Benjamin Emmet Nye, Sr. was a renowned makeup artist for the Hollywood film industry for over four decades, from the 1930s to the early 1980s. He worked for such films as Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind (film)

Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American historical epic film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard...

(1939), Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 Christmas film written by George Seaton from a story by Valentine Davies, directed by George Seaton and starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn...

(1947), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The King and I

The King and I (1956 film)

The King and I is a 1956 musical film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is based on the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical The King and I, based in turn on the book Anna and the King...

(1956), The Fly

The Fly (1958 film)

The Fly is a 1958 American science-fiction horror film, directed by Kurt Neumann. The screenplay was written by James Clavell , from the short story "The Fly" by George Langelaan...

(1958), and Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes (1968 film)

Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des singes by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly and Linda Harrison...

(1968).

His brother was actor Carroll Nye

Carroll Nye

Robert Carroll Nye , better known as Carroll Nye, was an American film actor. He appeared in 58 films between 1925 and 1944, perhaps most memorably as Frank Kennedy, Scarlett's second husband, in Gone with the Wind .His brother was respected Hollywood makeup artist Ben Nye.He was born in Akron,...

, best remembered today as Frank Kennedy, Scarlett O'Hara's second husband in Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind (film)

Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American historical epic film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard...

(1939).

Retirement

Nye officially retired in 1967 and created the Ben Nye Makeup Company

Ben Nye Makeup Company

The Ben Nye Makeup Company was started in 1967 by renowned Hollywood film industry makeup artist Ben Nye. Its current CEO is Nye's son, Dana. The Ben Nye Makeup Company issues the Ben Nye Catalog, which both displays the company's product line, and features its use by famous, notable, or...

, which has a distinguished reputation internationally. Nye, Sr. left his son Dana in charge of the company as CEO

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

. Nye's son, Ben, Jr., also works in the film makeup industry.

External links

• MakeUpMania.com interview with son Dana Nye
• Ben Nye Makeup Company