Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann, dite Viva, est une actrice, artiste et écrivaine américaine née le 23 août 1938 à Syracuse (New York). Elle est une ancienne superstar d'Andy Warhol.

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With former husband Michel Auder, Viva made and kept film diaries which included the birth of her first daughter, Alexandra (Alex) Auder. She was briefly engaged to the actor Anthony Herrera. They had one child together, the actress Gaby Hoffmann.

Though artistically successful, Viva was never very successful financially. In 1993, she was taken to housing court by the Chelsea Hotel, where she lived with her two daughters, for not paying her $920 a month rent for two years. Her daughter, Gabby, reflects, “We lived in a classless society. We’d spend a summer at Gore Vidal’s house in Italy, but we were on and off welfare.”

Viva wrote a book about Gabby called "Gabby at the Chelsea", a riff on "Eloise at the Plaza", as yet unpublished.

Viva currently lives in Palm Springs, California, where she paints landscapes.