Ondine (actor)

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Ondine , actually Robert Olivo (born June 16, 1937 in Queens , New York , † January 1, 1989 ibid) was an American actor and one of Andy Warhol's superstars .

Life

First met Robert Olivo has the Pop Art Artists Warhol said to have been 1961 or 1962 at a gay - orgy in New York . He got his pseudonym "Ondine" from friends while bathing in the sea, to whom he appeared as "Mermaid Undine ".

Ondine had been part of the inner circle of Warhol employees since 1964 and was a daily visitor to the Factory . He was particularly friends with the photographer Billy Name , with whom he shared a passion for stimulating drugs ( speed ). The first film in which Ondine appeared is Couch , where he can be seen as a participant in various petting scenes portrayed by more or less naked actors .

Olivo became internationally known for his role as "Pope Ondine" in The Chelsea Girls , where he does a longer sequence. Visibly and audibly intoxicated with amphetamines , he develops an aggressive monologue , systematically killing his film partner Rona Page and beating her up. The last of a total of eight Warhol films in which he participated was a portrait of himself: The Loves Of Ondine . Here he plays a gay man who tries in vain to become " straight " ( heterosexual ).

His non-stop cascade of words, recorded by Warhol with the tape recorder, form the basis of Warhol's novel A: A Novel (A: A Novel) , who in 1968 appeared (where "A" stands for amphetamine). Because of his worsening aggressiveness towards other members of the Factory, especially women, he was finally dismissed from the circle of "superstars" in 1968.

Ondine belonged to the circle of "Mole People" around Warhols Factory (mole people because they only move at night and shied away from daylight). This group of men and women, which included Brigid Berlin and Mary Woronov , took large amounts of stimulant drugs (mostly amphetamines) that determined their overall daily rhythm. Years of abuse of these substances eventually resulted in Ondine dying of liver failure.

Filmography

(Unless otherwise stated, the films are from Andy Warhol)

literature

  • Andy Warhol: A: A Novel . New York 1968; New edition Virgin Books, 2005, ISBN 0-7535-1081-2

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personal data
SURNAME Ondine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olivo, Robert (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Queens , New York
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1989
Place of death Queens , New York