# Jane Holzer

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**Jane Holzer** ([née](/source/N%C3%A9e) **Brukenfeld**; born October 23, 1940), is an American art collector and real estate investor. She is best known as a [Warhol superstar](/source/Warhol_superstars), and she also worked as a model, actress, and film producer. Nicknamed **Baby Jane Holzer**, she appeared on the cover of [British *Vogue*](/source/British_Vogue) in 1964, and she was referred to as one of the "fashion revolutionaries" by *[Women's Wear Daily](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily)* in 1966.[1]

## Life and career

Jane Brukenfeld grew up in [Palm Beach](/source/Palm_Beach,_Florida), the daughter of real estate investor Carl Brukenfeld. His wealth came from Florida real estate, particularly in [Miami](/source/Miami) and [West Palm Beach](/source/West_Palm_Beach,_Florida).[2] She grew up in a Jewish household and attended [Palm Beach High School](/source/Palm_Beach_High_School).[3]

She attended [Finch Junior College](/source/Finch_College) in Manhattan but "flunked out of college on purpose to become a model," she recounted.[2] In 1962, she married real estate investor, Leonard Holzer.[4] In 1963, her modeling career began to take off in London where she was photographed by [David Bailey](/source/David_Bailey).[4] In 1964, Holzer told journalist [Tom Wolfe](/source/Tom_Wolfe): "Bailey created four girls that summer. He created [Jean Shrimpton](/source/Jean_Shrimpton), he created me, he created Angela Howard and Susan Murray. There’s no photographer like that in America. [Avedon](/source/Richard_Avedon) hasn’t done that for a girl, [Penn](/source/Irving_Penn) hasn't, and Bailey created four girls in one summer. He did some pictures of me for the English Vogue, and that was all it took."[4]

She was nicknamed "Baby Jane" Holzer by a newspaper columnist as a reference to the film [*Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?*](/source/What_Ever_Happened_to_Baby_Jane%3F_(film)) (1962). Holzer is considered to be one of the first Warhol superstars.[5] She was a young society wife when she was introduced to artist [Andy Warhol](/source/Andy_Warhol) in 1964.[2] British interior designer [Nicky Haslam](/source/Nicky_Haslam) brought Warhol to a dinner party at Holzer's Park Avenue apartment in New York, where he also met [Rolling Stones](/source/The_Rolling_Stones) musician [Mick Jagger](/source/Mick_Jagger) for the first time.[6] Holzer later ran into Warhol on [Madison Avenue](/source/Madison_Avenue) and he asked to make films with her.[6] Warhol recalled in his memoir *[Popism](/source/Popism)* (1980): "She was such a gorgeous girl—great skin and hair. And so much enthusiasm—she wanted to do everything. I asked her if she wanted to be in a movie and she got excited: 'Sure! Anything beats being a Park Avenue housewife!"[6]

In 1964, Holzer created a stir by attending the couture fashion shows in Paris.[7] Known for her mane of teased hair, she was highlighted in *[Vogue](/source/Vogue_(magazine))* magazine's October 1964 issue.[7] As [Diana Vreeland](/source/Diana_Vreeland), editor of Vogue, put it, she was "the most contemporary girl I know."[2] The November 1964 edition of [British *Vogue*](/source/British_Vogue) featured her on the cover.[8]

Movies she appeared in included [Andy Warhol](/source/Andy_Warhol)'s *[Soap Opera](/source/Soap_Opera_(1964_film))* (1964), *[Couch](/source/Couch_(film))* (1964), *[Batman Dracula](/source/Batman_Dracula)* (1964), and *[Camp](/source/Camp_(1965_film))* (1965).[9]

In 1966, Holzer was named one of the "fashion revolutionaries" in New York by *[Women's Wear Daily](/source/Women's_Wear_Daily)*, alongside [Edie Sedgwick](/source/Edie_Sedgwick), [Tiger Morse](/source/Tiger_Morse), [Pierre Cardin](/source/Pierre_Cardin), [Paco Rabanne](/source/Paco_Rabanne), [Rudi Gernreich](/source/Rudi_Gernreich), [André Courrèges](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Courr%C3%A8ges), [Emanuel Ungaro](/source/Emanuel_Ungaro), [Yves Saint Laurent](/source/Yves_Saint_Laurent_(designer)), and [Mary Quant](/source/Mary_Quant).[1]

In 1967, she played herself at a New York party in the [pilot episode](/source/Television_pilot) of the short-lived TV series, *[Coronet Blue](/source/Coronet_Blue)*.

