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Frances Farmer

1913 - 1970

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Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for sensationalized accounts of her life, especially her involuntary commitment to psychiatric hospitals and subsequent mental health struggles. A native of Seattle, Washington, Farmer began acting in stage productions while a student at the University of Washington. After graduating, she began performing in stock theater before signing a film contract with Paramount Pictures on her 22nd birthday in September 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frances Farmer is the 464th most popular actor (down from 373rd in 2019), the 1,002nd most popular biography from United States (down from 676th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular American Actor.

Frances Farmer was most famous for being a movie star in the 1930s and 1940s, but she was also a mental patient.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Frances Farmer ranks 464 out of 13,578. Before her are Burt Reynolds, Frances McDormand, Michele Placido, Hanna Schygulla, Douglas Fairbanks, and William H. Macy. After her are Helena Bonham Carter, Mel Ferrer, Jane Seymour, Vincent Cassel, Pat Morita, and Jean Harlow.

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Among people born in 1913, Frances Farmer ranks 38. Before her are Albert Ellis, William Tolbert, Wolfgang Paul, Trevor Howard, Jacobo Árbenz, and Jimmy Hoffa. After her are Werner Mölders, Witold Lutosławski, René Clément, Artur Axmann, Roger Wolcott Sperry, and Leônidas. Among people deceased in 1970, Frances Farmer ranks 35. Before her are Artem Mikoyan, Vladimir Propp, Leslie Groves, Hugh Dowding, Bruce McLaren, and Italo Gariboldi. After her are Władysław Anders, Andrey Yeryomenko, Francis Peyton Rous, John Dos Passos, Bourvil, and Arthur Adamov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frances Farmer ranks 1,002 out of 20,380. Before her are Arthur Ashkin (1922), John Mott (1865), Andre Agassi (1970), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), Greg Abbott (1957), and William H. Macy (1950). After her are Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), Frank Miller (1957), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Mel Ferrer (1917), Pat Morita (1932), and Jean Harlow (1911).

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Among actors born in United States, Frances Farmer ranks 242. Before her are Renée Zellweger (1969), Talia Shire (1946), Burt Reynolds (1936), Frances McDormand (1957), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), and William H. Macy (1950). After her are Mel Ferrer (1917), Pat Morita (1932), Jean Harlow (1911), Jane Russell (1921), Richard Barthelmess (1895), and Bill Bixby (1934).

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