Frances Farmer

Born: 1913-09-19

Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized and fictional accounts of her life, and especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital. Farmer was the subject of three films, three books, and numerous songs and magazine articles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances Farmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.                    


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The Toast of New York

as Josie Mansfield
Released: 1937-07-22

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New...

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The Party Crashers

as Mrs. Bickford
Released: 1958-09-01

Troubled teenagers, ineffectual parents, and a climactic tragedy.

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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

as Isabel
Released: 1942-01-29

Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew...

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Rhythm on the Range

as Doris Halliday
Released: 1936-07-01

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he...

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Among the Living

as Elaine Raden
Released: 1941-12-12

A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble...

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Come and Get It

as Lotta Morgan / Lotta Bostrom
Released: 1936-11-06

An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but...

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Flowing Gold

as Linda Chalmers
Released: 1940-08-24

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes...

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Exclusive

as Vina Swain
Released: 1937-08-06

When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City...

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Badlands Of Dakota

as Calamity Jane
Released: 1941-09-15

Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of...

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South of Pago Pago

as Ruby Taylor
Released: 1940-07-19

Sent by cutthroat pirates to turn Kehane’s head while they loot his island paradise of a fortune...

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Border Flight

as Anne Blane
Released: 1936-05-29

Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and...

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World Premiere

as Kitty Carr
Released: 1941-08-21

A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create...

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Ebb Tide

as Faith Wishart
Released: 1937-11-17

In 1890, two British expatriates, Robert Herrick and Huish, and German Captain Jakob Thorbecke,...

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Ride a Crooked Mile

as Trina
Released: 1938-12-09

The son of a cattle-rustling Cossack immigrant must choose between following the straight path...

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Studio One

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Sarah Walker
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Laura Nelson
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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