“Promise me that if something happens to me, please, nobody must touch my face but you,” Marilyn had implored her friend at one point, according to David Spoto’s ‘Marilyn Monroe: The Biography.’ “Promise you’ll do my make-up, so I’ll look my best when I leave.” In response, Whitey had actually teased her by stating, “Sure! Bring the body back while it’s still warm and I’ll do it!”
That’s also why she felt comfortable enough to not just sleep or do other work while he worked on her but made him promise to be the only one to touch her face even after she passed as well. Whitey was thus the one Marilyn developed her signature look with by the early-1950s, especially since their bond had evolved into a friendship by this point, and she trusted him completely. Image Credit: Insight Editions/20th Century Fox via The New Yorker In other words, the California native did the then-aspiring actress’ make-up for her first screen test at 20th Century Fox in 1946, only for them to then stick together until her demise in 1962.
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He was indeed a significant figure in her life because although he officially began his long-lasting career in the field with the 1948 movie ‘The Walls of Jericho,’ he was with the actress from the get-go. Whitey is not just a character derived out of thin air he’s actually a complete representation of Marilyn’s real-life personal make-up artist, friend, confidant, and safe place, Allan “Whitey” Snyder.
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