Judy Green

Judith Green (October 26, 1934 – September 14, 2001) was a New York City novelist, socialite and philanthropist. Early life Judith was born on October 26, 1934, and brought up in New York, at 101 Central Park West. She was the daughter of Arthur Stephen Heiman, a wealthy businessman, and Rose Boehm Heiman (d. 2002). She graduated from the Birch Wathen School and, later, Vassar College. Career From an early age she moved in social, publishing and showbusiness circles. Dorothy Fields, the Broadway lyricist, was a maternal relative. She was heralded as Andy Warhol's first muse by Baby Jane Holzer. Warhol not only did her photo portrait but she starred in his first movie, The Kiss, on permanent display at MOMA. She was also reportedly close to Frank Sinatra and Neil Sheehan, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning Vietnam War correspondent. In 1962, she wrote and released The Young Marrieds, a novel published by Simon & Schuster, before she was married, which was turned into a daytime soap opera, The Young Marrieds.