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Linda Darnell
Born: 16th Oct 1923 Dallas, Texas, USA - Died 10th Apr 1965
Dept: Acting
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. She rose to fame with co-starring roles opposite Tyrone Power in adventure films and established a main character career after her role in Forever Amber (1947). Furthermore, she won critical acclaim for her work in Unfaithfully Yours (1948) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949). Notorious for her unstable personal life, Darnell was incapable of dealing with Hollywood, and landed in a downward spiral of alcoholism, unsuccessful marriages and highly publicized or scandalous affairs. She failed to receive recognition from the industry and its critics, and disappeared from the screen in the 1950s. Darnell died from burns sustained in a house fire.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 61
Film: 51 (84%)
Television: 10 (16%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Action, Family, TV Movie, Talk, Fantasy
Filmography
2008
In the softened light of a psychoanalyst's office, Marilyn's last session is repeated. ... view
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archive footage
1999
Linda Darnell had the looks and talent to be a great Hollywood leading lady, but never quite delivered on her potential. This is the story of her rath ... view
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Self (Archive Footage)
1982
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the A ... view
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(archive footage)
1965
A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to dirty up a neighboring village where a valuable railroad f ... view
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Sadie
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos ... view
Character:
Monica Crenshaw (1 ep.)
Oct 1958 (first aired)
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office locate ... view
Character:
Zina Felice (1 ep.)
1957
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land ... view
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Ellen Stryker
Sep 1957 (first aired)
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert ... view
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Dora Gray Fogelberry (1 ep.)
1957
Just after World War Two ends, an American woman takes in a Polish war orphan boy, a concentration camp survivor. But conflict arises when her husband ... view
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Meg Lyttleton
1956
Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off. ... view
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Amy Clarke
1956
As her friend suffers from a violent appendicitis attack, Ellen takes her to a London hospital in the dead of night. Despite the night nurse's reticen ... view
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Ellen Barber
Oct 1955 (first aired)
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this ser ... view
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Lily Martyn (1 ep.)
Oct 1955 (first aired)
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The storie ... view
Character:
Ellen Barber (1 ep.)
Original title: Gli ultimi cinque minuti
1955
Airy comedy of a man a woman and the lengths they'll go to for a really great apartment! Located in the center of Rome with amazing views both want it ... view
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Renata Adorni
1954
A single woman tries to keep her sister from another man by framing her for her husband's murder. ... view
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Vida Dove
Oct 1954 (first aired)
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Cos ... view
Character:
Helen Randall (1 ep.)
Original title: Donne proibite
1954
When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to realise that a new law will close down the source of their l ... view
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Lola Baldi
1953
A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster's moll on the run in Mexico. ... view
Character:
Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair
1952
Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard. ... view
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Edwina Mansfield
Oct 1952 (first aired)
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. I ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
1952
Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder. ... view
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Julie Bannon
1952
When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during WWII, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe and Marine Michael Dugan find themselves stranded — ... view
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Lieutenant Elizabeth Smythe
Oct 1951 (first aired)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was spon ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1951
The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, where she loses a lot of money. In order to pay her d ... view
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Evelyn Walsh Warren
1951
Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a c ... view
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Dee Shane
1951
A new doctor in a quiet Quebec town sparks rumors and accusations when anonymous letters allege an affair with a married woman. ... view
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Denise Turner
1950
A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians. ... view
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Elena Kenniston
1950
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder. ... view
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Edie Johnson
1950
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct ... view
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Self (archive footage)
Feb 1950 (first aired)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no ... view
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Self - Mystery Guest (1 ep.)
1949
Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to ... view
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Cecil Carver
1949
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story ... view
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Mrs. Aggie Hobson
1949
A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't speci ... view
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Lora Mae Hollingsway
1948
In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman. ... view
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Algeria Wedge
1948
Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his ... view
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Daphne de Carter
1947
Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavalie ... view
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Amber St. Clair
1946
Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They deci ... view
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Chihuahua
1946
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King. ... view
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Tuptim
1946
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial expositio ... view
Character:
Edith Rogers
1945
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely wa ... view
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Stella
1945
Portrait of legendary fighter John L. Sullivan, aka "The Boston Strong Boy", and his meteoric rise to become the first gloved World Heavyweight Champ ... view
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Anne Livingston
1945
Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits. Preserved by the Academy Fil ... view
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Self - Pinup Girl
1945
When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime ... view
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Netta Longdon
1944
We see them all here including male vocalist Harry Babbitt, comic Ish Kabibble and guest stars like Jerry Colonna, Mel Blanc, Lucille Ball and Linda D ... view
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Self
1944
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid ... view
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Trudy Wilson
1944
It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an ... view
Character:
Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin
1944
Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show. ... view
Character:
Dawn Starlight
1944
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new ... view
Character:
Sylvia Smith-Stevens
1943
In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady ... view
Character:
The Virgin Mary (uncredited)
1943
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort. ... view
Character:
Self
1943
A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she ... view
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Nancy Johnson
1942
Biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life. ... view
Character:
Virginia Clemm
1941
The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game ... view
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Louise Murray
1941
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face re ... view
Character:
Carmen Espinosa
1940
Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway. ... view
Character:
Caroline Tridd Hanna
1940
In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless ... view
Character:
Lolita Quintero
1940
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settl ... view
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Zina Webb - The Outsider
1940
When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own. ... view
Character:
Carolyn Sayres
1939
When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival. ... view
Character:
Jane Norton
1939
Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling. ... view
Character:
Marcia Bromely