- She sent Andy Warhol a threatening letter from Paris. She had gone there in November 1968 using a round-trip ticket that Andy had paid for. In the letter, she threatened: "If you don't send me money, I'll work against you as well as I worked for you". Warhol was disappointed by her behavior and ignored her.
- She was the eldest of nine children born to conservative parents. Her father was a prominent criminal lawyer. After attending parochial grade schools, she went to Marymount, a Catholic College in Tarrytown, New York. She studied in Paris at the Sorbonne in her junior year, living in a convent on the Right Bank while studying art.
- Mother of actress Gaby Hoffmann with soap-opera actor Anthony Herrera.
- Took her stage name from Viva paper towels.
- Her father was of one-half German, one-quarter Italian, and one quarter-Irish descent. Her mother had Irish and English ancestry.
- Mother, with director Michel Auder, of actress Alexandra Auder.
- Palm Springs, CA, USA (July 2013)
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