Lillian Brown served this important behind the scenes role in nine presidential administrations from Eisenhower to Clinton.
- Make-up artist
- Speech writer
- White House housekeeper
- White House seamstress
Make-up artist. Brown also served as the make-up artist for CBS News’ political affairs program, “Face the Nation” for twenty years. She was the make-up artist for the first televised Presidential debate, the debate between Senator John Kennedy and Vice-President Richard Nixon. Nixon refused make-up for the debate but ever after embraced wearing it.
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