Actor

Marie Menken

Directing

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TMDB popularity

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Movies: 30Series: 0Crew credits: 23

TMDB ID: 1123118

IMDb ID: nm0579682

Known for: Directing

Born: May 25, 1909

Died: December 29, 1970

Age: 61

Place of birth: New York, New York

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1943 - 1968

Years active: 26

Average TMDB rating: 5.96

Wikidata: Q536926

Also known as

Marie Maas

Other jobs

Director (18)Cinematography (3)Camera Operator (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Marie Menken was born Marie Menkevicius in New York City on May 25, 1909, the daughter of Catholic Lithuanian immigrants. She grew up in Brooklyn with a brother and a sister, in a home used to frequent financial difficulties. Both she and her sister Adele later changed their surname to Menken. Marie Menken and Willard Maas had got married in 1937, moving into a Brooklyn penthouse at 62 Montague Street which they would inhabit until their deaths. She died on December 29, 1970. Four days after her death, on January 2, 1971, Willard Maas died.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Marie Menken.