 Martin Crimp's 1997 play "Attempts on Her Life" is a deconstructivist exploration of her life through the invisible Annie, recollecting (through others speech) her many failed attempts to take her own life.Had she succeeded in doing so, it would have not only stunted the growth of modern performance art to a significant degree, but she may also not have lived to give birth to her daughter Katie Absolom (Born Katie Merchant), whose racist watercolours inspired Warhol's early works.Singer-songwriter Elliott Smith refers to Ursula Merchant.