About

Known credits:
37
Birthday:
1909-05-25
Place of birth:
New York, New York
Website:
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Marie Menken

Overview

Marie Menken was born Marie Menkevicius in New York City on May 25, 1909, the daughter of Catholic Lithuanian immigrants. She grew up in Brooklyn with a brother and a sister, in a home used to frequent financial difficulties. Both she and her sister Adele later changed their surname to Menken. Marie Menken and Willard Maas had got married in 1937, moving into a Brooklyn penthouse at 62 Montague Street which they would inhabit until their deaths. She died on December 29, 1970. Four days after her death, on January 2, 1971, Willard Maas died.

Known for

Acting
2013 Diaries, Notes, and Sketches Actor Self 59
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2006 Notes on Marie Menken Actor Herself (archive footage) 58
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1966 Chelsea Girls Actor Mother 58
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1965 Andy Warhol Screen Tests Actor Self 59
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1965 The Life of Juanita Castro Actor Juanita Castro 59
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1965 Prison Actor N/A
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1965 Bitch Actor N/A
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1958 Narcissus Actor Sibyl N/A
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1952 Image in the Snow Actor Mother 59
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1943 The Geography of the Body Actor Body 59
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Directing
1968 Excursion Directing Director N/A
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1967 Watts with Eggs Directing Director 58
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1966 Lights Directing Director 58
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1966 Sidewalks Directing Director N/A
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1965 Andy Warhol Directing Director 58
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1964 Wrestling Directing Director N/A
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1964 Go! Go! Go! Directing Director 58
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1963 Notebook Directing Director 58
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1962 Moonplay Directing Director N/A
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1961 Bagatelle for Willard Maas Directing Director N/A
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1961 Arabesque for Kenneth Anger Directing Director 58
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1961 Eye Music in Red Major Directing Director 58
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1961 Drips in Strips Directing Director N/A
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1961 Mood Mondrian Directing Director N/A
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1959 Dwightiana Directing Director N/A
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1958 The Gravediggers from Guadix Directing Director N/A
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1957 Glimpse of the Garden Directing Director 58
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1957 Hurry, Hurry! Directing Director 58
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1945 Visual Variations on Noguchi Directing Director 59
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Writing
1964 Wrestling Writing Writer N/A
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Camera
1967 In Search of the Miraculous Camera Camera Operator N/A
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Crew
1965 Andy Warhol Crew Cinematography 58
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1964 Dionysus Crew Cinematography 59
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1962 Moonplay Crew Cinematography N/A
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1961 Arabesque for Kenneth Anger Crew Cinematography 58
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1952 Image in the Snow Crew Cinematography 59
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1943 The Geography of the Body Crew Cinematography 59
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