We're used to seeing him caked in full make up, complete with heavy eye detail, false lashes and huge bright red lips.

But Marilyn Manson appeared washed out when he dropped the stage persona to pay a visit to his fiancee Evan Rachel Wood on the set of her latest acting project this week.

The 41-year-old rocker, real name Brian Warner, spent time with his 22-year-old partner as she took a break from filming the new HBO series Mildred Pierce.

Make up free: Marilyn Manson, real name Brian Warner, takes a stroll down a New York street with his fiancee Evan Rachel Wood

Washed out: The rocker usually wears heavy make up during his public appearances

Manson held hands with the actress as they took a stroll through the Lower East Side in New York.

She wore a colour-coordinated pink and black ensemble with black boots, leggings and a long cardigan matched with a pink and black T-shirt, a pink headband and sunglasses with a pink frame.

Meanwhile, her boyfriend was all in black covering his make up-free face with a pair of shades and a leather hat.

New role: Actress Evan Rachel Wood is starring in the serialisation of 1945 movie Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce is a remake of the 1945 movie adapted and serialised for television.

It also stars British actress Kate Winslet and follows the story of single mother Mildred (Winslet) who decides to open a restaurant.

But the business tears at the already-strained relationship with her ambitious elder daughter, Veda (Wood).

Mother figure: Kate Winslet plays Mildred Pierce, mother of Miss Wood's character Veda in the series, which is set during the Great Depression

Manson's relationship with the young actress has seen its fair share of ups and downs, with the couple splitting twice since going public in 2007.

In November 2008, Wood issued a statement saying 'Manson and I both decided to take some time apart so we could concentrate on work.'

However, they got back together for a short time in 2009 before taking another break.

Engagement: The couple have split on two separate occasions, but in January this year they announced that they had become engaged

By the end of the year they had got back together and, in January this year announced they were engaged.

After working together on the video for Manson's single Heart Shaped Glasses (which he wrote for Evan), the couple are set to star in a feature film together.

Manson and Miss Wood will co-star in the 'sexploitation-serial-killer-slasher-road-movie circa 1989'.

The film's director David Gordon Green said: 'This is a role Marilyn Manson was born to play and with Evan bringing dramatic gravity to the ensemble, I have no doubt this will take the horror genre to a new level.'