Oskar Werner

Sadly, both his decline as an actor and eventually his death of a heart attack in 1984 were caused by many years of excessive drinking. Like Peg Entwistle and Sidney Fox who also committed suicide when their first periods of success were followed by failure and disappointment, Andre is chiefly recalled as a cautionary example of the indifference of the Hollywood system and the anguish of a person emotionally unable to cope with initial success and promise followed by immediate and irreversible failure. Werner also played the murderer opposite Peter Falk in an episode of the Columbo TV series entitled "Playback" (1975). Setting the paper alight, she allowed herself to be consumed by the fire, and died from her injuries. Other starring roles were in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Fahrenheit 451, and The Shoes of the Fisherman. Alone in her apartment in Venice, California, Andre surrounded herself with reams of publicity photographs and press clippings, all of which represented the career she had expected but had not achieved. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1965 for Ship of Fools. In 1959, on the day after her birthday, she committed suicide in a bizarre fashion.

In 1961 he starred in François Truffaut's Jules et Jim, and became an international star as a result. As she faced further rejection, she found solace in alcohol. In 1951 he starred in the English language movie Decision Before Dawn, in which he played a German prisoner of war who spies for his captors. She did not return to the screen, however she spent the remainder of her life trying to orchestrate a comeback. Born Oskar Josef Bschliessmayer in Vienna, he was an Austrian stage actor, starring in the William Shakespeare repertoire, until his film debut in Der Engel mit der Posaune in 1948. Her final role was a minor part in one of the popular The Falcon series, titled The Falcon's Brother in 1942. Oskar Werner (November 13, 1922 - October 23, 1984) was an Austrian actor. Over the next few years she was relegated to supporting roles which included the Joan Crawford picture A Woman's Face (1941).

A widespread publicity campaign ensured that her name and face became well known to the American public, but her next role in No Other Woman (1933 opposite Irene Dunne), was not the success the studio expected. These films provided her with starring roles playing against such established actors as Richard Dix, Zasu Pitts and Frank Morgan, and RKO began promoting her for her glamour. She appeared in the RKO Studio films, Roar of the Dragon and Secrets of the French Police (both 1932) and began to attract attention for her striking good looks. Born Gurli Andresen in Copenhagen, Denmark, Andre came to Hollywood in the early 1930s with the intention of establishing herself as a film star.

Gwili Andre (February 4, 1908 - February 5, 1959) was a Danish actress who had a brief career in Hollywood films.