About the artist:

Artist Joan Worth, who carried on her late husband's work in furthering the legacies of comedian Lenny Bruce and black leader Malcolm X. Worth, the widow of writer and producer Marvin Worth, lived in Beverly Hills, CA. During their 44-year marriage, Worth pursued a career as a painter. However, she was also a close collaborator with her husband, helping him rework scripts as he amassed a string of credits as a producer, including the biopics "Lenny" and "Malcolm X," and "The Rose," loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin. Marvin Worth had been Bruce's early manager. He and his wife were close friends of both Bruce, who died of a morphine overdose in 1966, and Malcolm X, who was assassinated in 1965. Marvin Worth died of lung cancer in 1998. Upon his death, his wife took over as president of Marvin Worth Productions. In 1999, Joan Worth produced "Lenny" at the Queens Theatre in London. She also took over working with producer Hal Willner on a six-CD compilation, "Lenny Bruce: Let the Buyer Beware," released in 2004. And with producer-writer Alan Sacks, she co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed the one-man show "Lenny Bruce: In His Own Words." Before her death, Worth was also writing "Malcolm X," a one-man show.