By this time, she was living in New York and taking acting classes with Lee Strasberg. In 1959 she was invited to the set of Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, where she attracted the attention of the acclaimed director, who gave her a minor role in the film as herself. She also appeared in Rudolph MatГ©'s For the First Time, with Mario Lanza, later that year. Nico in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita.ДЄfter appearing in several television advertisements, Nico got a small role in Alberto Lattuada's film La Tempesta (1958). Through her travels, she learned to speak English, Spanish, and French. At age 17, she was contracted by Coco Chanel to promote their products, but she fled to New York City and abandoned the job. She soon moved to Paris and began working for Vogue, Tempo, Vie Nuove, Mascotte Spettacolo, Camera, Elle, and other fashion magazines. Tobias named her this after his ex-boyfriend, filmmaker Nikos Papatakis. Дiscovered at 16 by photographer Herbert Tobias while both were working at a KaDeWe fashion show, Tobias christened 'Nico' with her adopted name, which she used for most of her life. A review of the album The End examines the poetry of 'Secret Side' and questions the validity of the rape legend. Air Force who was sentenced to death Her song 'Secret Side' from the album The End, made oblique references to this.

Standing at five feet, ten inches tall and with chiseled features and porcelain skin, Nico rose to prominence as a fashion model as a teenager.ДЄt 15 years of age, according to various conflicting accounts, Nico was said to have been raped by a GI of the U.S. She attended school until the age 13, and then began selling lingerie in the exclusive department store KaDeWe, eventually getting modeling jobs in Berlin. In 1946, Nico and her mother relocated to downtown Berlin, where Nico worked as a seamstress. Her father was enlisted as a soldier during the war, and sustained head injuries that caused severe brain damage he died in a concentration camp. When she was two years old, she moved with her mother and grandfather to the Spreewald forest outside of Berlin. Nico was born Christa PГ¤ffgen in Cologne, five years after the Nazis came to power in Germany. Nico died in July 1988, as a result of injuries sustained in a cycling accident while vacationing in Ibiza with her son.

She also had roles in several films, including a cameo in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls (1966), as herself. She is known for both her vocal collaboration on The Velvet Underground's debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967), and her work as a solo artist from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Nico (born Christa PГ¤ffgen, 16 October 1938В вЂ“ 18 July 1988) was a German singer, lyricist, composer, musician, fashion model, and actress, who initially rose to fame as a Warhol Superstar in the 1960s. The Velvet Underground, John Cale, Lou Reed, Brian Jones, Kevin Ayers, John Cooper Clarke, The Invisible Girls, Blue Orchids, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno

Vocals, harmonium, harpsichord, piano, tambourine NicoДЄrt rock, folk rock, protopunk, experimental, avant-garde music For other uses, see Nico (disambiguation).

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