Prudence Hyman as Megaera 'The Gorgon'.

A reference photograph of Prudence Hyman as Megaera 'The Gorgon', taken by an unknown photographer in 1964. Prudence Hyman played Megaera in 'The Gorgon' (1964).

Roy Ashton (1909–95) and Phil Leakey (1908–92) were master make-up artists who worked on many of the British cult horror films of the mid-20th century. A trained artist, Australia-born Ashton began his career at Gaumont-British Film Corporation in 1932 as a means of supplementing his passion for opera singing. In 1955, Ashton became the assistant to Hammer Films’ Phil Leakey, the first makeup artist to receive on-screen credit for ‘Special Make-up Effects’.