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Frances Farmer, June Allyson, Stars D'hollywood, Sandra Dee, Ursula Andress, Luis Royo, Myrna Loy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mata Hari

Actress. Born in Seattle, Washington, she worked her way through the University of Washington where she studied journalism and drama. In 1935, a Paramount Pictures scout, arranged a screen test for her that resulted in a seven-year contract with the studio. She debuted in Too Many Parents (1936), which was quickly...

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Gail Russell, Frances Farmer, Carole Landis, Linda Darnell, Everything But The Girl, John Garfield, Early Hollywood, Ann Sheridan, Jeanne Crain

Frances Farmer, whose myth and reality still compete 50 years after her death. When I watch the real Frances Farmer on 1958’s This is Your Life versus Jessica Lange as a lobotomy-dazed Frances from 1982, it sums up for me the dichotomy between the real woman and the misery myth that’s been sold for five decades. Just type ‘Frances Farmer’ in a You Tube search and see what comes up. At least half the results are the most sensationalistic clips from the ’82 film bio or “tributes” that focus on…

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Frances Farmer - After she was "cured" and released from Western State Hospital on July 3, 1944, Frances Farmer moved back in with her mother.  However, in 1945 she was readmitted to the hospital.  She would not leave for five years.  In 1950, Farmer was released on the hospital's equivalent of parole, but she was not officially discharged until 1953. Diane Franklin, Frances Farmer, Early Hollywood, It Happened One Night, Hollywood Women, Gene Tierney, August Sander, Rhyme Or Reason, Austin Powers

Frances Farmer - After she was "cured" and released from Western State Hospital on July 3, 1944, Frances Farmer moved back in with her mother. However, in 1945 she was readmitted to the hospital. She would not leave for five years. In 1950, Farmer was released on the hospital's equivalent of parole, but she was not officially discharged until 1953.

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