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Although Andy Warhol called NAOMI LEVINE his first superstar, Baby Jane Holzer was the first of Warhol's superstars to attract a lot of media attention.
Jane Holzer was born Jane Brookenfeld on October 23, 1940 [SIZE=-7](imdb)[/SIZE]. Jane's father, Carl Brookenfeld, had made his fortune in real estate. Although Jane was raised in Florida, her father also had a place in New York where they spent a lot of time. Jane went to Cherry Lawn School in Darien, Connecticut and then to Finch Junior College until she was expelled, preferring dancing at El Morrocco to studying. After Finch, she started modeling and was catapulted to fame when David Bailey took her photographs for English Vogue in the summer of 1963. [SIZE=-7](KT165-6) [/SIZE]Jane Brookenfeld became Jane Holzer when she married Leonard Holzer - the heir to a large real estate fortune. Their home in New York was a twelve room apartment on Park Avenue.
Nicky Haslam, the editor of Show magazine at the time, introduced Jane to Andy on 59th Street, in front of Bloomingdales. Andy told her he was doing a film called Soap Opera and asked if she would like to be in it. A week or so after meeting Warhol, Jane had a dinner at her father-in-law's house where she lived on Park Avenue, and Andy came. The other guests were David Bailey, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, David McEwen and Nicky Haslam. [SIZE=-7](UW47)[/SIZE]
Jane was nicknamed "Baby Jane" by columnist Carol Bjorkman. The film, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, had just come out and although the columnist had not seen the film, she used the name for Jane Holzer. Jane hadn't seen the film either, but when she did, she "wanted to die" but the name stuck. [SIZE=-7](UW47/48)[/SIZE]
According to Jane, Soap Opera was the first film she worked on - with Jerry Benjamin and Sam Green. She also made a Screen Test where Warhol just turned on the camera and told her not to blink. She also remembered making a film where she was eating a banana, and then Batman Dracula. [SIZE=-7](UW47)[/SIZE]
Jane also appeared in a Broadway play called Gotta Go Disco by Jerry Brandt, Joe Eula and Alan Finkelstein based on story of Cinderella, starring Irene Cara. It closed after two weeks.
Because of all the drugs and craziness at the Factory, Jane stayed away from it "between Edie's arrival and when Andy got shot" [SIZE=-7](UW53)[/SIZE]. She remained in contact with Warhol throughout the seventies and eighties, both often attending similar social functions. Jane: "I remember it used to be so embarrassing in the '60s: he and ten people would show up and crash. By the '70s, he was the first one to be invited anywhere." [SIZE=-7](UW53)[/SIZE]
Jane eventually opened an ice cream shop in Palm Beach, Florida called Sweet Baby Jane's, living in both New York and Palm Beach. [SIZE=-7](UW47) [/SIZE]In addition to her real estate investments, Jane was also executive producer of the film, Naked Tango (1990) and associate producer of Spike of Bensonhurst (1988). She also appeared in the films, Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990), La Vallee fantome (1987) and Futz! (1969). [SIZE=-7](IMDB)[/SIZE]
Bio from warholstars
http://www.robinsonarchive.com/
http://www.deutsche-bank-kunst.com/
http://www.robinsonarchive.com/
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/
http://edu.warhol.org/
MetMuseum!!!(the Bikini´s are Gifts from Baby Jane for the Museum)
http://www.80spurple.com/
vogue.com
one of her dresses
human.cornell
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[SIZE=-1]and Jane Holzer at the Factory (ca. 1965)
(photo: Billy Name)
(photo: Billy Name)
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[SIZE=-1]Diana Vreeland:[/SIZE][SIZE=-1] "Jane Holzer is the most contemporary girl I know."[/SIZE]
Jane Holzer was born Jane Brookenfeld on October 23, 1940 [SIZE=-7](imdb)[/SIZE]. Jane's father, Carl Brookenfeld, had made his fortune in real estate. Although Jane was raised in Florida, her father also had a place in New York where they spent a lot of time. Jane went to Cherry Lawn School in Darien, Connecticut and then to Finch Junior College until she was expelled, preferring dancing at El Morrocco to studying. After Finch, she started modeling and was catapulted to fame when David Bailey took her photographs for English Vogue in the summer of 1963. [SIZE=-7](KT165-6) [/SIZE]Jane Brookenfeld became Jane Holzer when she married Leonard Holzer - the heir to a large real estate fortune. Their home in New York was a twelve room apartment on Park Avenue.
Nicky Haslam, the editor of Show magazine at the time, introduced Jane to Andy on 59th Street, in front of Bloomingdales. Andy told her he was doing a film called Soap Opera and asked if she would like to be in it. A week or so after meeting Warhol, Jane had a dinner at her father-in-law's house where she lived on Park Avenue, and Andy came. The other guests were David Bailey, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, David McEwen and Nicky Haslam. [SIZE=-7](UW47)[/SIZE]
Jane was nicknamed "Baby Jane" by columnist Carol Bjorkman. The film, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, had just come out and although the columnist had not seen the film, she used the name for Jane Holzer. Jane hadn't seen the film either, but when she did, she "wanted to die" but the name stuck. [SIZE=-7](UW47/48)[/SIZE]
According to Jane, Soap Opera was the first film she worked on - with Jerry Benjamin and Sam Green. She also made a Screen Test where Warhol just turned on the camera and told her not to blink. She also remembered making a film where she was eating a banana, and then Batman Dracula. [SIZE=-7](UW47)[/SIZE]
Jane Holzer [on filming Batman Dracula]: "That was hysterical. This limo came and picked us up and took us out to the Marshall Field house where Judy and Sam Peabody were spending the summer. And Andy's early star Naomi Levine was there. Ivy Nicholson was there too. And there were all of these wonderful proper maids in uniforms waiting on people. Naomi Levine wrapped herself in Saran Wrap with nothing underneath. Everyone was watching the maids sort of move around ill-at-ease, pretending that Naomi was dressed. Judy and Sam were hysterical, I thought it was hysterically funny - it was great." [SIZE=-7](Ibid) [/SIZE]
In addition to her Warhol films, Jane also appeared in Ciao Manhattan. When asked what it was like working with Edie Sedgwick and Chuck Wein on the film, she said "Let me give you an example. One day we went to this halfway house. And we were waiting for Edie to show up. We got there at probably 11 in the morning. At 5, Edie shows up... she filmed perfectly because she was, you know, high and feeling great. But we were fit to be tied and uptight because we'd been waiting forever." [SIZE=-7](UW52)[/SIZE]
Jane also appeared in a Broadway play called Gotta Go Disco by Jerry Brandt, Joe Eula and Alan Finkelstein based on story of Cinderella, starring Irene Cara. It closed after two weeks.
Because of all the drugs and craziness at the Factory, Jane stayed away from it "between Edie's arrival and when Andy got shot" [SIZE=-7](UW53)[/SIZE]. She remained in contact with Warhol throughout the seventies and eighties, both often attending similar social functions. Jane: "I remember it used to be so embarrassing in the '60s: he and ten people would show up and crash. By the '70s, he was the first one to be invited anywhere." [SIZE=-7](UW53)[/SIZE]
Jane eventually opened an ice cream shop in Palm Beach, Florida called Sweet Baby Jane's, living in both New York and Palm Beach. [SIZE=-7](UW47) [/SIZE]In addition to her real estate investments, Jane was also executive producer of the film, Naked Tango (1990) and associate producer of Spike of Bensonhurst (1988). She also appeared in the films, Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990), La Vallee fantome (1987) and Futz! (1969). [SIZE=-7](IMDB)[/SIZE]
one of her dresses