Benjamin Emmet Nye, Sr. (January 12, 1907 – February 9, 1986) was an American
makeup artist for the Hollywood film industry for over four decades, from the 1930s to the early 1980s. He worked on over five hundred
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the ...
films both in and out of Hollywood. Notable films he worked on included ''
Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind most often refers to:
* Gone with the Wind (novel), ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell
* Gone with the Wind (film), ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel
Gone with the Wind ...
'' (1939), ''
Miracle on 34th Street
''Miracle on 34th Street'' (initially released as ''The Big Heart'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American Christmas film, Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century-Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story ...
'' (1947), ''
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1953), ''
The King and I
''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the childr ...
'' (1956), ''
The Fly'' (1958), ''
Valley of the Dolls'' (1967), and ''
Planet of the Apes
''Planet of the Apes'' is a science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic world in which humans and intelligent apes c ...
'' (1968).
Nye officially retired in 1967 and created the
Ben Nye Makeup Company. Nye, Sr. left his son Dana in charge of the company as
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization.
CEOs find roles in variou ...
. Nye's son, Ben, Jr., also works in the film makeup industry. Nye died on February 9, 1986, in
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...
, at the age of 79.
References
External links
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MakeUpMania.com interviewwith son Dana Nye
Ben Nye Makeup Company
1907 births
1986 deaths
20th-century American businesspeople
American cosmetics businesspeople
American make-up artists
Businesspeople from Nebraska
People from Fremont, Nebraska
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