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Frances Farmer (1913–1970)


Born in Seattle, Frances Farmer studied drama at the University of Washington, Seattle. In 1935, she went to Hollywood where she secured a seven-year contract with Paramount. In 1943, she was wrongfully declared mentally incompetent and committed by her parents to a series of asylums and public mental hospitals... See full bio »

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Known For


Filmography

Hide HideActress (20 titles)
1958-1964 Frances Farmer Presents (TV series)
Hostess
 
1958 The Party Crashers
Mrs. Bickford
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Sarah Walker
Tongues of Angels (1958) … Sarah Walker
 
1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
 
1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Val Schmitt
Reunion (1958) … Val Schmitt
 
1943 I Escaped from the Gestapo
(montage sequence)
 
1941 Among the Living
Elaine Raden
 
1941 World Premiere
Kitty Carr
 
1940 Flowing Gold
Linda Chalmers
 
1940 South of Pago Pago
Ruby Taylor
 
1938 Ride a Crooked Mile
Trina
 
1937 The Toast of New York
Josie Mansfield
 
1937 Exclusive
Vina Swain
 
1936 Come and Get It
Lotta Morgan/Lotta Bostrom
 
1936 Rhythm on the Range
Doris Halloway
 
1936 Border Flight
Anne Blane
 
1936 Too Many Parents
Sally Colman
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1937 The Toast of New York (performer: "The First Time I Saw You" 1937)
 
1936 Come and Get It (performer: "Aura Lea" 1861 - uncredited, "The Bird on Nellie's Hat" 1906 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1983 Will There Really Be a Morning? (TV movie) (book "Will There Really Be a Morning?")
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1958 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
Francis Farmer (1958) … Herself
 
1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #11.5 (1957) … Herself
Episode #10.40 (1957) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1998 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Golden Boy (1937). Drama. Written by Clifford Odets. Stage Manager: Alan Woolfson. Assistant Stage Manager: Martin Ritt and Bert Conway. Directed by Harold Clurman. Belasco Theatre: 4 Nov 1937- Jun 1938 (closing date unknown/250 performances). Cast: Luther Adler (as "Joe Bonaparte"), Roman Bohnen... See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Biographical Movies  | 4 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[Regarding her experience as a mental patient] Never console yourself into believing that the terror has passed, for it looms as large and evil today as it did in the despicable era of Bedlam. But I must relate the horrors as I recall them, in the hope that some force for mankind might be moved to relieve... See more »

Trivia:

Stephen Cush, a member of the British group The Men They Couldn't Hang wrote a song called Lobotomy Gets 'Em Home in memory of Frances Farmer after he saw the biographical film Frances. The song appears on the album Silvertown on Silvertone Records - now deleted. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo