- Andrea Feldman
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name = Andrea Feldman
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birthdate = birth date|1948|4|1|mf=y
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deathdate = death date and age|1972|8|8|1948|4|1|mf=y
deathplace =New York City ,New York ,United States
othername = Andrea "Whips" FeldmanAndrea Feldman (also known as Andrea "Whips" Feldman) (
April 1 ,1948 –August 8 ,1972 ) was an actress and aWarhol superstar . A native New Yorker, she starred in several of Warhol’s underground movies, such as "Trash", before committingsuicide in 1972. [ [http://www.warholstars.org/indfoto/iandrea.html Andrea Feldman ] ]Biography
Feldman was a regular in the backroom of
Max's Kansas City where she was noted for herexhibitionist nature, pioneering a performance she called "Showtime", and heavy dependence on drugs, particularlyamphetamine s. [cite book|last=Stein|first=Jean|coauthors=Plimpton, George|title=Edie: An American Biography|publisher=Knopf|date=1982|pages=276|isbn=0-394-48819-9]In August 1972, Feldman summoned several ex-boyfriends, including poet
Jim Carroll , to the New York City apartment of her parents so that they would be witness to her "final starring role", her suicide. Feldman was holding a can ofCoca-Cola in one hand and arosary in the other when she jumped from the fourteenth floor of 51Fifth Avenue and 12th Street.cite web|url=http://www.warholstars.org/chron/197074.html#af72|title=Andy Warhol 1970-1974|publisher=warholstars.org|accessdate=2008-07-10]Feldman’s suicide preceded the release of "Heat", in which she had a significant role, by only three weeks. [ [http://www.warholstars.org/warhol/warhol1/andy/warhol/can/feld23.html Andy Warhol 23: Andrea Feldman R.I.P] ] Feldman's performance garnered positive reviews. Judith Christ, a critic for "New York" magazine wrote:
"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."
Filmography
*"****" (Four Stars) aka "24 Hour Movie" (1967)
*"Trash" (1970)
*"Heat" (1972)References
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Persondata
NAME= Feldman, Andrea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Feldman, Andrea "Whips"
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Underground film actress
DATE OF BIRTH=April 1 ,1948
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DATE OF DEATH=August 8 ,1972
PLACE OF DEATH=New York City ,New York ,United States
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