Viva (actress)
Janet Susan Mary Hoffman aka Viva ( born August 23, 1938 in Thousand Islands, New York, USA) is an American actress and former " Andy Warhol Superstar".
Life
Susan Hoffman is the oldest child from a conservative family with nine siblings. Her father was a prominent lawyer. Susan studied in Paris at the Sorbonne. Your first encounter with Andy Warhol had on the Engagement Party of Betsey Johnson and John Cale in New York's legendary Chelsea Hotel. At the party, " pressed " it 's pop- art artist until it suited her role in his next film. The next day, she appeared in Warhol's strip The Loves of Ondine with ( which was not published until a year later and were first used by the only parts in the movie ****). Was " VIVA! " Born ( the name had missed her Warhol) and repressed once the reigning " superstar " Ultra Violet from the Warhol Factory. Viva! ( the exclamation mark they put out later from their nickname) was to see from now on ( until the 70 ) in a number of Warhol productions. After several discrepancies with Warhol (mostly due to financial disagreements ) they left the factory and tried to take into their own hands, which she could not really her film career. In addition to some more or less successful roles and supporting roles, it became quiet around the former " Warhol Superstar". Viva married in 1970 the French filmmaker Michel Auder ( marriage is now divorced) with whom she has a daughter, actress Alexandra Auder. Another daughter, Gaby Hoffmann, is also an actress.