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- Birth nameBrigid Emmett Berlin
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Brigid Berlin was born on September 6, 1939 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Serial Mom (1994), Ciao Manhattan (1972) and Bad (1977). She was married to John Parker. She died on July 17, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseJohn Parker(1960 - ?) (divorced)
- "Brigid Polk" was a pseudonym used by Brigid Berlin in the 1960s in some of Andy Warhol's films and on some of her artwork. She reportedly called herself that because she used to "poke" herself so often -- that is, she used to regularly inject amphetamines with a syringe, as she famously did through her jeans in Chelsea Girls (1966).
- She was one of the few superstars who remained a regular friend of Andy Warhol until his death.
- Completed her education at the Convent of the Sacred Heart Eden Hall in Pennsylvania, a Catholic school where her father had sent her, saying "At least you're not going to get Communism from the nuns!"
- Her mother, Honey Berlin, was constantly trying to get her to lose weight as a child, giving her cash for every pound she lost and pharmaceutical "speed" to help her lose it. Brigid was sent to the family doctor at the age of eleven to get amphetamines and Dexedrine (little orange hearts), while her mother took Preludin.
- She became a permanent employee at the Factory in 1975, working at the front desk and transcribing interviews.
- My mother wanted me to be a slim respectable socialite... Instead I became an overweight troublemaker.
- Mother was a New York society girl. She smoked. She didn't read books. She went to every fashion show because Daddy ran the show at Hearst. He got the company out of debt; he sold off newspapers to buy television stations. When Patty Hearst was kidnapped, he held the purse strings, and he was reluctant to give up the ransom money to get her back.
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