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Stuart Freeborn

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Stuart Freeborn
Biographical information
Born

September 5, 1914, London, England

Nationality

British

Career
Star Wars work

Original trilogy, The Star Wars Holiday Special

Other work of note

2001: A Space Odyssey, Murder on the Orient Express, The Omen, Superman

Stuart Freeborn was the makeup supervisor for the Star Wars original trilogy. He worked on all three Star Wars films and the Holiday Special. Some of his most notable contributions include creatures at the Mos Eisley cantina[1] and Yoda. He based Yoda's face on his own and Albert Einstein's. His wife Kay Freeborn and son Graham Freeborn were also makeup artists.

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[edit] Notes and references

  1. Gary Arnold. 'Star Wars' (PG). The Washington Post. Retrieved on June 11, 2007.

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