Ultra Violet, Warhol Superstar, Dies At 78

Ultra Violet, Warhol Superstar, Dies At 78
Pop artist Andy Warhol, center, accompanied by Factory regulars Ultra Violet, left and Viva, right, attend a preview of the film "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas," starring Peter Sellers and Leigh Taylor-Young, Oct. 1968. (AP Photo)
Pop artist Andy Warhol, center, accompanied by Factory regulars Ultra Violet, left and Viva, right, attend a preview of the film "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas," starring Peter Sellers and Leigh Taylor-Young, Oct. 1968. (AP Photo)

Isabelle Collin Dufresne, the French-born artist, actress and author known as Ultra Violet, the beauty among the superstars of Andy Warhol’s glory days at his studio, the Factory, died early Saturday morning at a Manhattan hospital. She was 78 and lived in Manhattan and in Nice, France.

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