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Letter: Lisa Westcott obituary

By Chris Green,

4 hours ago

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0XVFfR_0vZXxFec00 — Lisa Westcott making up the actor David Haig. Photograph: Jeremy Ancock

I first met Lisa Westcott at the BBC in 1974 when she was a makeup assistant on Fall of Eagles and I was a novice assistant floor manager. For me it was a vertiginous learning curve – A-list cast, ambitious scripts, period locations – but my overriding memory is Lisa’s infectious energy and never to be forgotten laugh. Plus the way she could reduce a hungover actor’s age by 20 years with just a pot of egg whites.

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