Nico
Biography
Nico was a German singer and songwriter who also worked as an actress and model. She started as a fashion model in Berlin, was renamed by photographer Herbert Tobias, and later appeared in magazines such as Vogue and Elle. Her screen work included a small part in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and a role in Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls (1966). Warhol also brought her into the Velvet Underground, and she sang lead on three tracks of the band's debut, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967). That same year she released her first solo record, Chelsea Girl. John Cale arranged and produced her later albums, including The Marble Index (1968), Desertshore (1970) and The End... (1974). During the 1980s she toured Europe, the United States, Australia and Japan. She died in 1988.
49years old at death
- Born Cologne
- Died Ibiza
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Christa Päffgen (birth name)Also credited as Christa Nico, Nico Otzak and Nico Päffgen
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 61 years1960 to 2021
Every film, newest first
- 2021The Velvet UndergroundIMDb rating 7.3
- 2016Gimme DangerIMDb rating 7.2
- 1966Chelsea GirlsIMDb rating 5.6
- 1960La Dolce VitaIMDb rating 8.0
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About the name
Photographer Herbert Tobias spotted Nico at 16 while they both worked a KaDeWe fashion show in Berlin. He named her after filmmaker Nico Papatakis, and she kept that name for the rest of her life.
First role
Nico's first single, "I'm Not Sayin'" with B-side "The Last Mile", was recorded in 1965 with Brian Jones and produced by Jimmy Page.
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Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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