Mary Lillian Josephine Brown (née Brooks; August 8, 1914 – September 13, 2020) was an American radio and television producer, university administrator and instructor, author, makeup artist and image consultant.

She provided makeup and image services to nine Presidents of the United States from Dwight Eisenhower to Bill Clinton, and to Martin Luther King Jr.[1] Brooks was born in 1914 on a farm near Huntsville, Ohio.

[2] After receiving a two-year teaching degree from Bowling Green State College in 1933, she taught first, second and third graders at the same school as her mother.

[3] For her work in television she was given a Golden Mike Award in 1960 by McCall's magazine and the Alliance for Women in Media.

[4] In 1956, she was hired as the director of radio and television at George Washington University's public relations office, a post she held until 1966.

[2] While at American University, she helped create and serve as curator of the National Television Library.

"[6] As her reputation grew, she provided makeup and image services to many Congressional leaders and nine U.S. Presidents from Eisenhower to Bill Clinton.

[3] Others included Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr., Walter Cronkite, Eric Sevareid, Margaret Chase Smith, and Columbia University president Grayson Kirk.

She taught the course "Speaking to Be Understood: English as a First or Second Language" to graduate students at Georgetown's school of law, medicine, foreign service, and business.