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Nico

Nico

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

16/10/1938

Day of Death

18/07/1988
(50) years old

Place of Birth

Cologne, Germany

Biography

Christa Päffgen (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, actress and model. She had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls (1966). Reviewer Richard Goldstein describes Nico as "... Read More

Known For

Solitude

Solitude

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

nico/philippe garrel

nico/philippe garrel

Beautiful Darling

Beautiful Darling

13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

La deuxième femme

La deuxième femme

Velvet Underground's First Public Appearance

Velvet Underground's First Public Appearance

All Tomorrow's Parties: Nico Live

All Tomorrow's Parties: Nico Live

Nico Icon

Nico Icon

Filmography

Cast

2023

Solitude

2021

The Velvet Underground

as Self (archive footage)

2015

nico/philippe garrel

as self

2010

Beautiful Darling

as Self (archive footage)

2009

13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol...

as Self

2008

La deuxième femme

as Self

2006

Velvet Underground's First Public Appear...

as Self

2006

All Tomorrow's Parties: Nico Live

2000

Nico: An Underground Experience + Heroin...

1995

Nico Icon

as Self (archive footage)

1993

Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europ...

as Self (archive footage)

1982

La vraie histoire de Gérard Lechômeur

as The heroine

1981

Chelsea Hotel

1979

Nico performing Secret Side & Valley of ...

as self

1979

The Blue of the Origins

1978

Nico

as Nico

1978

Journey to the Garden of the Dead

as Catherine

1976

The Crystal Cradle

1975

An Angel Passes

1974

Les Hautes solitudes

1972

Athanor

1972

The Inner Scar

as The Woman

1972

The Velvet Underground at Bataclan '72

1970

Cleopatra

1969

Nico: Evening of Light

as Nico

1967

Four Stars

as Herself

1967

Imitation of Christ

as Maid

1967

I, a Man

as Herself

1967

Sunset

as Poet (voice)

1967

Sausalito

as Herself

1967

Jeanetta Cochrane

1967

Exploding Plastic Inevitable

as Herself

1966

Paranoia

1966

Nico/Nico Crying

as Self

1966

The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symph...

as Self

1966

Screen Test [ST246]: Nico (Hershey)

as Herself

1966

Screen Test [ST244]: Nico Coke

as Herself

1966

Screen Test [ST238]: Nico

as Herself

1966

The Closet

as The Woman

1965

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

as Self

1965

The Sandpiper

as Dancer at the Party (uncredited)

1963

Sweet Skin

as Ariane, la danseuse Allemande

2024

I Shot Andy Warhol: SCUM Manifesto

2020

The Truth About La Dolce Vita

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

as self (archive footage)

2015

A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

as self

2015

Danny Says

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

as Self

2012

Reims 74 - Rock Goes to the Cathedral

2008

Positano

as Self

2007

65 Revisited

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol

1998

John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & ...

as Self (archive footage)

1990

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Wa...

1990

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Fri...

as Self

1989

Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for th...

as Self (archive footage)

1989

Nico: In Memoriam

1988

Let's Kiss and Say Goodbye

1987

nico live in Koln

as self

1987

Nico and The Bedlamites - live in Vienna

as self

1986

L'interview

as self

1986

The South Bank Show: Velvet Underground

as Self

1986

Nico: Live In Tokyo 1986

as self

1985

Nico and the Faction, live in Prague

as self

1985

The Darkest Night - NICO belgrade

1985

nico concert

as self

1984

Nico in Slovenia

1983

Nico - Live in Amsterdam

as self

1976

Nico – Live at Théâtre Campagne-Première

as self

1975

Nico Live in Marseille

as self

1970

Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks

1968

Monterey Pop

as self

1967

Nico

as Herself

1966

Screen Test [ST245]: Nico (Hershey)

as Nico

1966

Nico / Antoine

1966

Chelsea Girls

as Self

1966

The Velvet Underground Tarot Cards

as Herself

1966

Screen test [ST240]: NICO

1966

Ari and Mario

1966

The Velvet Underground: Psychiatrist's C...

1966

Salvador Dalí

as Self

1965

Nico: I'm Not Sayin'

as self

1963

In the French Style

as model

1961

A Man Named Rocca

as Sun-bathing model (uncredited)

1960

La Dolce Vita

as Nico

1959

For the First Time

as blonde girl

1958

Tempest

as Blonde Girl at Spring Festival