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Linda Darnell

Born
October 16, 1923
Died
April 10, 1965
Linda Darnell  (October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965) was an American film actress. Darnell was a model as a child, and progressed to theater and film acting as an adolescent. At the encouragement of her mother, she made her first film in 1939, and appeared in supporting roles in big budget films for 20th Century Fox throughout the 1940s. She rose to fame with co-starring roles opposite Tyrone Power in adventure films and established a main character career after her role in Forever Amber (1947). Furthermore, she won critical acclaim for her work in Unfaithfully Yours (1948) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949). Notorious for her unstable personal life, Darnell was incapable of dealing with Hollywood, and landed in a downward spiral of alcoholism, unsuccessful marriages and highly publicized or scandalous affairs. She failed to receive recognition from the industry and its critics, and disappeared from the screen in the 1950s. Darnell died from burns sustained in a house fire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Linda Darnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
The Mark of Zorro
(1940)
Lolita Quintero
Fallen Angel
(1945)
Stella
My Darling Clementine
(1946)
Chihuahua
Hangover Square
(1945)
Netta Longdon
Blood and Sand
(1941)
Carmen Espinosa
The Song of Bernadette
(1943)
The Virgin Mary (uncredited)
Forever Amber
(1947)
Amber St. Clair
Chad Hanna
(1940)
Caroline Tridd Hanna
A Letter to Three Wives
(1949)
Lora Mae Hollingsway
Summer Storm
(1944)
Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin
Unfaithfully Yours
(1948)
Daphne de Carter
No Way Out
(1950)
Edie Johnson - Mrs. John Biddle
Zero Hour!
(1957)
Ellen Stryker
Show-Business at War
(1943)
Self
Star Dust
(1940)
Carolyn Sayres
Second Chance
(1953)
Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair
Full Filmography
Acting
Hotel for Women
(1939)
Marcia Bromely
Day-time Wife
(1939)
Jane Norton
Chad Hanna
(1940)
Caroline Tridd Hanna
The Mark of Zorro
(1940)
Lolita Quintero
Brigham Young
(1940)
Zina Webb - The Outsider
Star Dust
(1940)
Carolyn Sayres
Rise and Shine
(1941)
Louise Murray
Blood and Sand
(1941)
Carmen Espinosa
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
(1942)
Virginia Clemm
City Without Men
(1943)
Nancy Johnson
The Song of Bernadette
(1943)
The Virgin Mary (uncredited)
Show-Business at War
(1943)
Self
Buffalo Bill
(1944)
Dawn Starlight
Summer Storm
(1944)
Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin
Sweet and Low-Down
(1944)
Trudy Wilson
It Happened Tomorrow
(1944)
Sylvia Smith-Stevens
Hangover Square
(1945)
Netta Longdon
Fallen Angel
(1945)
Stella
The Great John L.
(1945)
Anne Livingston
The All-Star Bond Rally
(1945)
Self - Pinup Girl
Anna and the King of Siam
(1946)
Tuptim
Centennial Summer
(1946)
Edith Rogers
My Darling Clementine
(1946)
Chihuahua
Forever Amber
(1947)
Amber St. Clair
Unfaithfully Yours
(1948)
Daphne de Carter
The Walls of Jericho
(1948)
Algeria Wedge
A Letter to Three Wives
(1949)
Lora Mae Hollingsway
Slattery's Hurricane
(1949)
Mrs. Aggie Hobson
Everybody Does It
(1949)
Cecil Carver
Two Flags West
(1950)
Elena Kenniston
The Costume Designer
(1950)
Self (archive footage)
No Way Out
(1950)
Edie Johnson - Mrs. John Biddle
The Guy Who Came Back
(1951)
Dee Shane
The 13th Letter
(1951)
Denise Turner
The Lady Pays Off
(1951)
Evelyn Walsh Warren
Blackbeard, the Pirate
(1952)
Edwina Mansfield
Night Without Sleep
(1952)
Julie Bannon
Saturday Island
(1952)
Lieutenant Elizabeth Smythe
Second Chance
(1953)
Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair
This Is My Love
(1954)
Vida Dove
Angels of Darkness
(1954)
Lola Baldi
It Happens in Roma
(1955)
Renata Adorni
Dakota Incident
(1956)
Amy Clarke
Zero Hour!
(1957)
Ellen Stryker
Black Spurs
(1965)
Sadie
Showbiz Goes to War
(1982)
(archive footage)
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
(1999)
Self (Archive Footage)
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