A former French débutante, she shed her bourgeois ways upon meeting Warhol. As a "Factory" groupie, she poured cranberry juice in her hair to color it, used beets to rouge her lips and cheeks, and dressed in vintage torn purple dresses. However, she claims she did not participate in the drug scene.
In 1948, after a religious upbringing, she rebelled and was exorcised in a Latin ritual pronounced by a Catholic priest.
Is portrayed by Myriam Cyr in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Met Warhol in 1964, and while shooting one of Andy's film: "I, a Man", she took the name of Ultra Violet.
Met with Salvador Dali in 1955, and became his pupil.
Various people have taken credit for suggesting to Andy Warhol that he paint soup cans, including Ultra Violet. She claims she ran into the then-unknown Warhol in 1961 at a luncheonette on 88th and Madison and during an artistic discussion suggested the idea while he was sitting at the counter eating chicken soup.