Marie Menken

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.

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

1966Nominee

Best Performance

Chelsea Girls

1968Nominee

Best Director

Excursion

1965Nominee

Best Director

Andy Warhol

Career Highlights

1961Highlight

Best Director

Mood Mondrian

1957Highlight

Best Director

Glimpse of the Garden

Video

FeaturetteAndy Warhol's "The Chelsea Girls" | HOW TO SEE Double-Screen Films

Chelsea Girls

TrailerJonas Mekas - Walden (trailer)

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches