In the 1960s, she portrayed leading characters in two of filmmaker John Waters' earliest works, Roman Candles and Eat Your Makeup.

She studied painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art and worked at the Fat Black Pussycat Cafe on Minetta Lane in New York City.

[1] Starting November 4, 1966, Martick's hosted "The Maelcum Show" with 25 art works of her nude, created by different artists, including her husband Dudley Gray[1] with various styles and mediums.

"[1] John Waters called Maelcum Soul “my first star”, adding "she was ahead of her time".

She was known for her wild looks, with burnt red hair, white chalk makeup, and very long eyelashes.

She was known for dyeing her hair an "iron-ore red" and wearing heavy eyeliner and "hip haberdashery" drawing from the style of the Berlin cabarets of Weimar Republic.

[11] Posthumously, The Evening Sun reported that despite a short and "busy" life, Soul achieved "a certain fame."