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Susan Bottomly
Susan Dunn Whittier Bottomly (born October 1, 1948), also known as International Velvet, is a former American model and actress. She is best known for her association with Pop artist Andy Warhol and the Factory scene of the 1960s.
After beginning her career as a fashion model and appearing on the cover of Mademoiselle in 1965, Bottomly moved to New York the following year and became one of Warhol's "superstars," adopting the name International Velvet. She appeared in several of Warhol's underground films, including Chelsea Girls (1966), Paraphernalia (1966), Since (1966), Superboy (1966), and **** (Four Stars) (1967). During the 1970s, she continued working as a model, appearing frequently in European editions of Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, and Elle. In the 1980s, she operated the Uno modeling agency in Salt Lake City.
Susan Bottomly came from an old New England family. Her father John S. Bottomly was a former assistant attorney general of Massachusetts who prosecuted the Boston Strangler.
Bottomly was a willful child who went to boarding schools. She was thrown out of school four times. She attended Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts.
At the age of sixteen, Bottomly began modeling with Ford Modeling Agency. She appeared on the cover of Mademoiselle magazine in December 1965, shot by British fashion photographer David McCabe.
In 1966, Bottomly graduated from Hannah More Academy boarding school in Reisterstown, Maryland. As a debutante, Bottomly represented Wellesley at the Bachelor's Ball held at the Statler Hilton in Boston in June 1966.
In 1966, Bottomly met poet and filmmaker Gerard Malanga at a party for poet Rene Ricard in Boston. Malanga was instantly smitten and made Prelude to International Velvet Debutante, a home-made short film. "I was conscious of making the first film of Susan Bottomly, and in a sense I was making my own superstar discovery … So that when I returned to New York, I could say, 'She's already appeared in one movie. And it's my movie," said Malanga. Bottomly returned to New York with Malanga and they resided in a room paid for by her parents at the Chelsea Hotel.
Malanga had been pop artist Andy Warhol's studio assistant and eagerly introduced him to Bottomly. Warhol invited her to join his Factory as a Warhol superstar, "I had so much affection for Andy. He wasn’t a big talker, but he had a certain, extraordinary charisma that gave you a kind of permission and license to be freer than I’d even been able to be," said Bottomly.
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Susan Bottomly
Susan Dunn Whittier Bottomly (born October 1, 1948), also known as International Velvet, is a former American model and actress. She is best known for her association with Pop artist Andy Warhol and the Factory scene of the 1960s.
After beginning her career as a fashion model and appearing on the cover of Mademoiselle in 1965, Bottomly moved to New York the following year and became one of Warhol's "superstars," adopting the name International Velvet. She appeared in several of Warhol's underground films, including Chelsea Girls (1966), Paraphernalia (1966), Since (1966), Superboy (1966), and **** (Four Stars) (1967). During the 1970s, she continued working as a model, appearing frequently in European editions of Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, and Elle. In the 1980s, she operated the Uno modeling agency in Salt Lake City.
Susan Bottomly came from an old New England family. Her father John S. Bottomly was a former assistant attorney general of Massachusetts who prosecuted the Boston Strangler.
Bottomly was a willful child who went to boarding schools. She was thrown out of school four times. She attended Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts.
At the age of sixteen, Bottomly began modeling with Ford Modeling Agency. She appeared on the cover of Mademoiselle magazine in December 1965, shot by British fashion photographer David McCabe.
In 1966, Bottomly graduated from Hannah More Academy boarding school in Reisterstown, Maryland. As a debutante, Bottomly represented Wellesley at the Bachelor's Ball held at the Statler Hilton in Boston in June 1966.
In 1966, Bottomly met poet and filmmaker Gerard Malanga at a party for poet Rene Ricard in Boston. Malanga was instantly smitten and made Prelude to International Velvet Debutante, a home-made short film. "I was conscious of making the first film of Susan Bottomly, and in a sense I was making my own superstar discovery … So that when I returned to New York, I could say, 'She's already appeared in one movie. And it's my movie," said Malanga. Bottomly returned to New York with Malanga and they resided in a room paid for by her parents at the Chelsea Hotel.
Malanga had been pop artist Andy Warhol's studio assistant and eagerly introduced him to Bottomly. Warhol invited her to join his Factory as a Warhol superstar, "I had so much affection for Andy. He wasn’t a big talker, but he had a certain, extraordinary charisma that gave you a kind of permission and license to be freer than I’d even been able to be," said Bottomly.
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