Andrea Feldman

(New York Magazine). She died in 1984 and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California. 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. Soon after, she left film for almost twenty years, returning one last time in 1957 in Bernardine. She was noted for her exhibitionist nature and heavy dependence on drugs, particularly amphetamines. In 1937, she was again nominated for an Academy Award, this time for her role in A Star Is Born. Feldman’s suicide preceded the release of Heat, in which she had a significant role, by only three weeks. Gaynor was one of only a handful of leading ladies who made a successful transition to sound movies over the next decade.

Urban legend often mis-attributes the location of Feldman’s suicide to the Hotel Chelsea. The award was given on the basis of the actor's total work over the year, and not just for one particular performance. 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. It was the only time in Oscar history that this prestigious award was given for multiple roles. 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. Her performances in Seventh Heaven (the first of twelve movies she would make with Charles Farrell) and both Sunrise and Street Angel (in 1927, also with Charles Farrell) earned her the first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1928. Feldman was heavily involved in the Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows curated by Andy Warhol at which she would perform her famous whip-dance. Within one year, Gaynor was one of Hollywood's leading ladies.

A native New Yorker, she starred in several of Warhol’s underground movies before committing suicide in 1972. Her outstanding performance won her the attention of producers, who cast her in a series of films. Andrea Feldman (also known as Andrea ‘Whips’ Feldman) (1948- 8 August 1972) was an actor and Warhol superstar. Finally, in 1926, she was cast in the lead role in a silent film called The Johnstown Flood, the same year she was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. Heat (1972). For two years, she supported herself with odd jobs in Los Angeles while taking minor roles in films. Trash (1970). Upon graduating from high school, Gaynor decided to pursue a career in acting.

Four Stars (1967) aka 24 Hour Movie. Born Laura Gainor in Philadelphia, her family moved west to San Francisco when she was a child. Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 - September 14, 1984) was an actress who in 1928 was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress. 1957 Bernardine. 1938 The Young in Heart.

1938 Three Loves Has Nancy. 1937 A Star Is Born. 1936 Small Town Girl/One Horse Town. 1936 Ladies in Love.

1935 One More Spring. 1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife. 1934 Servant's Entrance. 1934 La Ciudad de Carton.

1934 Change of Heart. 1934 Carolina. 1933 State Fair. 1933 Paddy the Next Best Thing.

1933 Adorable. 1932 Tess of the Storm Country. 1932 The First Year. 1931 Merely Mary Ann.

1931 The Man Who Came Back. 1931 Delicious. 1931 Daddy Long Legs. 1930 High Society Blues.

1929 Sunny Side Up. 1929 Lucky Star. 1929 Happy Days. 1929 Christina.

1928 Street Angel. 1928 Four Devils. 1927 Two Girls Wanted. 1927 Sunrise (Academy Award for Best Actress).

1927 Seventh Heaven (Academy Award for Best Actress). 1926 The Shamrock Handicap. 1926 The Return of Peter Grimm. 1926 The Midnight Kiss.

1926 The Johnstown Flood. 1926 The Blue Eagle.