Cathy Lomax is an independent scholar based in the UK. She received a PhD in Film Studies from Queen Mary University of London, UK. She is an established artist, winner of the Contemporary British Painting Prize in 2016, and she has also worked as a makeup artist. Her chapter ‘Dorothy Dandridge the Invisible Star’ is published in Stars, Fan Magazines and Audiences (2023).

• Introduction: Makeup and Stardom Chapter 1: The Industrial History of Screen Makeup Chapter 2: Screen Beauty Part 1: Beauty and the Shifting Face of Stardom Part 2: Vivien Leigh — Right and GoodChapter 3: Disguise and TransformationPart 1: The Masquerade of FemininityPart 2: Marilyn Monroe — Lacquered Lips and Makeup Tricks Chapter 4: Natural Vs ArtificialPart 1: Changing Attitudes and Changing Styles Part 2: Natalie Wood — Style and Substance Chapter 5: Ascribing, Performing and Ignoring RacePart 1: Making-Up Racial Identity Part 2: Dorothy Dandridge — Flawless, Exotic and Invisible Chapter 6: The Ageing Star FacePart 1: Continuing a Career in a Youthquake Part 2: Joan Crawford — From Silent Star to Super Phenomenal Woman Concluding ThoughtsEndnotes BibliographyIndex

Cathy Lomax is an independent scholar based in the UK. She received a PhD in Film Studies from Queen Mary University of London, UK. She is an established artist, winner of the Contemporary British Painting Prize in 2016, and she has also worked as a makeup artist. Her chapter ‘Dorothy Dandridge the Invisible Star’ is published in Stars, Fan Magazines and Audiences (2023).

• Introduction: Makeup and Stardom Chapter 1: The Industrial History of Screen Makeup Chapter 2: Screen Beauty Part 1: Beauty and the Shifting Face of Stardom Part 2: Vivien Leigh — Right and GoodChapter 3: Disguise and TransformationPart 1: The Masquerade of FemininityPart 2: Marilyn Monroe — Lacquered Lips and Makeup Tricks Chapter 4: Natural Vs ArtificialPart 1: Changing Attitudes and Changing Styles Part 2: Natalie Wood — Style and Substance Chapter 5: Ascribing, Performing and Ignoring RacePart 1: Making-Up Racial Identity Part 2: Dorothy Dandridge — Flawless, Exotic and Invisible Chapter 6: The Ageing Star FacePart 1: Continuing a Career in a Youthquake Part 2: Joan Crawford — From Silent Star to Super Phenomenal Woman Concluding ThoughtsEndnotes BibliographyIndex