Person

Frances Farmer

Acting · 1913–1970 · Seattle, Washington, USA

Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized and fictional accounts of her life, and especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital. Farmer was the subject of three films, three books, and numerous songs and magazine articles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances Farmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.                    

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  Studio One

  1948

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  The Ed Sullivan Show

  Self

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  Ride a Crooked Mile

  Trina

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  Come and Get It

  Lotta Morgan / Lotta Bostrom

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  Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

  (archive footage) (uncredited)

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  The Toast of New York

  Josie Mansfield

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  Rhythm on the Range

  Doris Halliday

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  Among the Living

  Elaine Raden

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  Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

  Isabel

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  Badlands of Dakota

  Calamity Jane

• 2006Nirvana - In Utero: Under ReviewLotta Morgan (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies(archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1983Will There Really Be a Morning?Novel
• 1958Frances Farmer PresentsHost
• 1958The Party CrashersMrs. Bickford
• 1948Studio One
• 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
• 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeIsabel
• 1941Among the LivingElaine Raden
• 1941Badlands of DakotaCalamity Jane
• 1941World PremiereKitty Carr
• 1940Flowing GoldLinda Chalmers
• 1940South of Pago PagoRuby Taylor
• 1938Ride a Crooked MileTrina
• 1937Ebb TideFaith Wishart
• 1937ExclusiveVina Swain
• 1937The Toast of New YorkJosie Mansfield
• 1936Come and Get ItLotta Morgan / Lotta Bostrom
• 1936Rhythm on the RangeDoris Halliday
• 1936Border FlightAnne Blane
• 1936Too Many ParentsSally Colman