Frances Farmer

  • Date of Birth: September 19, 1913
  • Place of Birth: Seattle, WA, USA
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Replace this image with an actor photoFrances Farmer mini-bio: 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 to a series of asylums and public mental hospitals, where eventually she received a lobotomy. After eleven years she was released, and spent some of the remaining years of her life tending the parents who had committed her and taking odd jobs. She appeared on "This Is Your Life" (1952), and ran her own TV show, "Frances Farmer Presents" (1958) for six years. She died of cancer in 1970.

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  • samjohnstone
    samjohnstone
    beautyfull,plus it would be interesting to know more about her time in the USSR in the 30s
    posted 642 days ago
  • No1XeNaThEBlOnDe
    No1XeNaThEBlOnDe
    wow i wish i could look like that when i was younger :)and still from this day.............
    she was very good actress with fred astaire
    posted 855 days ago
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  • Which of one of these actresses died of natural causes?  Answer »
  • What famous woman was portrayed by Yvonne de Carlo (1949) and Doris Day (1953) in movies bearing her name? Jean Arthur also played her in The Plainsman (1937), Frances Farmer played her in Badlands of Dakota (1941), and Jane Russell in The Paleface (1948).   Answer »
  • The film's plot involved a former gunfighter who had become a farmer and was recruited to hunt down villains who had maimed a local girl. Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Frances Fisher and Richard Harris augmented the cast. The film concluded with a climactic and suspenseful shootout in a saloon.   Answer »
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