1988Nominee
Best Performance
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Frances Farmer
Actor · Writer
Seattle, Washington, USA
September 19, 1913
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1941Nominee
Best Performance
Badlands of Dakota
1942Nominee
Best Performance
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Career Highlights
1936Highlight
Best Performance
Come and Get It
1983Highlight
Best Writing
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Video
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
The Party Crashers