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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2013
Notes on Marie Menken
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2006
Chelsea Girls
Character: Mother
MOVIE • 1966
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1965
The Life of Juanita Castro
Character: Juanita Castro
MOVIE • 1965
Bitch
Character:
MOVIE • 1965
Prison
Character:
MOVIE • 1965
Narcissus
Character: Sibyl
MOVIE • 1958
Image in the Snow
Character: Mother
MOVIE • 1952
The Geography of the Body
Character: Body
MOVIE • 1943
Crew
Crew Credits
Excursion
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1968
In Search of the Miraculous
Role: Camera Operator
MOVIE • 1967
Watts with Eggs
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967
Lights
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1966
Sidewalks
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1966
Andy Warhol
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1965
Andy Warhol
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 1965
Wrestling
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1964
Wrestling
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1964
Dionysus
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 1964
Lita's Party
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1964
Lita's Party
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1964
Lita's Party
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1964
Go! Go! Go!
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1964
Notebook
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1963
Moonplay
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1962
Moonplay
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 1962
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1961
Bagatelle for Willard Maas
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1961
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 1961