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Nicholson grew up in Cypress Hills , New York. World magazine reported that she was "born to a humble working-class family". She started working as a model at She first modeled in a Brooklyn department store, after winning a beauty contest. In her teens she settled in Greenwich Village and worked in the Garment District. In the mid-Fifties she was romantically linked with Colin Tennant, son of the second Baron Glenconnor.

Early life.

Georges de Poleon. Nicholson returned to the United States and entered into Andy Warhol 's circle. In a caption to a photo he took of her, Billy Name , a photographer associated with Andy Warhol's Factory recorded " She acted in films made by the Factory. She was depicted in the film Andy Warhol's Factory People. She frugged for a few minutes in the film Lonesome Cowboys.

Describing her activities at the Factory, biographer Victor Bockris described her as "a tough, violent and hysterical woman". Nicholson had four children: three sons and a daughter. Their short marriage produced twins.