Biography of linda darnel the actress
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Linda Darnell
Died April 10, 1965 of burns suffered in fire in Chicago, Ill.
Linda Darnell — who was killed in a fire at a friend's home at age 44 — was regarded as one of great natural beauties of motion pictures.
She made her movie debut in 1939's "Hotel for Women," directed by George Ratoff. Her next movie, "Day-Time Wife," also directed by Ratoff, was the first of several films she made with Tyrone Power.
In 1946, Darryl Zanuck selected Darnell to star as the heroine of "Forever Amber."
It was the break she had worked for over the last seven years. She had played mean, sultry and even nasty roles to show her worth as an actress. She accepted secondary parts in numerous pictures simply because they had a sharp vigorous, biting effect that isn't typically characteristic of heroines.
Among her more than 50 motion pictures were "Star Dust," "Mark of Zorro," "Blood and Sand," "It Happened Tomorrow," "Hangover Square," "Forever Amber," "A Letter to Three Wives" and "No Way Out."
On the night of the fire that killed her, Darnell and her friend Jeanne Curtis, her former secretary, had stayed up late watching a telecast of "Star Dust" at Curtis' suburban Chicago home. Darnell was burned o
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Linda Darnell, one of five children of a postal clerk, grew up fast. At 11, she was modeling clothes, giving her age as 16. At 13, she was appearing on the stage with little theater groups. Her mother encouraged her to audition when Hollywood talent scouts came to Dallas. She went to California and when the studio found out how young she really was, she was sent home and told to come back when she was 15. Her fourth film, Star Dust (1940), was based on this real life experience. It was Star Dust (1940) that Darnell was watching the night of April 9, 1965, at the home of her former secretary, located in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The house caught on fire in the early hours of the next morning and Darnell died that afternoon in Cook County Hospital. The character she played in one of her best known roles, Forever Amber (1947) survived the London fire, the plague and the perils of being the mistress of the English king, Charles II.
BornOctober 16, 1923
DiedApril 10, 1965(41)
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Linda Darnell
American actress (1923–1965)
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Darnell c. 1940s | |
| Born | Monetta Eloyse Darnell (1923-10-16)October 16, 1923 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 10, 1965(1965-04-10) (aged 41) Chicago, Algonquin, U.S. |
| Resting place | Union Hill Graveyard, Kennett Rightangled, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Sunset High School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1939–1965 |
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| Spouses | Peverell Marley (m. 1943; div. 1951)Phillip Liebmann (m. 1954; div. 1955)Merle Roy Robertson (m. 1957; div. 1963) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Hollywood Walk show consideration for Fame |
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