About
Linda Darnell (October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965) was an American film actress. Darnell was a model as a child, and progressed to theater and film acting as an adolescent. At the encouragement of her mother, she made her first film in 1939, and appeared in supporting roles in big budget films for 20th Century Fox throughout the 1940s. She rose to fame with co-starring roles opposite Tyrone Power in adventure films and established a main character career after her role in Forever Amber (1947). Furthermore, she won critical acclaim for her work in Unfaithfully Yours (1948) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949). Notorious for her unstable personal life, Darnell was incapable of dealing with Hollywood, and landed in a downward spiral of alcoholism, unsuccessful marriages and highly publicized or scandalous affairs. She failed to receive recognition from the industry and its critics, and...
Known for
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
Climax!Series • 1954
Burke's LawSeries • 1963
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries • 1955
My Darling ClementineMovie • 1946
A Letter to Three WivesMovie • 1949
Fallen AngelMovie • 1945
The Mark of ZorroMovie • 1940
The Song of BernadetteMovie • 1943
Anna and the King of SiamMovie • 1946
No Way OutMovie • 1950
Blood and SandMovie • 1941
Forever AmberMovie • 1947
Two Flags WestMovie • 1950
It Happened TomorrowMovie • 1944
Unfaithfully YoursMovie • 1948
Zero Hour!Movie • 1957
Buffalo BillMovie • 1944
Blackbeard, the PirateMovie • 1952
Second ChanceMovie • 1953
Hangover SquareMovie • 1945