Marie Menken
Known for Directing · 10 credits
- Born
- 1909-05-25
- Died
- 1970-12-29
- Place of birth
- New York, New York
- Also known as
- Marie Maas
Biography
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
Movies (10)
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
as Self
Chelsea Girls
1966
as Mother
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self
Notes on Marie Menken
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Geography of the Body
1943
as Body
Bitch
1965
Prison
1965
The Life of Juanita Castro
1965
as Juanita Castro
Narcissus
1957
as Sibyl
Image in the Snow
1952
as Mother
About Marie Menken
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. With 10 credits spanning from 1943 to 2006, Marie Menken has appeared in 10 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Marie Menken Movies
- Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965) — as Self
- Chelsea Girls (1966) — as Mother
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) — as Self
- Notes on Marie Menken (2006) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Geography of the Body (1943) — as Body
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