Linda Darnell

Linda Darnell

1923-10-16

Biography

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

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My Darling Clementine

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Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel

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Unfaithfully Yours

Unfaithfully Yours

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The Mark of Zorro

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The Song of Bernadette

The Song of Bernadette

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A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives

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Hangover Square

Hangover Square

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No Way Out

No Way Out

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Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

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Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam

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Two Flags West

Two Flags West

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It Happened Tomorrow

It Happened Tomorrow

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Second Chance

Second Chance

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Zero Hour!

Zero Hour!

6.7

Forever Amber

Forever Amber

6.1

Brigham Young

Brigham Young

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Sweet and Low-Down

Sweet and Low-Down

5.2

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Blackbeard, the Pirate

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Black Spurs

Black Spurs

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The Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho

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