She released the single "Rapunzel"/"Nowhere" in 1967 on [Atco Records](/source/Atco_Records), produced by [Al Kasha](/source/Al_Kasha) and arranged by [Barry Goldberg](/source/Barry_Goldberg).[10]

Holzer appeared in the independently produced *[Ciao! Manhattan](/source/Ciao!_Manhattan)* (1972). She co-produced the 1985 film *[Kiss of the Spider Woman](/source/Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman_(1985_film))*.

Holzer became a prominent [modern art](/source/Modern_art) collector and a real estate tycoon.[11][2] She lived in a six-story townhouse in New York, surrounded by her collection of art which includes Warhol, [Keith Haring](/source/Keith_Haring), and [Jean-Michel Basquiat](/source/Jean-Michel_Basquiat).[2]

She now resides in Palm Beach, Florida.[12] Holzer also owns a significant amount of Palm Beach real estate, notably the restaurant Le Bilboquet, where she and Philippe Delgrange are business partners.[13][14]

In 2014, Holzer was the subject of an exhibition titled "To Jane, Love Andy" at the [Norton Museum of Art](/source/Norton_Museum_of_Art) in West Palm Beach.[3][15]

In 2025, she was interviewed for the upcoming documentary "Gloss And Grit: The Man Who Made Art Pop" about the life and work of [Richard Bernstein](/source/Richard_Bernstein_(artist)).[16]

## Personal life

In 1962, she married Leonard Holzer, an heir to a New York real estate fortune. Holzer was noted for including art projects in his developments, particularly at the [Smith Haven Mall](/source/Smith_Haven_Mall).[17]

She was one of the attendants at the wedding of [Mary McFadden](/source/Mary_McFadden) and Philip Harari in 1964.[18]

Her son [Charles “Rusty” Holzer](/source/Charles_Holzer) was born in 1969. He competed for the [United States Virgin Islands at the 1992 Summer Olympics](/source/United_States_Virgin_Islands_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics) in [show jumping](/source/Show_jumping), and his wife [Ashley Holzer](/source/Ashley_Holzer) is a dressage rider who won a bronze medal for Canada at the [1988 Summer Olympics](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics).[19]

## In pop culture

Holzer is the subject of "Girl of the Year" in [Tom Wolfe](/source/Tom_Wolfe)'s *[The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby](/source/The_Kandy-Kolored_Tangerine-Flake_Streamline_Baby)* (1965).

Holzer was parodied as Baby Jane Towser in the 1967 *[Batman](/source/Batman_(TV_series))* episode "Pop/Flop Goes the Joker", where she was played by Diana Ivarson.[20]

She is referenced twice (as Baby Jane) in the 1972 [Roxy Music](/source/Roxy_Music) single "[Virginia Plain](/source/Virginia_Plain)".

## References

1. ["Revolution In Fashion Reaction In New York: These Were The Revolutionaries"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/1564944345). *[Women’s Wear Daily](/source/Women%E2%80%99s_Wear_Daily)*. Vol. 112, no. 74. April 14, 1966. pp. 4–5.

1. Lyden, Jacki (March 15, 2014). ["'Baby Jane' Holzer's Flight From High Society To Warhol Superstar"](https://www.npr.org/2014/03/15/290234274/baby-jane-holzers-flight-from-high-society-to-warhol-superstar). *NPR*

1. Kleinman, Rebecca (2014-03-10). ["Palm Beach Art Exhibit Honors Andy Warhol Muse Jane Holzer"](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/palm-beach-art-exhibit-honors-687191/). *The Hollywood Reporter*. Retrieved 2024-12-03.

