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Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for sensationalized accounts of her life, especially her involuntary commitment to psychiatric hospitals and subsequent mental health struggles.
Feb 21, 2022 · Born on September 19, 1913, in Seattle, Frances Farmer overcame a turbulent childhood to become one of mid-century America's biggest and most controversial stars. In 1978, a rumor spread that Frances Farmer had been lobotomized.
Frances Farmer. Actress: Flowing Gold. 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.
Frances Farmer, née le 19 septembre 1913 à Seattle et morte le 1 er août 1970 à Indianapolis, est une actrice américaine, dont la vie tragique a fait l'objet d'un film sorti en 1982, Frances.
Frances Farmer. Actress: Flowing Gold. 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.
Jan 17, 2003 · Seattle-born actress Frances Farmer, a rising star in the 1930s, is remembered today more for her unfortunate life story than for her once promising career. Talented and beautiful, Farmer was also willful, troubled, and self-destructive. After a period of increasingly erratic behavior, she was declared legally insane and institutionalized in 1944.
Aug 2, 1970 · INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 1—Frances Farmer, a leading figure on the stage and screen in the 1930's, died in the Community Hospital here this afternoon, of cancer of the esophagus.
Sep 19, 2013 · Farmer, born 100 years ago today, died of esophageal cancer in 1970 just before turning 57. For a time in the late 1950s and 1960s, she achieved renewed success as a TV talk show host in Chicago....
Farmer, Frances (1913–1970) American actress whose tragic life became the subject of the movie Frances . Born September 19, 1913, in Seattle, Washington; died of cancer on August 1, 1970, in Indianapolis, Indiana; daughter of Lillian (Van Ornum) Farmer and Ernest Farmer; sister of Edith Farmer Elliot ; married Leif Erickson (an actor), in ...
Mar 10, 2021 · Frances Farmer Presents ran for seven “tumultuous seasons,” according to an entry about the actress in the Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. The entry says that the station fired her twice for erratic behavior and drunkenness.
