Monique van Vooren
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Monique Jacobson van Vooren (born March 25, 1927) is a Belgian-born American musical theatre, film and television actress and dancer, who first arrived in the United States on November 3, 1949. She has written several books.
Filmography
- 2012: Greystone Park (as Monique)
- 1987: Wall Street (as "Woman at '21'")
- 1973: Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (as Baroness Katrin Frankenstein)
- 1973: Ash Wednesday (as German Woman)
- 1973: Sugar Cookies (as Helene)
- 1971: The Decameron
- Queen of Skulls (as Monique Van Voren)
- 1968: Batman (television series)
- Penguin's Clean Sweep (as Miss Clean; 1968)
- Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club (as Miss Clean; uncredited, 1968)
- 1967: Fearless Frank (as Plethora)
- 1965: The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)
- Goodbye and Keep Cool (as Eve St. Clair; 1965)
- 1959–63: The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
- Southwest Quarter (1963)
- A Taste of Champagne (as Simone Durrell; 1959)
- 1961: The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
- Trick or Treason (as Krys; 1961)
- 1959: Happy Anniversary (as Jeanette Revere)
- 1959: Sunday Showcase (TV series)
- What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 2 (1959) … Zizi Molnari
- What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1 (1959) … Zizi Molnari
- 1958: Gigi (showgirl; uncredited)
- 1957: Ten Thousand Bedrooms (as Girl on Main Title)
- 1957: Producers' Showcase (episode: Mayerling : TV film released theatrically in Europe)
- 1955: Ça va barder (as Irène)
- 1955: The Infiltrator (as Elaine)
- 1953: Tarzan and the She-Devil (as Lyra, the She-Devil)
- 1950: Tomorrow Is Too Late (as Giannina)
Family
She is married to Jerry Purcell; the couple has a son, Eric (born 1953).
Age
Van Vooren was born in 1927. She first arrived in the United States, according to the New York Passenger List Manifest #35 of In-Bound Passengers (Aliens) aboard the Queen Elizabeth from Cherbourg, France to New York City (October 29–November 3, 1949); her age was 22, per Ancestry.com. On October 19, 1950, she crossed from Mexico into El Paso, Texas; her age is listed as 22, but she was 23, her date of birth was erroneously captured online as October 25, rather than March 25.<ref>Border Crossings: From Mexico to the U.S., 1895–1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data:
• Lists of Aliens Arriving at Brownsville, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Laredo, Presidio, Rio Grande City and Roma, Texas, May 1903 - June 1909, and at Aros Ranch, Douglas, Lochiel, Naco and Nogales, Arizona, July 1906–December 1910, NARA microfilm publication A3365, 5 rolls.
Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.
• Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Columbus, New Mexico, 1917–1954, NARA microfilm publication A3370, 7 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.
• Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Naco, Arizona, May 24, 1908–ca. December 1952, NARA microfilm publication A3372, 18 rolls. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.</ref>
