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| Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth:The golden age 2007 |
Beautiful exquisite makeup and hair for this movie. Pale complexion. They have gone the simple direction. Not much rouge or thick makeup. light brows. the accessories speak louder than the makeup.
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| Anne-Marie Duff in The virgin Queen 2005 A great display of the changing looks of Elizabeth. Not great quality costumes though. |
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| Cate Blanchett as the youthful Elizabeth in Elizabeth 1998 Again simple yet youthful. pale skin with rouge lips and cheeks. elaborate but still youthful accessories. I feel they were portraying her as a beauty in these Elizabeth films. Cate Blanchett is naturally very stunning so i feel they have used this. |
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| Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love 1998 Very elaborate costumes makeup and hair accessories. A good look at what Elizabeth could have really looked like. Heavy makeup very pink cheeks with little eye makeup and red lips. High forehead. Little eyebrows. |
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| Miranda Richardson as Elizabeth in Blackadder 1985 Although this was for comedy this was not a bad costume and and makeup example. Although I feel they have been a little subtle with the makeup. It looks not far from what you would see today. Her expressions are the only exaggerated thing. |
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| Quentin Crisp in Orlando 1992 Although this was a man portraying Elizabeth with the roles reversed (Tilda Swinton playing Orlando) This was a very good recreation. According to History Elizabeth didn't age well and looked rouge skinned and haggard. Quentin's facial features (with a little help from the makeup too) look pretty spot on. apart from the wig isn't high enough and his eyebrows are too bushy to have been in the Elizabethan Age. |
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| Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth R 1971 They have really stuck to history with this one. Using prosthetics to create a mask looking face as she aged. Thick makeup a lot of red lipstick and almost clown looking blush which would have been really accurate. Probably the most historically accurate of the lot. Even though it doesn't look great in real life or on camera. It can also be a little distracting for the viewer also, which would take away from her performance. |
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| Judith Anderson in Elizabeth the Queen the play 1968 Not bad makeup for an ageing Elizabeth. She has a quite masculine looking face also. Pretty accurate also with the thin brows light powder on the skin. A dry finish to the skin. |
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| Jean Simmons in young Bess 1953 I wouldn't think this was Elizabeth if I was looking through pictures. Even though this was supposed to be her in her younger years I feel they haven't really made a huge effort with the makeup. She doesn't look fair haired and she has thick dark brows with a normal looking complexion. |
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| Bette Davis in the private lives of Elizabeth and Essex in 1939 This is a really good interpretation. The makeup is accurate high forehead, little lips, big wide set eyes, no brows, pale complexion, pale chest, and hands on show. Elizabeth loved her hands and always painted them with her face and adorned them with jewellery. |
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| Flora Robson in Fire Over England 1937 A plain interpretation. The eyebrows remind me of the 1920's. everything else is pretty plane. Its also hard to see because of the black and white film. |
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| Bette Davis in The Virgin Queen I dont like this wig. Its tangerine orange and looks quite cheap. It makes the makeup look cheap too because it makes Bette's face look a pinky pale. I don't think this is as good an interpretation her other film. |
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| Diana Manners as Elizabeth in 1923 A beautiful dramatised version of the Queen. The eyebrows seem to fit here. I love the neck ruffs. I do think though that it looks more 20's than Elizabethan. The eyebrows taken down to the edge of her eyes. |
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| Flora Robson as the Queen in Sea Hawk 1940 |
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| Sarah Bernhardnt in Queen Elizabeth 1912 I like the costumes in this but the wig is too low on the forehead. The makeup isn't done either but that might be because it wouldn't have been as important at this time. Makeup came to prominence in performance in the mid 1920's with silent movies. |
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