Frances Farmer

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American actor film actress human stage actress

Frances Farmer was an American film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s whose turbulent life and struggles with mental illness later made her a symbol of Hollywood tragedy and institutional abuse.

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Frances Farmer canonical 36

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
film actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1958 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930 ⓘ
birthName Frances Elena Farmer ⓘ
burialPlace Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath esophageal cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1913-09-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-08-01 ⓘ
describedAs symbol of Hollywood tragedy ⓘ
symbol of institutional abuse ⓘ
educatedAt University of Washington ⓘ
fieldOfWork film acting ⓘ
radio presenting ⓘ
stage acting ⓘ
television presenting ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
knownFor involuntary psychiatric institutionalization ⓘ
struggles with mental illness ⓘ
turbulent personal life ⓘ
name Frances Farmer self-link ⓘ
notableEvent commitment to psychiatric hospitals in the 1940s ⓘ
notableWork Among the Living ⓘ
Border Flight ⓘ
Come and Get It ⓘ
Ebb Tide ⓘ
Flowing Gold ⓘ
Rhythm on the Range ⓘ
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake ⓘ
South of Pago Pago ⓘ
The Party Crashers ⓘ
The Toast of New York ⓘ
Too Many Parents ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
radio host ⓘ
television host ⓘ
parent Ernest Melvin Farmer ⓘ
Lillian Van Ornum ⓘ
placeOfBirth Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
residence Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
sibling Edith Farmer ⓘ
Rita Farmer ⓘ
spouse Alvin Lee McKee ⓘ
Leif Erickson ⓘ
William W. Smith ⓘ
subjectOf Frances (1982 film) ⓘ
Will There Really Be a Morning? (biography) ⓘ

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Frances → hasNotableBearerExample → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Farmer → hasNotableBearer → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Frances Farmer → name → Frances Farmer self-link ⓘ
Come and Get It → starring → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Come and Get It → hasCastMember → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Leif Erickson → spouse → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Among the Living → starring → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Among the Living → hasCastMember → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States → notableBurial → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Rhythm on the Range → starring → Frances Farmer ⓘ
The Toast of New York → castMember → Frances Farmer ⓘ
The Toast of New York → hasProminentRole → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake → starring → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Border Flight → starring → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Border Flight → castMember → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Too Many Parents → starring → Frances Farmer ⓘ
South of Pago Pago → hasCastMember → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Ebb Tide → hasCastMember → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Ebb Tide → hasNotableEarlyRoleFor → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Flowing Gold → hasCastMember → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Flowing Gold → hasFemaleLead → Frances Farmer ⓘ
The Party Crashers → hasCastMember → Frances Farmer ⓘ
The Party Crashers → featuresEarlyPerformanceBy → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Alvin Lee McKee → spouse → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Alvin Lee McKee → connectedTo → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Ernest Melvin Farmer → notableFamilyMember → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Frances (1982 film) → mainSubject → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Frances (1982 film) → portrays → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Frances (1982 film) → titleCharacter → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Will There Really Be a Morning? (biography) → author → Frances Farmer ⓘ
subject surface form: Will There Really Be a Morning?
Will There Really Be a Morning? (biography) → mainSubject → Frances Farmer ⓘ
subject surface form: Will There Really Be a Morning?
Will There Really Be a Morning? (biography) → attributedTo → Frances Farmer ⓘ
subject surface form: Will There Really Be a Morning?
'Come and Get It' (1936 film) → starring → Frances Farmer ⓘ
'Come and Get It' (1936 film) → portraysDualRoles → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle → inspiredBy → Frances Farmer ⓘ
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle → namedAfter → Frances Farmer ⓘ