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Actress: Fallen Angel. Linda Darnell, one of five children of a postal clerk, grew up fast. At 11, she was modeling clothes, giving her age as 16. At 13, she was appearing on the stage with little theater groups. Her mother encouraged her to audition when Hollywood talent scouts came to Dallas.
Oct 19, 2023 · Linda Darnell’s Tough and Timeless Women. By Mayukh Sen. Features —. Oct 19, 2023. Share. H er entrance in the film is impossible to forget. She swings into the scene to serve a patron some coffee, holding a cup in one hand and a book in the other. Her diamond-shaped face is obscured, but her aura captivates immediately.
October 16, 1923. Died. April 10, 1965. Cause of Death. Complications From Burns Suffered In A Fire At The Home Of Her Former Secretary. Biography. Read More. Linda Darnell was touted by Hollywood wags as "the girl with the perfect face," and for once the description fit.
Linda Darnell. 20th Century Fox. Stars. Film: West side of the 1600 block of Vine Street. Actress Born Linda Monette Eloyse Darnell on Oct. 16, 1923 in Dallas, Texas. Died April 10, 1965 of...
Darnell, Linda (1921–1965) American actress. Born Monetta Eloyse Darnell in Dallas, Texas, on October 16, 1921; died from injuries sustained in a house fire in Glenview, Illinois, on April 10, 1965; third of five children of a postal clerk; attended public schools in Dallas; attended Central High School in Los Angeles and had studio tutoring ...
Oct 16, 2014 · 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.
Feb 2, 2022 · Dark Lady of Fox. Feb 2–Mar 31, 2022. MoMA. Film series. MoMA, Floor T2/T1 The Debra and Leon. Black Family Film Center. Born into a lower-middle-class family in Dallas, Texas, and driven into beauty contests and amateur theatricals by her domineering mother, Linda Darnell starred in her first Hollywood film at the age of 15.
