Marie Menken
Age: N/A | From: New York, New York
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Marie Maas
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York, New York
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 33
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Lights
(1966) Director
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger
(1961) Director
Andy Warhol
(1965) Director
Notebook
(1961) Director
The Geography of the Body
(1943) Cinematography
Glimpse of the Garden
(1957) Director
Go! Go! Go!
(1964) Director
Visual Variations on Noguchi
(1945) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Herself (archive footage) | |
| 1969 | Self | |
| 1966 | Mother | |
| 1965 | Self | |
| Juanita Castro | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | Mother | |
| 1943 | Body | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Director | |
| 1967 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1966 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1965 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1964 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1961 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 1959 | Director | |
| 1958 | Director | |
| 1957 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1945 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Cinematography | |
| 1965 | Cinematography | |
| 1964 | Cinematography | |
| 1961 | Cinematography | |
| 1948 | Cinematography | |
| 1943 | Cinematography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Camera Operator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Join the discussion
Please Log in to comment