Christine Belinda Allsopp was born in London and raised in Farnham Common near Pinewood Studios. Her father was an architect, writer, surveyor and editor of the Estates Gazette. Her mother, Connie Reeve, was a leading make-up artist who supervised John Hustonâs âMoulin Rougeâ and âBeat the Devilâ, and âThe Tales of Hoffmannâ for Michael Powell. Her uncles Harold and Gerald Fletcher were make-up artists; Harold trained Connie, the first woman trained at Shepperton Studios in tâŚ
