Ben Nye
Makeup Artist, Organization founder
1907 – 1986
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Who was Ben Nye?
Benjamin Emmet "Ben" Nye, Sr. was a renowned 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 Hollywood films including Gone with the Wind, Miracle on 34th Street, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The King and I, The Fly, Valley of the Dolls, and Planet of the Apes.
His brother was actor Carroll Nye, best remembered today as Frank Kennedy, Scarlett O'Hara's second husband in Gone with the Wind.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1907
Fremont - Also known as
- Benjamin Emmet Nye
- Benjamin Emmet Nye, Sr.
- Siblings
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 9, 1986
Santa Monica
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on July 23, 2013
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