Robert Olivo (June 16, 1937 – August 28, 1989), better known by his stage name Ondine, was an American actor. He is best known for appearing in a series of films in the mid-1960s by Andy Warhol, whom he claimed to have met in 1961 at an orgy: Ondine was the focus of Warhol's book, ''

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'', based on transcripts of Ondine and others. He appeared in films made by his lover, Roger Jacoby, ''Dream Sphinx Opera'', ''L'Amico Fried's Glamorous Friends'', and ''Kunst Life''. In later years, he supported himself by showing Warhol films and delivering a lecture on his days as a Warhol superstar on the college circuit. He died of AIDS-related liver disease in Queens, New York in 1989, aged 52. He was portrayed in the film '' I Shot Andy Warhol'' by Michael Imperioli.

Filmography

*'' Batman Dracula'' (1964) *''

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'' (1964) *''Raw Weekend'' (196

*'' Afternoon (film), Afternoon'' (1965) *''

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'' (1965) *'' Vinyl'' (1965) *'' Horse'' (1965) *'' Chelsea Girls'' (1966) *'' Since'' (1966) *'' Four Stars aka ****'' (1967) *'' The Loves of Ondine'' (1967) *''

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'' (1972) *'' Sugar Cookies'' (1973) *'' Silent Night, Bloody Night'' (1974) *''

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'' (1975) *'' L'Amico Fried's Glamorous Friends'' (1976)

Quotes about Ondine

*"You can't enjoy what he's doing to your psychology if you're so weak that you become paranoid, and there are people who tend to do that. Otherwise, if you had any intellectual integrity at all, you would just feel his love, and you would enjoy it like it was better than a theater performance because it was really ''live''." - Billy NameWatson, Steve (2003). ''Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties''. Pantheon Books. .

References

External links

Detailed Warhol fansite
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