•          HOME PAGE
• BIOGRAPHY
• FILES
• BOOKS
• LINKS
• COMMENTS
• S

FLANAGAN Agnes

Born Agnes Margaret McKay

Date of birth : December 23, 1902, Minville, New Jersey.

Date of death : April 5, 1985, Woodland Hills, California.

Profession hairdresser at the Fox and Marilyn's personal hairdresser during more than 10 years.

 

Addresses 

* 1920 : 992 Emerson Street, Pasadena

* 1927 : 1110 East Green Street, Pasadena

* 1930 : 5737 Fulcher Avenue, Los Angeles ()

* 1942 : 823 Gower Avenue, Los Angeles ()

* 1954 : 10938 Moorpark Street, North Hollywood

* 11972 Sunshine Terrace, Studio City, California.

 

Story

Her parents Arthur Webster McKay (January 1, 1874, Scotland-December 21, 1956, California

,) and Anna Magdalena "Lena" Ebner (Decmeber 15,1875,

Indiana-January 8, 1954, California ,) married on March 1, 1899, in New York City. 

They had several children.

Agnes married Claude Higgins (born in 1899, Kentucky). They had 2 children Robert Claude (November 25,

1919, California-August 2, 2003, California)() and Marjorie Agnes (born November 16, 1920, California).

On March 19, 1927, she married her second husband Ralph David Owen (January 16, 1899, Missouri-September

7, 1978, California ,)().

Between 1930 and 1942 she married her last husband Frank Michael Flanagan (October 28, 1903, Montana-May 23, 1967, London). He worked as an electrician for the motion pictures industry

().

Link with Marilyn

She met Marilyn in 1950 on the set of Fox's "The Fireball".

She worked with Marilyn on "Some Like It Hot" (1959), "Let's Make Love" (1960), "The Misfits" (1961) and

"Something's Got To Give" (1962).

 

"Some Like It Hot" 

,,,,-,,,,;

---

"Let's Make Love" 

,,,-,;;;

---

"The Misfits" 

,,,,,;;;,;;;;;;;

---

"Something's Got to Give" 

shooting 

-,–-,-,;,;;,-,,,;,;

                                                

Marilyn's birthday ,

She was doing Marilyn's hair for outings, photo sessions and  business appointments, and became friend with Marilyn, belonging to the group of people upon who Marilyn knew she could rely on.

In Marilyn's dressing-room, October 29, 1960 ,,

Marilyn often visited her and played the aunt for the 2 children of Flanagan.

She just had to admire an article of clothing and Marilyn immediatly offered it to her.

Invoice for a Chanel n° 5 bottle Marilyn bought for Agnes for Christmas 1959 .

Her generosity continued until 1962, when Marilyn made her deliver a garden swing in front of which Agnes

had found ecstatically few days before.

Summer 1962 

-,,,,,,,-,,-,-,,-,,-,-,;,   

-

 

She brushed Marilyn's hair for her funeral, to which she attended, on August 8, 1962 

;,,,

 

Letter of advices from one of Marilyn's hairdresser to Agnes Flanagan, dated from November 20, 1959 

Invoice 

She was also the hairdresser of Bette Davis and Elizabeth Taylor (); with her husband Frank

M.Flanagan, they even had a small part in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1966") : ,,

.

1969, on the set of "The April Fools"

BACK TO INDEX                                                                                                                                                  NEXT FILE