"American Venus" or "Miss Manhattan" : Audrey Muson's image continues in paintings, sculptures, and magazine covers. But her career as a model was brief. Often chaperoned by her mother as a young teen, her image was never used in pornography but as inspired by the works of the ancient Romans and Greeks. She might have fallen in love or not, but in 1919 there was no way to avoid being associated with scandal.
A few years earlier she was in four silent films. As excerpted from an article linked below from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation.... referencing James Bone
Excerpt: In 1915 Munson launched her career in the silent film industry. She starred in a total of four films: Inspiration (1915), Purity (1916), The Girl o' Dreams (1918) and Heedless Moths (1921). She became the first woman in America to appear nude in a film in 1915. (Referencing the New York Times on 15 April 2016). Munson was praised by local newspapers as being, "The transcendent embodiment of feminine grace and beauty" in her films (Referencing The Kingston Daily Freeman on 5 December 1916).
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION (for Historical Preservation) on AUDREY MUNSON
Excerpt: ... Munson and her mother were living in a boarding house which belonged to a Dr. Walter Keene Wilkins. Wilkins fell in love with Munson and murdered his wife so he could be with her, despite the fact that Munson and Wilkins were never involved socially or romantically (Referencing Vaudeville, 22 October 1920). Wilkins was subsequently convicted of murder and hung himself to escape the electric chair. This scandal damaged Munson's career and reputation and as a result she struggled to find employment. Munson lived with her mother who was selling kitchenware door-to-door in Syracuse to support them (Vaudeville). She became overwhelmed and distraught in 1922 and attempted suicide (New York Post).
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