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Lillian Brown was television's first makeup artist. She made up Kennedy and Nixon for the Great Debates, and every President from Kennedy [correction: she handled Eisenhower too] to Clinton. She worked for "Face the Nation" for 38 years, was a regular with Walter Cronkite, and made up such world figures as King Hussein, Indira Gandhi, and Golda Meir.
Makeup Kit: Lillian Brown's Original Makeup Kit Used in the Kennedy-Nixon Debates.
The first debate focused on domestic issues; foreign policy dominated the second and third debates -- specifically, US involvement in Quemoy and Matsu, two small islands off the coast of China; and the final debate revolved around US relations with Cuba. The debates were broadcast by CBS on Sept. 26 from Chicago, by NBC on Oct. 7 from Washington, by ABC on Oct 13 from New York (Kennedy) and Los Angeles (Nixon and the panel), and by ABC on Oct. 21 from New York. |