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Person list created by Dark Warrior 
This list reminds us that life can be cruel sometimes for some movie stars and stardom can be ephemeral and too much love,sex,alcool & drugs can bring you on the edge of insanity.
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German Actress
March 27 1892 - November 30 1916
She commited suicide by hanging herself at the age of 24 y.o.
Notable Films
Dorritchen's Pleasure Cruise (1921)
French Actor
December 16 1883 - October 31 1925
He commited suicide with is wife Hélène Jean Peters by drinking some Veronal, injected morphins and cut open the veins in their arms.
Notable Films
Max And His Mother-In-Law (1911)
Max Wants A Divorce (1917)
Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)
American Actress
February 1 1899 - March 31 1930
She commited suicide by jumping from a 5th floor apartment building and died days after her attempt.
Notable Broadway Shows
Ladies' Night (1920)
Sun Showers (1923)
Florida Girl (1925)
German Actor
January 30 1890 - June 30 1932
He commited suicide by hanging himself at the age of 42 y.o. In a hotel room in Germany.
Notable Films
Hilde Warren Und Der Tod (1917)
The World Champion (1919)
The Heart Of Casanova (1919)
Paradise In The Snow (1923)
Three Waiting Maids (1925)
English Actress
February 5 1908 - September 16 1932
She committed suicide by climbing Mont Lee and she made her way to the nearby slope to the foot of Hollywoodland sign and climbed a workman's ladder to the top of the "H" and jumped.
Notable Films :
Thirteen Woman (1932)
French Actress
October 6 1897 - March 23 1933
She commited suicide at the age of 35 y.o. by ingesting some poison.
Notable Films
The Man In The Saddle (1925)
Napoleon (1927)
English Actress
June 23 1898 - October 25 1933
She commited suicide at the age of 35 y.o. by turning on the gas oven and cutting her throat at her home in London.
Notable Films
Ernest Maltravers (1920)
Married Love (1923)
A Royal Divorce (1926)
The Ring (1927) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
The Farmer's Wife (1928) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Many Waters (1931)
Danish Actor
October 12 1886 - April 14 1934
He commited suicide at the age of 47 y.o. by shooting himself in the head.
Notable Films
The Big Parade (1925)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
Rookies (1927)
Detectives (1928)
Speedway (1929)
Billy The Kid (1930)
Dutch Actor and Director
November 26 1881 - October 29 1934
He commited suicide at the age of 52 y.o. by stabbing himself 7 times with a pair of sewing scissors in the bathroom of the Cudahy Mansion in Hollywood surrounded by some newspapers clipping of his career.
Notable Films
La Dame Aux Camélias (1911)
The Victoria Cross (1916)
Flame Of The Desert (1919)
Single Wives (1924)
Parisian Nights (1925)
The Princess Of Hoboken (1927)
Chinese Actress
April 26 1910 - March 8 1935
She commited suicide at the age of 24 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate.
Notable Films
Reminescences Of Beijin (1930)
Love And Duty (1931)
Three Modern Women (1932)
Little Toys (1933)
The Goddess (1934)
New Women (1934)
American Actor
July 27 1907 - January 2 1937
He commited suicide at the age of 29 y.o. by shooting himself in the head in the barn behind is home of Los Angeles.
the newspapers reported that Alexander used the same gun of his wife used to shot herself 13 months earlier.
Notable Films
The Wiser Sex (1932)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Captain Blood (1935) with Errol Flynn
Hot Money (1936)
Canadian Actress
January 2 1886 - December 28 1938
She commited suicide at 52 y.o. by ingesting cough syrop and ant paste at her home in Hollywood.
Notable Short & Feature Films
Daniel Boone (1907)
Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)
The American Girl (1911)
The False Bride (1914)
Lucretia Lombard (1923) with Norma Shearer
The Greater Glory (1926)
Sinners In The Sun (1932)
One Rainy Afternoon (1936) with Ida Lupino
Mexican Actress
July 18 1908 - December 13 1944
She commited suicide at the age of 36 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate at home after a diner with Estelle Taylor and Benita Oakie.
Notable Films
Sailors Beware (1927) with Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy
The Gaucho (1927)
Tiger Rose (1929) with Rin Tin Tin
East And West (1930)
Kongo (1932)
Strickly Dynamite (1934) with Jimmy Durante
Hollywood Party (1934)
Mexican Pitfire (1940)
Playmates (1941)
Ladies' Day (1943) with Eddie Albert
American Actress and Singer
January 1 1919 - July 5 1948
She commited suicide at the age of 29 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate at her home of Pacific Palisades.
Notable Films
One Million B.C. (1940) with Victor Mature
Cadet Girl (1941)
My Gal Sal (1942) with Rita Hayworth
Wintertime (1943) with Cesar Romero
Secret Command (1944)
Out Of The Blue (1947)
German Actress
December 2 1909 - April 13 1955
She commited suicide at the age of 45 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate at the home of Ursula Moritz in Munich.
Notable Films
Vampyr (1932)
Sergeant Swenke (1934)
Clarissa (1941)
Titanic (1943)
Sensation In Savoy (1950)
American Actress
June 16 1903 - February 11 1955
She commited suicide at the age of 51 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate in her apartment in New York.
Notable Films
Going Wild (1930) with Walter Pidgeon
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Lady From Louisiana (1941) with John Wayne
Idaho (1943) with Roy Rogers
Dakota (1945)
Czechoslovakian Actress
February 26 1926 - March 9 1955
She commited suicide at the age of 29 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate at her home of Mexico City.
Notable Films
Five Faces Of Woman (1947)
Streetwalker (1951)
The Brave Bulls (1951) with Anthony Quinn
Stranger On Horseback (1955)
American Actress
January 6 1899-November 19 1960
She commited suicide at the age of 61 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate at her home of Sharon (Connecticut)
Notable Films
The Sultan's Wife (1917) with Gloria Swanson
A Small Town Idol (1921) directed by Mack Sennett
What Price Glory ? (1926) with Dolores Del Rio
Chicago (1927)
The Fighting Eagle (1927)
Thunder (1929) with Lon Chaney
American Actress
June 1 1926 - August 5 1962
She commited suicide at the age of 36 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate at her home of Los Angeles.
Notable Films
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) directed by John Huston
Monkey Business (1952)
Niagara (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ((1953)
River Of No Return (1954) with Robert Mitchum
Bus Stop (1956)
Some Like It Hot (1959) with Jack Lemmon
The Misfits (1961) with Clark Gable
Chinese Actress
December 26 1934 - July 17 1964
She commited suicide at the age of 29 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate and inhalation of methane gas at her home in Hong Kong.
Notable Films
Golden Lotus (1957)
Scarlet Doll (1958)
The Kingdom And The Beauty (1959)
Les Belles (1961)
Love Parade (1963)
Beyong The Great Wall (1964)
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