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

Known For

Come and Get It

as Lotta Morgan / Lotta Bostrom

Among the Living

as Elaine Raden

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

as Isabel

The Toast of New York

as Josie Mansfield

Studio One

Studio One

as Sarah Walker

Studio One

as Laura Nelson

Badlands of Dakota

as Calamity Jane

Flowing Gold

as Linda Chalmers