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-'''Monique van Vooren''' (March 25, 1927 – January 28, 2020) was a [[Belgian]]-born [[American actress]] and dancer.+'''Monique van Vooren''' (March 25, 1927 – January 28, 2020) was a [[Belgian]]-born [[American actress]] and dancer, perhaps best-known for her part in ''[[Andy Warhol's Frankenstein]]'' (1973).
==Early years== ==Early years==
-Born in [[Brussels]] to Belgian parents, George Bronz (or Bronze) and Louise van Vooren, Monique was a champion skater and a beauty queen in Belgium. She reportedly studied philosophy and languages and learned to speak English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. "I can also read Greek and Latin", she claimed. Her first visit to the United States apparently took place in 1946 at age 19, with the married name "Jakobson" and listed as a "housewife". Her second husband was Kurt (or Curt) Henry Pfenniger. Her third husband was New York businessman Gerard Walter Purcell (October 17, 1915 – March 17, 2002). The couple were married from 1958 until Purcell's death in 2002.+Born in [[Brussels]] to Belgian parents, George Bronz (or Bronze) and Louise van Vooren, Monique was a champion skater and a [[beauty queen in Belgium]]. She reportedly studied philosophy and languages and learned to speak English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. "I can also read Greek and Latin", she claimed. Her first visit to the United States apparently took place in 1946 at age 19, with the married name "Jakobson" and listed as a "housewife". Her second husband was Kurt (or Curt) Henry Pfenniger. Her third husband was New York businessman Gerard Walter Purcell (October 17, 1915 – March 17, 2002). The couple were married from 1958 until Purcell's death in 2002.
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*1987: ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'' - "Woman at '21'" *1987: ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'' - "Woman at '21'"
*2012: ''[[Greystone Park]]'' - Monique (final film role) *2012: ''[[Greystone Park]]'' - Monique (final film role)
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-*[[1950 au cinéma|1950]] : ''[[Demain il sera trop tard]]'' (''Domani è troppo tardi'') de [[Léonide Moguy]] : Giannina 
-*[[1953 au cinéma|1953]] : ''{{lien|trad=Tarzan and the She-Devil|fr=Tarzan et la Diablesse}}'' (''Tarzan and the She-Devil'') de [[Kurt Neumann (réalisateur)|Kurt Neumann]] : Lyra « She-Devil » 
-*[[1955 au cinéma|1955]] : ''[[Série noire (film, 1955)|Série noire]]'' de [[Pierre Foucaud]] : Éliane 
-*[[1955 au cinéma|1955]] : ''[[Ça va barder]]'' de [[John Berry]] : Irène 
-*[[1957 au cinéma|1957]] : ''[[Dix mille chambres à coucher]]'' (''Ten Thousand Bedrooms'') de [[Richard Thorpe]] : la fille au générique de début 
-*[[1958 au cinéma|1958]] : ''[[Gigi (film, 1958)|Gigi]]'' de [[Vincente Minnelli]] : une showgirl 
-*[[1959 au cinéma|1959]] : ''[[Joyeux anniversaire (film, 1959)|Joyeux anniversaire]]'' (''Happy Anniversary'') de [[David Miller (réalisateur)|David Miller]] : Jeanette Revere 
-*[[1967 au cinéma|1967]] : ''{{lien|Fearless Frank}}'' de [[Philip Kaufman]] : Plethora 
-*[[1971 au cinéma|1971]] : ''[[Le Décaméron (film)|Le Décaméron]]'' (''Il decameron'') de [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] : la reine Skull 
-*[[1973 au cinéma|1973]] : ''[[Les Noces de cendre]]'' (''Ah Wednesday'') de [[Larry Peerce]] : la femme allemande 
-*[[1973 au cinéma|1973]] : ''[[Chair pour Frankenstein]]'' (''Flesh for Frankenstein'') de [[Paul Morrissey]] et [[Antonio Margheriti]] : la baronne Katrin Frankenstein 
-*[[1987 au cinéma|1987]] : ''[[Wall Street (film)|Wall Street]]'' d'[[Oliver Stone]] : une femme au club « 21 » 
-*[[2012 au cinéma|2012]] : ''{{lien|Greystone Park}}'' de [[Sean Stone]] : Monique 
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Monique van Vooren (March 25, 1927 – January 28, 2020) was a Belgian-born American actress and dancer, perhaps best-known for her part in Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (1973).

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Early years

Born in Brussels to Belgian parents, George Bronz (or Bronze) and Louise van Vooren, Monique was a champion skater and a beauty queen in Belgium. She reportedly studied philosophy and languages and learned to speak English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. "I can also read Greek and Latin", she claimed. Her first visit to the United States apparently took place in 1946 at age 19, with the married name "Jakobson" and listed as a "housewife". Her second husband was Kurt (or Curt) Henry Pfenniger. Her third husband was New York businessman Gerard Walter Purcell (October 17, 1915 – March 17, 2002). The couple were married from 1958 until Purcell's death in 2002.

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Career

On Broadway, van Vooren played in John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953–54) and Man on the Moon (1975). In the 1960s, van Vooren starred in summer stock theatre productions in the United States. Van Vooren recorded an album, Mink in HiFi for RCA Victor. In 1956, she signed a contract with Request Records.

In 1983, Signet published Night Sanctuary, written by van Vooren. She described the book as being about "the dark side of people."

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Legal problems

In 1983, van Vooren was found guilty of lying before a federal grand jury and "ordered to get psychiatric help and perform 500 hours of community service as part of a suspended sentence." The sentence resulted from an investigation of "whether she had pocketed her dead mother [who died in 1957]'s Social Security payments."

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