Heartbreaking Deaths Of These Old Hollywood Stars

In the early 1900s, a young actor named Peg Entwistle moved to the United States with her father to get into acting. She soon found success onstage; so talented was she, in fact, that she inspired a certain young girl to follow in her footsteps. According to the biography "The Girl Who WalkedHome Alone,"after Bette

In the early 1900s, a young actor named Peg Entwistle moved to the United States with her father to get into acting. She soon found success onstage; so talented was she, in fact, that she inspired a certain young girl to follow in her footsteps. According to the biography "The Girl Who Walked Home Alone," after Bette Davis saw Entwistle perform onstage in a production of "The Wild Duck" in Boston, she told her mother, "I am going to be an actress just like Peg Entwistle."

She enjoyed a thriving theatrical career, but she wanted to get into movies, so she moved to Los Angeles. Unfortunately, her fame didn't follow, and she struggled to book roles. A little more than a year after she arrived in Hollywood, she told the uncle she was staying with that she was going out to meet a friend. Instead, the police soon received a call from a hiker. "Near the Hollywoodland sign I found a woman's shoe, jacket, and purse. In the purse I found a suicide note. I looked down the mountain and saw a body," the anonymous caller reported. Peg Entwistle had climbed to the top of the H in the sign and had leapt to her death.

Her death serves as a symbol for all the lost souls who come to Hollywood for fame but find only pain. According to Hollywood lore, had Entwistle waited just one more day, she would have received a letter offering her a role.

If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline​ at​ 1-800-273-TALK (8255)​.

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