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Mar 16, 2021 · Meet Swankie, the Arizona-based breakout star of the Oscar-winning movie 'Nomadland' Bill Goodykoontz. Arizona Republic. 0:00. 0:41. Update: "Nomadland" won three Academy Awards, including best...
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Feb 25, 2021 · Three years later, Swankie, along with two other real-life nomads — Bob Wells and Linda May — find themselves the unlikely stars of one of the year’s most acclaimed films.
- josh.rottenberg@latimes.com
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Apr 20, 2021 · Nomadland author Jessica Bruder on the true story of the movie, the real fern, life on the road, and where Linda, Bob, and Swankie are today.
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Apr 25, 2021 · In the film, Swankie has terminal cancer, and drives to Alaska to kill herself, rather than die in a hospital. But Oscar viewers will see that’s she’s alive and well. May knew going into...
- Kate Aurthur
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Apr 25, 2021 · Linda May and Swankie, two of the featured performers in “ Nomadland ,” are attending the Oscars. The two nonprofessional actors are the plus-ones of Chloé Zhao (nominated for four Academy ...
- Kate Aurthur
Feb 19, 2021 · I died...."One indelible moment comes when a 75-year-old nomad named Swankie tells Fern about her terminal brain cancer... Even Fern's fictional backstory is based on real-life events.
Mar 12, 2021 · The Nomads Of ‘Nomadland' On Their Newfound Stardom. Linda May and Charlene Swankie had never acted before. Now they’re in an Oscar front-runner opposite Frances McDormand. By Matthew Jacobs. Mar 12, 2021, 05:45 AM EST. | Updated Mar 13, 2021.
