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Frances is a film starring Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer, a troubled actress in the 1930s and 1940s. The film is based on a fictional biography that has been discredited by many sources and features Kim Stanley as her abusive mother.
Mar 11, 1983 · Frances: Directed by Graeme Clifford. With Jonathan Banks, Bonnie Bartlett, James Brodhead, Bart Burns. The story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Graeme Clifford
- 1983-03-11
Jessica Lange stars as Frances Farmer, a talented but troubled actress who suffered from mental illness and abuse in the 1930s and 1940s. The film is a bleak and complex portrait of a life that went wrong, with no clear cause or solution.
Frances. This biopic explores the true story of Frances Farmer (Jessica Lange), a mold-breaking actress from Seattle who moved to Hollywood, Calif., and gained notoriety for her unconventional ...
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- Graeme Clifford
- R
- Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange stars in her Oscar-nominated performance of the true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted. 771 IMDb 7.2 2 h 19 min 1982
- 139 min
Frances Farmer, a precocious Seattle teenager, takes unpopular social and political positions, to the mixed reactions of her parents. Frances becomes an actress and has some strong success in New York City, but her refusal to bend her convictions and her outspoken (but sometimes naive) political expressiveness cause her difficulties, especially after she accepts a Hollywood contract.
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Jessica Lange stars in her Oscar®-nominated performance of the true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life...