Kitty Menendez, the , appeared to live a life of luxury in Beverly Hills. But on a summer night in 1989, her sons killed her and her husband Jose Menendez with shotguns, and the case went on to become one of the most shocking and sensationalized murder cases in the U.S.
Netflix's series portrays the events leading up to, and after, the gruesome murders, with Chloë Sevigny playing Kitty Menendez. "I do want to bring dignity to her, even in her faults, and try to empathize with how she felt about the things that she complains about throughout the show," Sevigny earlier this year. Sevigny stars in the series alongside Javier Bardem, who portrays Jose Menendez, as well as Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch as Lyle and Erik Menendez.
While her sons have made headlines for decades, Kitty Menendez hasn't had much of a spotlight — until now, with the premiere of the Netflix series on Sept. 19. Keep reading for more about her.
Kitty Menendez, born Mary Louise Andersen, was born on Oct. 23, 1941 in Oak Lawn, Illinois, according to “The Menendez Murders” by Robert Rand, a journalist who has extensively covered the case since the day after the killings in 1989. When she was a senior studying communications at Southern Illinois University, she met sophomore Jose Menendez in a philosophy class, according to "The Menendez Murders.
" Jose Menendez enrolled at the university after he was awarded a swimming scholarship, according to a from 1990. Though Kitty Menendez was two years older, s.