Francesca Annis

Her films have included Dune (1984). Brigid still suffers with obsessive-compulsive disorder, a theme that she often explores in her artwork. She continued to be a leading television actress throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, appearing in series such as Edward the Seventh (as Lillie Langtry, a role she reprised in Lillie (1978)), Madame Bovary and Parnell and the Englishwoman, in which she played Kitty O'Shea. Brigid Berlin is also famous for her 'Tit Paintings' (1969) (artworks executed using the painter's bare breasts) and off-Broadway one-woman shows. Her performance as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanski's controversial 1971 film of Macbeth gained her notoriety. In 1975, Brigid Berlin began work for Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, a position that she held until well after Andy's death. While becoming an increasingly well known face on screen, she enjoyed a successful stage career, playing many leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The question of authorship looms large in valuing Warhol's paintings to this day.

She also presented children's television programmes. Brigid enthuisastically followed this line when interviewed by Time. The prank led to a drop in the value of Warhol's work and both parties eventually retracted their statements. In 1967 she played Estella in a television adaptation of Great Expectations. Berlin was complicit in one of Warhol's most infamous pranks when, in 1969, Warhol announced that all of his paintings were the work of Berlin. Francesca Annis began acting professionally in her teens, and made her film debut in the 1950s. Selections from these tapes were later compiled to form the play Andy Warhol's Pork. Francesca Annis (born May 14, 1944) is an English actress, particularly well known for her film and television appearances, most recently the BBC Television series Wives and Daughters and Deceit. Brigid was known for her obsessive taping and photographing of every day life.

She also appears in the Edie Sedgwick film Ciao! Manhattan and has recently been the subject of a documentary Pie in the Sky. Berlin appeared in many Andy Warhol films including The Chelsea Girls in which she famously injects herself while performing a monologue. These injections were readily available through the many 'Doctor Feelgood's'in New York and perfectly legal. After several years as a reluctant debutante and a failed marriage, Brigid Berlin met Andy Warhol in 1964 and quickly became a central member of his entourage. After moving to Hotel Chelsea, she took on the nickname Brigid Polk because of her habit of giving out 'pokes', injections of Vitamin B and amphetamines.

Her socialite mother, Honey Berlin, frequently worried about Brigid's weight and had amphetamines prescribed to faciltate weight control. As a child she regularly mixed with celebrities and the powerful. Brigid was born to socialite parents and a world of Manhattan privilige. Brigid Berlin (also known as Brigid Polk, born September 6, 1939) is an artist and former Warhol superstar.

Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (2000). Pecker (1998). Serial Mom (1994). Critical Years, The (1987).

Bad (1977). Ciao! Manhattan (1972). Women in Revolt (1971). Loves of Ondine, The (1968).

Four Stars (1967) aka 24 Hour Movie. Imitation of Christ (1967). Nude Restaurant, The (1967). Bike Boy (1967).

Chelsea Girls (1966).