Valerie Solanas

1936-04-09 – 1988-04-25 (age 52) Ventnor City, New Jersey

Biography

Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist and author best known for writing the SCUM Manifesto, which she self-published in 1967, and attempting to murder Andy Warhol in 1968.

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Known For

Bike Boy

1967

as Woman on street

Beautiful Darling

2010

as Self (archive footage)

I, a Man

1967

as Herself

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

1990

as Self (archive footage) (as Valerie Solanis)

I Shot Andy Warhol: SCUM Manifesto

2024

as Self (archive footage)