Cleopatra that starred Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. She also worked in make-up for the Coronation of Elizabeth II. Following the decline in Max Factor's profits in the early 1970s, their London salon was closed in 1974. She went into semi-retirement in the same year, and continued to work for Max Factor as an adviser and lectured at women's clubs. In 1988, Gardiner was appointed to the Academy of Legends at the Esthetics World Expo 88 in Dallas, Texas, where she was the primary speaker. Personal life She married her cousin, the retired Canadian Army officer Lieutenant-Colonel Michael David Gardiner, in 1990. Gardiner was an amateur artist. She died at Ealing Hospital in London on 1 June 1992. References 1913 births 1992 deaths People from Clevedon 20th-century English women 20th-century English women artists Beauticians British make-up artists