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Andrea Feldman

Andrea Feldman (also known as Andrea ‘Whips’ Feldman) (1948- 8 August 1972) was an actor and Warhol superstar. A native New Yorker, she starred in several of Warhol’s underground movies before committing suicide in 1972. Feldman was heavily involved in the Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows curated by Andy Warhol at which she would perform her famous whip-dance.

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. 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. Urban legend often mis-attributes the location of Feldman’s suicide to the Hotel Chelsea.

Feldman’s suicide preceded the release of Heat, in which she had a significant role, by only three weeks. She was noted for her exhibitionist nature and heavy dependence on drugs, particularly amphetamines.

Filmography

  • Four Stars (1967) aka 24 Hour Movie
  • Trash (1970)
  • Heat (1972)

Reviews

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. (New York Magazine)


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(New York Magazine). Actress Claire Trevor, who was born in 1910, went to school with her, and claimed that she was a year older than Trevor. 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. There has been much speculation as to Goddard's age. She was noted for her exhibitionist nature and heavy dependence on drugs, particularly amphetamines. Goddard settled in Switzerland, where she eventually died. In her will, she left $20 million to New York University. Feldman’s suicide preceded the release of Heat, in which she had a significant role, by only three weeks. They remained married until his death in 1970.

Urban legend often mis-attributes the location of Feldman’s suicide to the Hotel Chelsea. In 1958 Goddard married Erich Maria Remarque. 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 nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1943 for So Proudly We Hail!, but her career faded in the 1950s, and she eventually moved to Europe. 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. She starred in The Great Dictator (with Chaplin), made three comedies with Bob Hope: The Cat And The Canary, The Ghost Breakers, and Nothing But The Truth, three Cecil B. DeMille epics, NorthWest Mounted Police, Reap the Wild Wind and Unconquered, and The Diary of a Chambermaid (with Burgess Meredith, whom she eventually married). Feldman was heavily involved in the Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows curated by Andy Warhol at which she would perform her famous whip-dance. He cast her in Modern Times, but it wasn't until they separated, and she got a starring role in The Women, that she became a star (although she had been considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind).

A native New Yorker, she starred in several of Warhol’s underground movies before committing suicide in 1972. They married in 1936 and divorced in 1942. Andrea Feldman (also known as Andrea ‘Whips’ Feldman) (1948- 8 August 1972) was an actor and Warhol superstar. In 1932, she met Charlie Chaplin, and they became a couple shortly afterwards. Heat (1972). In 1931 she went to Hollywood, where she appeared in several films, in small roles. Trash (1970). She married Broadway writer Edgar James at 16, but divorced him four years later.

Four Stars (1967) aka 24 Hour Movie. She became a fashion model when a child, and debuted with Florenz Ziegfeld at the age of 13. Goddard was born in Whitestone Landing, New York. Paulette Goddard (born Pauline Marion Levy) (June 3, 1911 (although at least one document has 1905) - April 23, 1990) was an American actress.