1. Wolfe, Tom (1982). ["The Girl of The Year"](https://archive.org/details/raretomwolfepurp0000unse/page/106/mode/2up?q=jane+holzer). *The Purple Decades: New Journalism 60s 70s Culture*. 1st ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. pp. 99–110.

1. ["Jane Holzer: Factory Made"](https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/jane-holzer-andy-warhol-exhibition). *W Magazine*. 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2024-12-03.

1. Warhol, Andy & Hackett, Pat (1980). *POPism: The Warhol '60s*. 1st ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-0-15-173095-7.

1. "Mrs. Leonard Holzer—And The Paris She Stopped Cold". *Vogue*. **144** (6): 147. October 1964.

1. ["Vogue Magazine - 1964 - November"](https://www.vanessatreasure.co.uk/vogue-magazine-1964-november-i523.htm). *www.vanessatreasure.co.uk*. Retrieved 2024-12-03.

1. ["Batgirlbat-trap"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052650/http://www.batgirlbat-trap.com/twof1/omake/honk/revision.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.batgirlbat-trap.com/twof1/omake/honk/revision.html) on May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

1. ["Repunzel (Baby Jane Holzer)"](http://www.45cat.com/record/456482). *45cat.com*. May 1967. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

1. Hinsche, Kate (2024-06-27). ["Todd Glaser, Warhol muse Baby Jane buy their Palm Beach neighbor’s house for $16M"](https://therealdeal.com/miami/2024/06/27/todd-glaser-jane-holzer-buy-neighbors-palm-beach-house/). *The Real Deal*. Retrieved 2024-12-03.

1. Read, Bridget (2023-04-24). ["What Happened to Baby Jane Holzer, the Original Warhol Girl?"](https://www.thecut.com/article/jane-holzer-new-york-it-girl.html). *The Cut*. Retrieved 2024-12-03.

1. ["Jane Holzer Has No Interest in Ryan Murphy's Andy Warhol Doc"](https://avenuemagazine.com/jane-holzer-palm-beach-art-scene-andy-warhol/). *Avenue Magazine*. Retrieved 2024-12-03.

1. ["Manhattan's Best Restaurants Are Opening... 1,200 Miles Away"](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/dining/a35567267/le-bilboquet-palm-beach-opens/). *Town & Country*. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2024-12-03.

1. February 20 (2014-02-20). ["FOR THE LOVE OF JANE, ANDY AND DAVID"](https://palmbeach.floridaweekly.com/articles/for-the-love-of-jane-andy-and-david/). *Palm Beach Florida Weekly*. Retrieved 2024-12-03.

1. ["Andy Warhol Collaborator Richard Bernstein Subject Of Doc 'Gloss And Grit: The Man Who Made Art Pop'"](https://deadline.com/2026/04/richard-bernstein-artist-andy-warhol-new-documentary-1236866972/). *Deadline*. 2026-04-21. Retrieved 2026-05-05.

1. Rattiner, Dan (2011-03-25). ["Dan's Papers - March 25, 2011 - Legs"](http://www.danshamptons.com/content/danspapers/issue01_2011/01.html). Danshamptons.com. Retrieved 2011-03-29.[dead link]

1. [Charlotte Curtis](/source/Charlotte_Curtis), "Mary McFadden Married to Philip Harari at St. Bartholomew's; Former Dior Aide is Wed to Director in De Beers Group", The New York Times, September 26, 1964.

1. ["Holzer is Pop Art's biggest fan | Your Passport to the Beijing Olympics - SCMP"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120404125328/http://olympics.scmp.com/Article.aspx?id=1357&section=events). Archived from [the original](http://olympics.scmp.com/Article.aspx?id=1357&section=events) on April 4, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

1. p. 259 Spigel, Lynn *TV by Design: Modern Art and the Rise of Network Television* University of Chicago Press, 2008

## External links

- [Baby Jane Holzer biography](http://warholstars.org/stars/jane.html) at warholstars.org

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