Stuart Whitman

He has since appeared in starring and supporting roles in many films, including Francis of Assisi, The Fiercest Heart, The Comancheros, Convicts Four, The Day and the Hour, Signpost to Murder, Shock Treatment, Rio Conchos, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Sands of the Kalahari, An American Dream, The Last Escape, The Invincible Six, Night of the Lepus, Shatter, Tony Saitta, and Guyana: Crime of the Century. 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. In 1961, Whitman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as a child molester in The Mark. Setting the paper alight, she allowed herself to be consumed by the fire, and died from her injuries. His first starring role was in Murder, Inc. in 1960. 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 had a small part in When Worlds Collide, then took small roles in such films as The All American, Brigadoon, Ten North Frederick and The Sound and the Fury. In 1959, on the day after her birthday, she committed suicide in a bizarre fashion.

After leaving the army, he enrolled in Los Angeles City College and the Los Angeles Academy of Dramatic Art. As she faced further rejection, she found solace in alcohol. Born in San Francisco, California, he graduated from high school in Los Angeles and spent three years in the Army Corps of Engineers, where he took up boxing. She did not return to the screen, however she spent the remainder of her life trying to orchestrate a comeback. Stuart Whitman (born February 1, 1926 or, according to other sources 1928 or 1929) is an American actor. Her final role was a minor part in one of the popular The Falcon series, titled The Falcon's Brother in 1942. 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.