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Linda Darnell(1923-1965)

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"My Darling Clementine" Linda Darnell
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Zero Hour! (1957)
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Linda Darnell, one of five children of a postal clerk, grew up fast. At 11, she was modeling clothes, giving her age as 16. At 13, she was appearing on the stage with little theater groups. Her mother encouraged her to audition when Hollywood talent scouts came to Dallas. She went to California and when the studio found out how young she really was, she was sent home and told to come back when she was 15. Her fourth film, Star Dust (1940), was based on this real life experience. It was Star Dust (1940) that Darnell was watching the night of April 9, 1965, at the home of her former secretary, located in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The house caught on fire in the early hours of the next morning and Darnell died that afternoon in Cook County Hospital. The character she played in one of her best known roles, Forever Amber (1947) survived the London fire, the plague and the perils of being the mistress of the English king, Charles II.
BornOctober 16, 1923
DiedApril 10, 1965(41)
BornOctober 16, 1923
DiedApril 10, 1965(41)
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Linda Darnell, Kurt Kreuger, and Barbara Lawrence in Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Linda Darnell and George Tobias in Everybody Does It (1949)
Linda Darnell and Gary Merrill in Night Without Sleep (1952)
Linda Darnell and Gary Merrill in Night Without Sleep (1952)
Linda Darnell, Greg McClure, and Lee Sullivan in The Great John L. (1945)
Linda Darnell and Mildred Gover in Day-Time Wife (1939)
Linda Darnell and James Ellison in Hotel for Women (1939)
Linda Darnell, Lynn Bari, Jean Rogers, and Ann Sothern in Hotel for Women (1939)
Linda Darnell, June Gale, and Ann Sothern in Hotel for Women (1939)
Linda Darnell and Paul Douglas in A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Linda Darnell and Paul Douglas in A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence, and Thelma Ritter in A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

Known for

Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Alice Faye in Fallen Angel (1945)
Fallen Angel
7.0
  • Stella
  • 1945
No Way Out (1950)
No Way Out
7.4
  • Edie Johnson
  • 1950
Kirk Douglas, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, and Ann Sothern in A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
A Letter to Three Wives
7.7
  • Lora Mae Hollingsway
  • 1949
Forever Amber (1947)
Forever Amber
6.5
  • Amber St. Clair
  • 1947

Credits

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Actress

  • Lon Chaney Jr., Linda Darnell, Rory Calhoun, Richard Arlen, and Terry Moore in Black Spurs (1965)
    Black Spurs
  • Gene Barry in Burke's Law (1963)
    Burke's Law
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
  • George Montgomery in Cimarron City (1958)
    Cimarron City
  • Dennis Hopper, Lyle Bettger, and Cameron Mitchell in Pursuit (1958)
    Pursuit
  • John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)
    Wagon Train
  • Studio 57 (1954)
    Studio 57
  • Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955)
    Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre
  • Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, and Peggy King in Zero Hour! (1957)
    Zero Hour!
  • Climax! (1954)
    Climax!
  • "Eighty Yard Run, The" (Playhouse 90) Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. 1957 CBS
    Playhouse 90
  • The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
    The Ford Television Theatre
  • Hal Baylor, Hans Conried, and Chuck Hicks in Schlitz Playhouse (1951)
    Schlitz Playhouse
  • Dakota Incident (1956)
    Dakota Incident
  • Screen Directors Playhouse (1955)
    Screen Directors Playhouse

Soundtrack

  • Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm, and Paul Douglas in Everybody Does It (1949)
    Everybody Does It
    • (uncredited)
  • Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, and Victor Mature in My Darling Clementine (1946)
    My Darling Clementine
    • (uncredited)
  • Centennial Summer (1946)
    Centennial Summer
    • (uncredited)
  • Linda Darnell, George Sanders, and Laird Cregar in Hangover Square (1945)
    Hangover Square
    • (uncredited)

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Zero Hour!
Trailer 2:04
Zero Hour!
Unfaithfully Yours
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Unfaithfully Yours
No Way Out (1950)
Trailer 2:36
No Way Out (1950)
Fallen Angel (1945)
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Fallen Angel (1945)
A Letter To Three Wives
Trailer 2:42
A Letter To Three Wives
Blood and Sand
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Blood and Sand

Personal details

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    • October 16, 1923
    • Dallas, Texas, USA
    • April 10, 1965
    • Glenview, Illinois, USA(house fire)
    • March 3, 1957 - November 23, 1963 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Starred in a pilot for a TV series to be called "The Thoroughbreds", in which she played a woman trying to train horses and raise a family.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 6 Articles
    • 3 Pictorials
    • 5 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Died in a fire of unknown origin while visiting friends. While sleeping upstairs and awakened by smoke, she tried to exit through the downstairs door but was trapped. Badly burned over 90% of her body she died the following day in the hospital.
  • Quotes
    [about her time at Twentieth Century-Fox] Leaving Fox was like leaving home at 28; I'd been there since I was 16.
    • Hotel for Women
      (1939)
      $750 /week

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