Linda Darnell
Known for

Acting

Credits

55

Gender

Woman

Birthday

Oct 16, 1923

Day of death

Apr 10, 1965 (41)

Place of birth

Dallas, Texas, USA

Also known as
Monetta Eloyse Darnell

Linda Darnell

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Linda Darnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1999Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen AngelSelf (Archive Footage)
1982Showbiz Goes to War(archive footage)
1965Black SpursSadie
1963Burke's LawMonica Crenshaw
195877 Sunset StripZina Felice
1957Zero Hour!Ellen Stryker
1956Dakota IncidentAmy Clarke
1955It Happens in RomaRenata Adorni
1955The 20th Century Fox HourLily Martyn
1955Hollywood PreviewSelf
1954Climax!Helen Randall
1954Angels of DarknessLola Baldi
1954This Is My LoveVida Dove
1953Second ChanceClare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair
1952Blackbeard, the PirateEdwina Mansfield
1952Night Without SleepJulie Bannon
1952This Is Your LifeSelf
1952Saturday IslandLieutenant Elizabeth Smythe
1951The 13th LetterDenise Turner
1951The Lady Pays OffEvelyn Walsh Warren
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951The Guy Who Came BackDee Shane
1950No Way OutEdie Johnson - Mrs. John Biddle
1950Two Flags WestElena Kenniston
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1950The Costume DesignerSelf (archive footage)
1949A Letter to Three WivesLora Mae Hollingsway
1949Slattery's HurricaneMrs. Aggie Hobson
1949Everybody Does ItCecil Carver
1948Unfaithfully YoursDaphne de Carter
1948The Walls of JerichoAlgeria Wedge
1947Forever AmberAmber St. Clair
1946My Darling ClementineChihuahua
1946Anna and the King of SiamTuptim
1946Centennial SummerEdith Rogers
1945Fallen AngelStella
1945Hangover SquareNetta Longdon
1945The Great John L.Anne Livingston
1945The All-Star Bond RallySelf - Pinup Girl
1944It Happened TomorrowSylvia Smith-Stevens
1944Buffalo BillDawn Starlight
1944Summer StormOlga Kuzminichna Urbenin
1944Sweet and Low-DownTrudy Wilson
1943The Song of BernadetteThe Virgin Mary (uncredited)
1943Show-Business at WarSelf
1943City Without MenNancy Johnson
1942The Loves of Edgar Allan PoeVirginia Clemm
1941Blood and SandCarmen Espinosa
1941Rise and ShineLouise Murray
1940The Mark of ZorroLolita Quintero
1940Brigham YoungZina Webb - The Outsider
1940Star DustCarolyn Sayres
1940Chad HannaCaroline Tridd Hanna
1939Day-time WifeJane Norton
1939Hotel for WomenMarcia Bromely