Marie Menken
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
as Self
Chelsea Girls
1966
as Mother
The Life of Juanita Castro
1965
as Juanita Castro
Notes on Marie Menken
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Lights
1966
Director
Narcissus
1957
as Sibyl
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger
1961
Director
The Geography of the Body
1943
as Body
Watts with Eggs
1967
Director
Prison
1965
Andy Warhol
1965
Director
Bitch
1965
Visual Variations on Noguchi
1945
Director
The Gravediggers from Guadix
1958
Director
Wrestling
1964
Director
Wrestling
1964
Writer
Lita's Party
1964
Director
Notebook
1963
Director
Moonplay
1962
Director