Vincent J-R Kehoe, Make-up Artist and Author, Dies at 86
From Makeupmag.com – Vincent J-R Kehoe, the make-up book author, artist and president of RCMA Professional Products, died Aug. 17 in Somis, California. He was 86.
A former professional ski instructor, Kehoe served in the U.S. Signal Corps during World War II before embarking on a professional make-up career in 1940. He served as make-up department head for CBS in New York (designing all the Ford Theatre and Studio One productions) and for the NBC Hallmark Hall of Fame series. His filmography includes the musical Carousel, the 1958 horror classic The Blob, and the dramas Giant, The Thomas Crown Affair and Charly. All in all, he oversaw make-up for more than 3,000 major TV, film and stage productions. The list of celebrities he made up is long and varied, ranging from Grace Kelly to Boris Karloff.
In 1949, Kehoe joined Local 798, the East Coast union of make-up artists and hairstylists; from 1962-1966, he directed make-up for New York City’s International Beauty Show. And in 1999, he served as speaker at the International Make-up Artist Trade Show.
