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Marie Menken

American filmmaker (1909-1970)
Person Human Q536926

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[18]
Date of birth
May 25, 1909, 1909[10]
Date of death
December 29, 1970, 1970[11]
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Brooklyn
Country of citizenship
United States[13]
Occupation
film director, journalist, writer, actor, artist, painter, filmmaker, director[15][16][17]
Spouse
Willard Maas[12]
Cause of death
disease[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[26]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[30]
Described by source
UbuWeb, Women film directors : an international bio-critical dictionary, The St. James women filmmakers encyclopedia[23][24][25]
Family name
Menken[20]
Given name
Marie[21]
Has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art[28]
Manner of death
natural causes[22]
Native language
English[14]
Represented by
Light Cone[27]
Writing language
English[29]
🏷️ Also known as
en Marie Menken en Mary Menken cs Marie Menkevicius ja マリー・メンケン zh 玛丽·曼肯 zh-hant 瑪麗·曼肯
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000121188493
VIAF cluster ID
5139721
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2008152638
GND ID
136354424
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Marie Menken0001.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID
p48440
AlloCiné person ID
16584
Artist-info artist ID
245273
Artists of the World ID
637fb3eb-41ff-45a7-86d6-4847204a1a7e
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
141208684
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
31516
FAST ID
1947977
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FilmPolski ID
103894
Freebase ID
/m/02rwjjc
HAND ID
B260-426E-1BAB-DE6D-4B65
IMDb ID
nm0579682
IdRef ID
080025773
J9U entity ID
987007327033805171
Kinobox person ID
887158
Kinopoisk person ID
335048
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
41559
MutualArt artist ID
5CDF3063E8A41DBF
NL CR AUT ID
xx0152047
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
254863361
Obálky knih ID
xx0152047
PORT person ID
299025
RKDartists ID
312947
SNAC ARK ID
w61g200q
TMDB person ID
1123118
Tabakalera ID
57719
Union List of Artist Names ID
500372534
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/8afe24a0-8c93-4bdc-8a03-02061bace054
ČSFD person ID
27511

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 6
actor, writer, journalist, artist, film director, painter
Cause of death 1
disease
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
UbuWeb
Given name 1
Marie
Has works in the collection 1
Museum of Modern Art
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
New York City
Place of death 1
Brooklyn
Sex or gender 1
female
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Marie Menken was born on May 25, 1909[1], in New York City[2]. She died on December 29, 1970[3], in Brooklyn[4]. She worked as a film director[5], journalist[6], writer[7], actor[8], and artist[9].

FAQs

Where was Marie Menken born?

Marie Menken's place of birth was New York City[2].

Where did Marie Menken die?

Marie Menken died in Brooklyn[4].

Who was Marie Menken married to?

Marie Menken's spouses include Willard Maas[12].

What did Marie Menken do for work?

Marie Menken worked as a film director[5], journalist[6], writer[7], actor[8], and artist[9].

Related Entities

disease Museum of Modern Art New York City UbuWeb United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [11] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . ubu.com. Retrieved . ubu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . lightcone.org. Retrieved . lightcone.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → B260-426E-1BAB-DE6D-4B65
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46460: HAND ID (6)"
  2. 18w ago · FrancescoSinH · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Marie Menken0001.jpg
    "Created claim: Image: Marie Menken0001.jpg"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Marie
    Spouse → Willard Maas
    Family name → Menken
    Writing language → English
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32117: import P21 and P106 from GND (30)"
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