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Gwili Andre

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Gwili Andre

Birth
Frederiksberg Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Death
5 Feb 1959 (aged 52)
Venice, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark Add to Map
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Born Gurli Andresen, Andre worked as a model in Europe before going to Hollywood to appear in movies. She was seen by David O. Selznick at a Broadway show, he was taken by her beauty and offered her a screen test. She appeared in a handful of movies before her career ended in the early 1940s. She returned to Denmark, then to New York eventually winding up in Southern California. Andre died in a fire at her Venice Beach home.
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Divorced from Stanislau Mlotkowski in 1935.
Contributor: Athanatos

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Born Gurli Ingeborg Elna Andresen Feb. 4, 1907 in Frederiksberg parish (just outside central Copenhagen).
Birth & christening records # 33, Frederiksberg parish register:
http://ao.salldata.dk/vis1.php?bsid=149693&side=249

Gwili Andre was her stage name.
Contributor: Shari Jensen

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Andrew was cremated at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA and ashes sent to Denmark.
Born Gurli Andresen, Andre worked as a model in Europe before going to Hollywood to appear in movies. She was seen by David O. Selznick at a Broadway show, he was taken by her beauty and offered her a screen test. She appeared in a handful of movies before her career ended in the early 1940s. She returned to Denmark, then to New York eventually winding up in Southern California. Andre died in a fire at her Venice Beach home.
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Divorced from Stanislau Mlotkowski in 1935.
Contributor: Athanatos

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Born Gurli Ingeborg Elna Andresen Feb. 4, 1907 in Frederiksberg parish (just outside central Copenhagen).
Birth & christening records # 33, Frederiksberg parish register:
http://ao.salldata.dk/vis1.php?bsid=149693&side=249

Gwili Andre was her stage name.
Contributor: Shari Jensen

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Andrew was cremated at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA and ashes sent to Denmark.


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  • Maintained by: Stories Of The Gilded Age
  • Originally Created by: TLS
  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135948864/gwili-andre: accessed ), memorial page for Gwili Andre (4 Feb 1907–5 Feb 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135948864, citing Soendermarken Cemetery, Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Stories Of The Gilded Age (contributor 46959922).