Frances Farmer

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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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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
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 NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Indianapolis, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED
residence Hollywood, California, United States
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED
Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED
sibling Edith Farmer NERFINISHED
Rita Farmer NERFINISHED
spouse Alvin Lee McKee
Leif Erickson
William W. Smith NERFINISHED
subjectOf Frances (1982 film)
Will There Really Be a Morning? (biography)


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