Frances Farmer

from Seattle, Washington, USA

Artwork for The Toast of New YorkImage of Frances Farmer

Biography

Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized and fictional accounts of her life, and especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital. Farmer was the subject of three films, three books, and numerous songs and magazine articles.

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Timeline

2006Aged 93

1988Aged 75

  • Poster for Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983Aged 70

  • Poster for Will There Really Be a Morning?

    Novel

1958Aged 45

  • Poster for The Party Crashers

    Mrs. Bickford

1942Aged 29

  • Poster for Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    Isabel

1941Aged 28

  • Poster for World Premiere

    Kitty Carr

  • Poster for Badlands of Dakota

    Calamity Jane

  • Poster for Among the Living

    Elaine Raden

1940Aged 27

  • Poster for South of Pago Pago

    Ruby Taylor

  • Poster for Flowing Gold

    Linda Chalmers

1938Aged 25

  • Poster for Ride a Crooked Mile

    Trina

1937Aged 24

  • Poster for The Toast of New York

    Josie Mansfield

  • Poster for Exclusive

    Vina Swain

  • Poster for Ebb Tide

    Faith Wishart

1936Aged 23

  • Too Many Parents

    Sally Colman

  • Poster for Border Flight

    Anne Blane

  • Poster for Rhythm on the Range

    Doris Halliday

  • Poster for Come and Get It

    Lotta Morgan / Lotta Bostrom

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