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 ...
Calvin Roy Darnell, Jr., Monte Maloya Darnell, Undeen Darnell
Movies
Forever Amber, A Letter to Three Wives, My Darling Clementine, The Mark of Zorro, Blood and Sand, Fallen Angel, Hangover Square, No Way Out, Unfaithfully Yours, Day-Time Wife, Anna and the King of Siam, Star Dust, Black Spurs, Hotel for Women, Dakota Incident, Blackbeard the Pirate, Brigham Young, C...
[about her time at Twentieth Century-Fox] Leaving Fox was like leaving home at 28; I'd been there since I was 16.
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Fact
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Tuptim, her character in Anna and the King of Siam (1946), was executed by being burned at the stake. In real life, Linda died at age 41 from burns received in a house fire.
Mother of Charlotte Mildred Adams (nicknamed Lola). Born on January 5, 1948; adopted in 1948 while Darnell was married to J. Peverell Marley.
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Suffered from alcoholism during most of her career.
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Died in a fire of unknown source while visiting friends. While sleeping upstairs and awakened by smoke, she tried to exit through the downstairs door, but was trapped. Badly burned over 90% of her body she died the following day in the hospital. Source: "Hollywood Beauty" by Ronald L. Davis University of Oklahoma Press.
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Stage and television actress.
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Born at 4:40am-CST.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Black Spurs
1965
Sadie
Burke's Law
1964
TV Series
Monica Crenshaw
77 Sunset Strip
1959
TV Series
Zina Felice
Cimarron City
1958
TV Series
Mary Clinton
Pursuit
1958
TV Series
Wagon Train
1958
TV Series
Dora Gray Fogelberry / Dora Gray
Studio 57
1958
TV Series
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
1958
TV Series
Lora
Zero Hour!
1957
Ellen Stryker
Climax!
1957
TV Series
Helen Randall
Playhouse 90
1957
TV Series
Meg Lyttleton
The Ford Television Theatre
1956-1957
TV Series
Ann Dean / Jennifer Hollander / Meredith Montague
Schlitz Playhouse
1957
TV Series
Dakota Incident
1956
Amy Clarke
Screen Directors Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Ellen Barber
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1956
TV Series
Lily Martyn
Celebrity Playhouse
1956
TV Series
It Happens in Roma
1955
Renata Adorni
This Is My Love
1954
Vida Dove
Angels of Darkness
1954
Lola Baldi
Second Chance
1953
Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
Edwina Mansfield
Night Without Sleep
1952
Julie Bannon
Island of Desire
1952
Lt. Elizabeth Smythe
The Lady Pays Off
1951
Evelyn Walsh Warren
The Guy Who Came Back
1951
Dee Shane
The 13th Letter
1951
Denise Turner
Two Flags West
1950
Elena Kenniston
No Way Out
1950
Edie Johnson
Everybody Does It
1949
Cecil Carver
Slattery's Hurricane
1949
Aggie Hobson
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
Lora Mae Hollingsway
Unfaithfully Yours
1948
Daphne De Carter
The Walls of Jericho
1948
Algeria Wedge
Forever Amber
1947
Amber St. Clair
My Darling Clementine
1946
Chihuahua
Centennial Summer
1946
Edith Rogers
Anna and the King of Siam
1946
Tuptim
Fallen Angel
1945
Stella
The Great John L.
1945
Anne Livingstone
Hangover Square
1945
Netta Longdon
Sweet and Low-Down
1944
Trudy Wilson
Summer Storm
1944
Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Sylvia Smith / Sylvia Stevens
Buffalo Bill
1944
Dawn Starlight
G.I. Journal
1944
Short
Linda Darnell
The Song of Bernadette
1943
The Virgin Mary (uncredited)
City Without Men
1943
Nancy Johnson
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942
Virginia Clemm
Rise and Shine
1941
Louise Murray
Blood and Sand
1941
Carmen Espinosa
Chad Hanna
1940
Caroline
The Mark of Zorro
1940
Lolita Quintero
Brigham Young
1940
Zina Webb
Star Dust
1940
Carolyn Sayres
Day-Time Wife
1939
Jane
Hotel for Women
1939
Marcia Bromley
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Everybody Does It
1949
performer: "Fatima e Solimano The Loves of Fatima" - uncredited
My Darling Clementine
1946
performer: "Ten Thousand Cattle", "The First Kiss Is Always the Sweetest, from Under a Broad Sombrero" - uncredited
Centennial Summer
1946
performer: "Up with the Lark", "All Through the Day" - uncredited
Hangover Square
1945
performer: "Have You Seen Joe?", "So Close to Paradise", "Gay Love" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mike Douglas Show
1962
TV Series
Herself - Co-host / Herself
Your First Impression
1962
TV Series
Herself
Here's Hollywood
1961
TV Series
Herself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
1960
TV Series
Herself
About Faces
1960
TV Series
Herself
The Juke Box Jury
1956-1959
TV Series
Herself
The Linkletter Show
1957
TV Series
Herself
This Is Your Life
1957
TV Series
Herself
Hollywood Preview
1956
TV Series
Herself
What's My Line?
1956
TV Series
Herself - Mystery Guest #2
I've Got a Secret
1955
TV Series
Herself
All Star Revue
1953
TV Series
Herself
Screen Actors
1950
Documentary short
Herself (uncredited)
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945
Short
Herself (Pinup Girl)
Show-Business at War
1943
Documentary short
Herself (uncredited)
Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy
1941
Documentary short
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
MythBusters
2007
TV Series documentary
Edwina Mansfield
An American Girl on the Home Front
2006
TV Movie
Herself
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2
1999
TV Special documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Biography
1999
TV Series documentary
Herself
John Ford
1993
TV Movie documentary
Chihuahua [in "My Darling Clementine"] (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
TV Movie
Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies
1982
TV Movie documentary
Actress in 'My Darling clementine' (uncredited)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda