Brigid Berlin

Brigid Berlin (also known as Brigid Polk, born September 6, 1939) is an artist and former Warhol superstar.

Brigid was born to socialite parents and a world of Manhattan privilige. As a child she regularly mixed with celebrities and the powerful. Her socialite mother, Honey Berlin, frequently worried about Brigid's weight and had amphetamines prescribed to faciltate weight control.

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. These injections were readily available through the many 'Doctor Feelgood's'in New York and perfectly legal.

Berlin appeared in many Andy Warhol films including The Chelsea Girls in which she famously injects herself while performing a monologue. She also appears in the Edie Sedgwick film Ciao! Manhattan and has recently been the subject of a documentary Pie in the Sky.

Brigid was known for her obsessive taping and photographing of every day life. Selections from these tapes were later compiled to form the play Andy Warhol's Pork.

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. 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. The question of authorship looms large in valuing Warhol's paintings to this day.

In 1975, Brigid Berlin began work for Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, a position that she held until well after Andy's death.

Brigid Berlin is also famous for her 'Tit Paintings' (1969) (artworks executed using the painter's bare breasts) and off-Broadway one-woman shows.

Brigid still suffers with obsessive-compulsive disorder, a theme that she often explores in her artwork.

Filmography

  • Chelsea Girls (1966)
  • Bike Boy (1967)
  • Nude Restaurant, The (1967)
  • Imitation of Christ (1967)
  • Four Stars (1967) aka 24 Hour Movie
  • Loves of Ondine, The (1968)
  • Women in Revolt (1971)
  • Ciao! Manhattan (1972)
  • Bad (1977)
  • Critical Years, The (1987)
  • Serial Mom (1994)
  • Pecker (1998)
  • Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (2000)

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Brigid still suffers with obsessive-compulsive disorder, a theme that she often explores in her artwork. Her most recent work has been in the television series Ally McBeal (1997-2000) and Three Sisters (2001). Brigid Berlin is also famous for her 'Tit Paintings' (1969) (artworks executed using the painter's bare breasts) and off-Broadway one-woman shows. They had one child, a daughter, Jennifer. In 1975, Brigid Berlin began work for Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, a position that she held until well after Andy's death. In 1962 she married Cary Grant, becoming his fourth wife, and divorced in 1968. The question of authorship looms large in valuing Warhol's paintings to this day. She has received two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress, one for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) and one for Heaven Can Wait (1978).

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. Samile Diane Friesen (born January 4, 1937), better known as Dyan Cannon, is an American film and television actress. 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. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960). Selections from these tapes were later compiled to form the play Andy Warhol's Pork. This Rebel Breed (1960). Brigid was known for her obsessive taping and photographing of every day life. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969).

She also appears in the Edie Sedgwick film Ciao! Manhattan and has recently been the subject of a documentary Pie in the Sky. Doctors' Wives (1971). Berlin appeared in many Andy Warhol films including The Chelsea Girls in which she famously injects herself while performing a monologue. The Anderson Tapes (1971). These injections were readily available through the many 'Doctor Feelgood's'in New York and perfectly legal. The Love Machine (1971). 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. Such Good Friends (1971).

Her socialite mother, Honey Berlin, frequently worried about Brigid's weight and had amphetamines prescribed to faciltate weight control. Le Casse (1971). As a child she regularly mixed with celebrities and the powerful. Shamus (1973). Brigid was born to socialite parents and a world of Manhattan privilige. The Last of Sheila (1973). Brigid Berlin (also known as Brigid Polk, born September 6, 1939) is an artist and former Warhol superstar. Child Under a Leaf (1974).

Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (2000). Heaven Can Wait (1978). Pecker (1998). Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978). Serial Mom (1994). Coast to Coast (1980). Critical Years, The (1987). Honeysuckle Rose (1980).

Bad (1977). Deathtrap (1982). Ciao! Manhattan (1972). Author! Author! (1982). Women in Revolt (1971). Caddyshack II (1988). Loves of Ondine, The (1968). The End of Innocence (1990).

Four Stars (1967) aka 24 Hour Movie. The Pickle (1993). Imitation of Christ (1967). That Darn Cat (1997). Nude Restaurant, The (1967). 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997). Bike Boy (1967). Out to Sea (1997).

Chelsea Girls (1966). Sender, The (1997). Allie & Me (1997). Kiss of a Stranger (1999). Kangaroo Jack (2003).