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Marie Irvine (1925 - january 15, 2024) was a makeup artist, famous for doing Marilyn Monroe's makeup when she sang Happy Birthday, Mr. President for President John F. Kennedy at a gala held at Madison Square Garden for his 45th birthday, in 1962.

Born in Pawling, upstate New York, Marie moved to New York City after graduating from high school and started her career working for Elizabeth Arden at her Fifth Avenue Red Door Salon, where she was the last make-up artist trained by Arden and became her confidante. This led to her being on the set for photoshoots for magazines such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, where she would meet Richard Avedon, and frequently do makeup in his shoots. Marie also worked regularly for Irving Penn, and did makeup for famous models such as Veruschka von Lehndorff and Twiggy.

She stopped working regularly for Avedon when she got married and had a daughter, however she kept doing occasional work with him, and met Marilyn at a photo shoot for The Look Alike Project for Life magazine for in which she provided makeup services.