is assoï¬lafl_OflS with such a host of famous â€" enemy lines. Ann wonders at the success of â€" she plans to continue as long as she is . aware they have to behave. 4 g?fpre]'f‘gï¬â€œ have a star complex herself. â€" these operations when rain could dissolve a _ physically able â€" or when people stop asking As a makeup artist, she works in close LaS 9 gn § es O(elhqs worked with directors Sir _ false moustache or change a look. for her. Clint Eastwood has a production _ conjunction with the hairstylist, production y etesand o rllv%r, Richard Lester, Peter Or}e of the first productions in which she â€" designer who is in his 90s and still does a â€" designer and costume designer. Sometimes, o \ ohn Guillerman. It is quite the _ was involved was the pilot for Coronation â€" good job, she notes. The movie business _ she has makeup artists working under her; p%om e. Street. The studio was in Manchester, not â€" doesn‘t age discriminate behind the scenes, _ in Cinderella Man, there were as many as 25 or all Of_ her \Yorld travels and far from Liverpool where an upstart so she‘s secure her work on that count. at times. In those situations, she does a lot experiences with tl:le rich and famops, Ann foursome named The Beatles were Being a makeup artist is not glamourous, of the research, has pictures for her crew, Brodie is extraoy}imarlly unassuming, not . beginning to make themselves known. she says; there is some selfsacrifice. Forget explains the look she wants and provides a one to gain notoriety on ’the coattails of her She says people were shocked at the _ those reservations for dinner or the theatre â€" makeup map. While one of her assistants is i coworkers. Perhaps tha'g s‘pecause she sees â€" Beatle haircuts: "They weren‘t long by _ if you‘re needed on the set. { overseeing the other artists, Ann is in the hlerâ€career as one that‘s "about someone . today‘s standards and they were always Tt‘s a terribly risky business to go into, â€" makeup trailers with the lead actors. â€" eise . ( sparklmg clean_,†says Ann. She made them â€" she says. As a freelancer, you never know Today, the profession is unlike like the | A consummate professional, Ann up the first time.they were on TV and . when you may next work. Despite that, Ann _ 60s when young artists could learn on the recogn1zes the importance of her role in )Ehe worked with them several times over the _ says she and husband Bill never considered . job. Ann recommends a college course to get production of a movie or television . next few years. the risks; they kept doing it because they a good grounding. After that, it‘s a production. The actors must have absolute Others came along as her skills were â€" couldn‘t help it. combination of luck, determination and faith in her work, and they have to hk'e her. acknowledged. She‘s been dubbed "queen of Last year, as a daily makeup artist on . talent. They see her at 5 a.m. She starts their day . the golden oldies" for her work with Bette Cinderella Man, Ann started work at 4:30 When the opportunity comes, Jump at it, I angl she‘s the last one to mz_lke any final Davis, Katherine Hepburn and Loretta . a.m.. It was no eightâ€"hour day with breaks. . she says; don‘t say "I can‘t". After all, how adjustment before they step in front pf the ‘{Oung. Some of their autographed photos © She would go to bed early when she could, . many times will you get a chance? And \ camera. She has to be in their faces without . line the walls of her Colborne study. but there were times she was driving home _ forget about calling in sick on the job. If you being a distraction. One has to think Ann Brodie found the . as the sun rose. One perk, though, of being â€" can‘t walk, they‘ll send a wheelchair for When the lights go on, her work must be perfect life‘s work when she started at on set is that food is good and it‘s you. \ f so perfect, it takes the viewer to the time â€" Granada TV over 40 years ago. She can‘t . everywhere. There are rules about when the Good health is necessary and it‘s ; and place of the action, whether the actor is â€" think of anyone she feels she missed making â€" crew must be allowed a second meal break, something Ann has been able to count on. ‘ off in the distance or face filling the screen. _ Uup. She has travelled the world, working on _ unlike when she started in England and a She attributes it to growing up in the war Ann says it‘s common for wellâ€"known sets in Spain, Portugal, Germany, trolley would roll past with sausage years with fruit and vegetables and no actors to request their own makeâ€"up artist. _ Argentina, Ireland, and Poland. sandwiches and tea for sale at 10 a.m.. excess of anything. Thinking further on For years, she was the personal makeâ€"up Having been recognized as a talent for The work is always changing. that, she was reminded of a statement made artist for Canadian actor Donald many years, she has had the freedom to In the early days in England, makeup . by Katherine Hepburn: "People either have Sutherland, who once commented, "You choose movies because she‘s liked the . people did everything, energy or they don‘t. And if they don‘t, don‘t make me up, you make up the actors or the script. Someone once told her she was awfully . forget it." character." There is a stream of highlights. good at creating the feeling of blood and What does Ann Brodie do for recreation? She remembers one movie where Mr. Near the top of that list was working with gore and wondered if she had taken a â€" She studies paintings, finding them useful Sutherland had to look 100 years old. He Stanley Kubrick on the cinematic â€"course. She jokingly replied she‘d done a in her work. She reads a lot, embroiders, wouldn‘t wear prosthetics, complicating her masterpiece Barry Lynden. Some people cooking course. It wasn‘t far from the truth, and watches movies â€" of course! e â€" â€" Aclnatcat w t cce