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Mary Woronov

Mary Woronov
Mary Woronov
Born: Dec 08, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor
Active: '70s-2000s
Major Genres: Comedy, Horror
Career Highlights: Eating Raoul, Death Race 2000, Rock 'n' Roll High School
First Major Screen Credit: Death Race 2000 (1975)
25 Videos for Mary Woronov
The House of the Devil (2009) The Living End (1992) Terrorvision (1986)
Jack Smith & The Destruction of Atlantis (2006) Motorama (1991) Challenge of a Lifetime (1985)
The Devil's Rejects (2005) Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991) Night of the Comet (1984)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991) Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
The New Women (2001) Watchers II (1990) Bad Georgia Road (1977)
Straight Right (2000) Warlock (1988) Jackson County Jail (1976)
Mom, Can I Keep Her? (1999) Black Widow (1987) Death Race 2000 (1975)
Sweet Jane (1997) Nomads (1986) Sugar Cookies (1973)
Glory Daze (1996)
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Biography:

Cornell University alumnus Mary Woronov fell under the influence of Andy Warhol's Factory when she was barely out of her teens. Billed as Mary Might, she showed up in such Warhol film projects as Chelsea Girls. She made her mainstream off-Broadway debut in 1968's {+Kitchenette}, and seven years later won the Theater World Award for her performance in the Broadway comedy {+The Boom Boom Room}.

Though eminently employable for conformist Hollywood film and TV productions (she appeared in four consecutive episodes of the weekly series Flying Blind), Woronov was at her best in inexpensive, quasi-underground productions, often playing oversexed lesbians and/or physical culturalists.

She frequently collaborated with actor/director Paul Bartel, appearing to excellent advantage in such Bartel efforts as Death Race 2000 (1975) and Rock 'n' Roll High School (1978). Best of all was Bartel's Eating Raoul, in which Woronov stars as one Mary Bland, who, in order to raise money for her husband's restaurant, poses as a dominatrix to lure lusty male customers into her home, then murders her clients in a variety of inventive ways.

A gifted writer and artist, Mary Woronov has published two books, {-Wake for the Angels: Paintings and Stories} (1994) and {-Swimming Underground: My Years in the Warhol Factory} (1995). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.