While they were very different personalities, Jackie and Marilyn did have a few things in common.
Battelle connected with Jackie first, well before she became First Lady.
Battelle also commissioned some large bespoke rollers to achieve his creative vision for Jackie’s hair.
“She became my favorite steady client,” Battelle remarked, perDaily Mail.
“She had wonderful hair; she had wonderful everything.
She was one of the greatest people I’ve ever known.”
“They fully trusted him.”
“He didn’t exploit people,” Joan Conine, Battelle’s sister, toldSyracuse’s Post-Standardin 2013.
“[Monroe] said she was fearful of publicity,” Battelle explained, per People.
For Marilyn Monroe, Battelle was on hand in 1961 to style the star when she left Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital.
“It was as if they owned her as if she belonged to them.”
