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.
Directed 20
1960s
- 1968
Excursion
Director
- 1967
Watts with Eggs
Director
- 1966
Lights
Director
Sidewalks
Director
- 1965
Andy Warhol
Director
- 1964
Wrestling
Director
Lita's Party
Director
Go! Go! Go!
Director
- 1963
Notebook
Director
- 1962
Moonplay
Director
- 1961
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger
Director
Bagatelle for Willard Maas
Director
Eye Music in Red Major
Director
Mood Mondrian
Director
Drips in Strips
Director
1950s
- 1959
Dwightiana
Director
- 1956
Glimpse of the Garden
Director
Hurry, Hurry!
Director
1940s
- 1945
Visual Variations on Noguchi
Director
No release date
For Leo Castelli
Director
Acted in 6
1960s
- 1966
Chelsea Girls
Mother
- 1965
The Life of Juanita Castro
Juanita Castro
Prison
Movie
1950s
- 1952
Image in the Snow
Mother
1940s
- 1943
The Geography of the Body
Body
Other crew 6
1960s
- 1965
Andy Warhol
Cinematography
- 1964
Dionysus
Cinematography
- 1962
Moonplay
Cinematography
- 1961
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger
Cinematography
1950s
- 1952
Image in the Snow
Cinematography
1940s
- 1943
The Geography of the Body
Cinematography
Camera 2
1960s
- 1967
In Search of the Miraculous
Camera Operator
- 1964
Lita's Party
Director of Photography
Wrote 1
1960s
- 1964
Wrestling
Writer
Edited 1
1960s
- 1964
Lita's Party
Editor
Appearances2
1960s
- 1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
- 1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Self