Jane Holzer (

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Brukenfeld; born October 23, 1940), is an American art collector and real estate investor. She is best known as a

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, and she also worked as a model, actress, and film producer. Nicknamed Baby Jane Holzer, she appeared on the cover of British ''Vogue'' in 1964, and she was referred to as one of the "fashion revolutionaries" by ''

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'' in 1966.

Life and career

Jane Brukenfeld grew up in Palm Beach, the daughter of real estate investor Carl Brukenfeld. His wealth came from Florida real estate, particularly in

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and

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. She grew up in a Jewish household and attended

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. She attended Finch Junior College in Manhattan but "flunked out of college on purpose to become a model," she recounted. In 1962, she married real estate investor, Leonard Holzer. In 1963, her modeling career began to take off in London where she was photographed by

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. In 1964, Holzer told journalist

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: "Bailey created four girls that summer. He created

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, he created me, he created Angela Howard and Susan Murray. There’s no photographer like that in America. Avedon hasn’t done that for a girl, Penn hasn't, and Bailey created four girls in one summer. He did some pictures of me for the English Vogue, and that was all it took." She was nicknamed "Baby Jane" Holzer by a newspaper columnist as a reference to the film ''Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?'' (1962). Holzer is considered to be one of the first Warhol superstars. She was a young society wife when she was introduced to artist

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in 1964. British interior designer Nicky Haslam brought Warhol to a dinner party at Holzer's Park Avenue apartment in New York, where he also met

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musician

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for the first time. Holzer later ran into Warhol on

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and he asked to make films with him. Warhol recalled in his memoir '' Popism'' (1980): "She was such a gorgeous girl—great skin and hair. And so much enthusiasm—she wanted to do everything. I asked her if she wanted to be in a movie and she got excited: 'Sure! Anything beats being a Park Avenue housewife!" In 1964, Holzer created a stir by attending the couture fashion shows in Paris. Known for her mane of teased hair, she was highlighted in ''

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'' magazine's October 1964 issue. As

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, editor of Vogue, put it, she was "the most contemporary girl I know." The November 1964 edition of British ''Vogue'' featured her on the cover. Movies she appeared in included

's ''

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'' (1964), ''

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'' (1964), ''

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'' (1964), and ''

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'' (1965). In 1966, Holzer was named one of the "fashion revolutionaries" in New York by ''

'', alongside

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, Tiger Morse,

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, André Courrèges,

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, Yves Saint Laurent, and

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. In 1967, she played herself at a New York party in the

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of the short-lived TV series, ''

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''. She released the single "Rapunzel"/"Nowhere" in 1967 on

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, produced by

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and arranged by

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. Holzer appeared in the independently produced ''

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'' (1972). She co-produced the 1985 film '' Kiss of the Spider Woman''. Holzer became a prominent

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collector and a real estate tycoon. She lived in a six-story townhouse in New York, surrounded by her collection of art which includes Warhol,

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, and

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. She now resides in Palm Beach, Florida. Holzer also owns a significant amount of Palm Beach real estate, notably the restaurant Le Bilboquet, where she and Philippe Delgrange are business partners. In 2014, Holzer was the subject of an exhibition titled "To Jane, Love Andy" at the

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in West Palm Beach.

Personal life

In 1962, 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. She was one of the attendants at the wedding of Mary McFadden and Philip Harari in 1964. 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. Her son Charles “Rusty” Holzer was born in 1969. He competed for the United States Virgin Islands at the 1992 Summer Olympics in

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, and his wife Ashley Holzer is a dressage rider who won a bronze medal for Canada at the

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In pop culture

Holzer is the subject of "Girl of the Year" in

's '' The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby'' (1965). Holzer was parodied as Baby Jane Towser in the 1967 ''

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'' episode "Pop/Flop Goes the Joker", where she was played by Diana Ivarson. p. 259 Spigel, Lynn ''TV by Design: Modern Art and the Rise of Network Television'' University of Chicago Press, 2008 She is referenced twice (as Baby Jane) in the 1972

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single " Virginia Plain".

References

External links

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Baby Jane Holzer biography
at warholstars.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Holzer, Jane Living people 1940 births People associated with The Factory American female models Muses (persons) Businesspeople from Palm Beach, Florida