Jane Holzer

Jane Holzer (née Brukenfeld; born October 23, 1940), is an American art collector and film producer who was previously an actress, model, and Warhol superstar. She was often known by the nickname Baby Jane Holzer. She was also known as a 1960s fashion icon.[1]

Jane Holzer
Born
Jane Brukenfeld

(1940-10-23) October 23, 1940
Other namesBaby Jane Holzer
Occupation(s)Art collector, film producer, actress, model
Known forWarhol superstar, Fashion icon
ChildrenCharles Holzer
RelativesAshley Holzer (daughter in-law)

Biography

The daughter of real estate investor Carl Brukenfeld, she married Leonard Holzer, an heir to a New York real estate fortune. Holzer was noted for including art projects in his developments, particularly at the Smith Haven Mall.[2]

Movies she appeared in included Andy Warhol's Soap Opera (1964), Couch (1964), and Camp (1965), and the independently produced Ciao! Manhattan (1972). She co-produced the 1985 film Kiss of the Spider Woman. Holzer is the subject of "Girl of the Year" in Tom Wolfe's The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965) and is referenced twice in the 1972 Roxy Music single "Virginia Plain".

Holzer appeared in Warhol's Batman Dracula (1964).[3] In turn, she was parodied as Baby Jane Towser in the 1967 Batman episode "Pop/Flop Goes the Joker", where she was played by Diana Ivarson.[4] That same year, she played herself at a New York party in the pilot episode of the short-lived TV series, Coronet Blue.

In 1966, Holzer was named one of the "fashion revolutionaries" in New York by Women's Wear Daily, alongside Edie Sedgwick, Tiger Morse, Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, Rudi Gernreich, André Courrèges, Emanuel Ungaro, Yves Saint Laurent, and Mary Quant.[1]

She released the single "Rapunzel"/"Nowhere" in 1967 on Atco Records, produced by Al Kasha and arranged by Barry Goldberg.[5]

Personal life

She was one of the attendants at the wedding of Mary McFadden and Philip Harari in 1964.[6]

Her son, Charles Holzer, competed for the United States Virgin Islands at the 1992 Summer Olympics in show jumping, and his wife Ashley Holzer is a dressage rider who won a bronze medal for Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[7]

References
  1. "Revolution In Fashion Reaction In New York: These Were The Revolutionaries". Women’s Wear Daily. Vol. 112, no. 74. April 14, 1966. pp. 4–5. ProQuest 1564944345.
  2. Rattiner, Dan (March 25, 2011). "Dan's Papers - March 25, 2011 - Legs". Danshamptons.com. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  3. "Batgirlbat-trap".
  4. p. 259 Spigel, Lynn TV by Design: Modern Art and the Rise of Network Television University of Chicago Press, 2008
  5. "Repunzel (Baby Jane Holzer)". 45cat.com. May 1967. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  6. Charlotte Curtis, "Mary McFadden Married to Philip Harari at St. Bartholomew's; Former Dior Aide is Wed to Director in De Beers Group", The New York Times, September 26, 1964.
  7. "Holzer is Pop Art's biggest fan | Your Passport to the Beijing Olympics - SCMP". Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2012.


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