10/16/1923
Dallas, Texas, USA:
Linda Darnell (16. Oktober 1923 – 10. April 1965) war eine US-amerikanische Filmschauspielerin. Bereits als Kind modelte sie und wandte sich später dem Theater und Film zu. Auf Anraten ihrer Mutter gab sie 1939 ihr Filmdebüt und spielte in den 1940er-Jahren Nebenrollen in großen Produktionen von 20th Century Fox. Bekannt wurde sie durch ihre Rollen an der Seite von Tyrone Power in Abenteuerfilmen und etablierte sich nach ihrer Rolle in „Forever Amber“ (1947) als Hauptdarstellerin. Kritikerlob erhielt sie auch für ihre Leistungen in „Unfaithfully Yours“ (1948) und „A Letter to Three Wives“ (1949). Bekannt für ihr unstetes Privatleben, konnte Darnell mit dem Hollywood-Zirkus nicht zurechtkommen und geriet in einen Strudel aus Alkoholismus, gescheiterten Ehen und öffentlichkeitswirksamen oder skandalösen Affären. Sie fand weder in der Branche noch bei den Kritikern Anerkennung und verschwand in den 1950er Jahren von der Leinwand. Darnell starb an Verbrennungen, die sie bei einem Hausbrand erlitten hatte.
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Marilyn, dernières séances (2008) as archive footage |
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Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999) as Self (Archive Footage) |
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Showbiz Goes to War (1982) as (archive footage) |
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Black Spurs (1965) as Sadie |
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Zero Hour! (1957) as Ellen Stryker |
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Homeward Borne (1957) as Meg Lyttleton |
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Dakota Incident (1956) as Amy Clarke |
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White Corridors (1956) as Ellen Barber |
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Gli ultimi cinque minuti (1955) as Renata Adorni |
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This Is My Love (1954) as Vida Dove |
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Donne proibite (1954) as Lola Baldi |
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Second Chance (1953) as Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair |
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Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) as Edwina Mansfield |
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Night Without Sleep (1952) as Julie Bannon |
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Saturday Island (1952) as Lieutenant Elizabeth Smythe |
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The Lady Pays Off (1951) as Evelyn Walsh Warren |
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The Guy Who Came Back (1951) as Dee Shane |
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The 13th Letter (1951) as Denise Turner |
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Two Flags West (1950) as Elena Kenniston |
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No Way Out (1950) as Edie Johnson |
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The Costume Designer (1950) as Self (archive footage) |
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Everybody Does It (1949) as Cecil Carver |
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Slattery's Hurricane (1949) as Mrs. Aggie Hobson |
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A Letter to Three Wives (1949) as Lora Mae Hollingsway |
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The Walls of Jericho (1948) as Algeria Wedge |
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Unfaithfully Yours (1948) as Daphne de Carter |
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Forever Amber (1947) as Amber St. Clair |
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My Darling Clementine (1946) as Chihuahua |
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Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as Tuptim |
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Centennial Summer (1946) as Edith Rogers |
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Fallen Angel (1945) as Stella |
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The Great John L. (1945) as Anne Livingston |
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The All-Star Bond Rally (1945) as Self - Pinup Girl |
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Hangover Square (1945) as Netta Longdon |
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G.I. Journal (1944) as Self |
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Sweet and Low-Down (1944) as Trudy Wilson |
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Summer Storm (1944) as Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin |
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Buffalo Bill (1944) as Dawn Starlight |
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It Happened Tomorrow (1944) as Sylvia Smith-Stevens |
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The Song of Bernadette (1943) as The Virgin Mary (uncredited) |
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Show-Business at War (1943) as Self |
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City Without Men (1943) as Nancy Johnson |
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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) as Virginia Clemm |
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Rise and Shine (1941) as Louise Murray |
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Blood and Sand (1941) as Carmen Espinosa |
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Chad Hanna (1940) as Caroline Tridd Hanna |
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The Mark of Zorro (1940) as Lolita Quintero |
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Brigham Young (1940) as Zina Webb - The Outsider |
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Star Dust (1940) as Carolyn Sayres |
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Day-time Wife (1939) as Jane Norton |
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Hotel for Women (1939) as Marcia Bromely |