Andrea Feldman

(New York Magazine). See: biography (http://www.thehistoryof.co.uk/Movies/Modern_Actresses/Robin_Givens.html). The most striking performance - in large part non-performance - comes from the late Andrea Feldman as the flat-voiced, freaked-out daughter, a mass of psychotic confusion, infantile and heart-breaking. Givens attempted a comeback as the host of the talk show Forgive and Forget, but this was generally regarded as a failure and she has not been seen on television since. She was noted for her exhibitionist nature and heavy dependence on drugs, particularly amphetamines. Her most famous television role was of rich girl Darlene Merriman on the sitcom Head of the Class. Feldman’s suicide preceded the release of Heat, in which she had a significant role, by only three weeks. Malone on The Cosby Show and achieved prominence as the wife (1988-1989) of boxer Mike Tyson.

Urban legend often mis-attributes the location of Feldman’s suicide to the Hotel Chelsea. She played Ms. Feldman was holding a can of Coke in one hand and a rosary in the other when she jumped from the fourteenth floor of 51 Fifth Avenue & 12th St, NYC. She was born in New York City. In August of 1972, Andrea summoned several ex-boyfriends, including poet Jim Carroll, to the home of her parents so that they would be witness to her 'final starring role'; her suicide. Robin Givens (born November 27, 1964) is an American actress. Feldman was heavily involved in the Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows curated by Andy Warhol at which she would perform her famous whip-dance.

A native New Yorker, she starred in several of Warhol’s underground movies before committing suicide in 1972. Andrea Feldman (also known as Andrea ‘Whips’ Feldman) (1948- 8 August 1972) was an actor and Warhol superstar. Heat (1972). Trash (1970).

Four Stars (1967) aka 24 Hour Movie.