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Frances Elena Farmer was an American actress and television hostess. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for the various sensationalized accounts of her life, especially her involuntary commitment to psychiatric hospitals and subsequent mental health struggles.
Birth Name
Frances Elena Farmer
Born
Friday, 19 September 1913
Died
Saturday, 01 August 1970
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Nirvana: In Utero Under Review | Lotta Morgan | 2006 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Special Agent 7 | Vera | 1959 |
| Frances Farmer Presents | Self - Host / Host | 1958 |
| The Party Crashers | Mrs. Bickford | 1958 |
| Playhouse 90 | Val Schmitt | 1956 |
| This Is Your Life | Self - Honoree | 1952 |
| Crime Photographer | Mrs. Adams | 1951 |
| Studio One | Sarah Walker | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Nirvana: In Utero Under Review | Lotta Morgan | 2006 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Special Agent 7 | Vera | 1959 |
| Frances Farmer Presents | Self - Host / Host | 1958 |
| The Party Crashers | Mrs. Bickford | 1958 |
| Playhouse 90 | Val Schmitt | 1956 |
| This Is Your Life | Self - Honoree | 1952 |
| Crime Photographer | Mrs. Adams | 1951 |
| Studio One | Sarah Walker | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| I Escaped from the Gestapo | (montage sequence) | 1943 |
| Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Isabel | 1942 |
| Among the Living | Elaine Raden | 1941 |
| Badlands of Dakota | Calamity Jane / Jane | 1941 |
| World Premiere | Kitty Carr | 1941 |
| Flowing Gold | Linda Chalmers | 1940 |
| South of Pago Pago | Ruby Taylor | 1940 |
| Ride a Crooked Mile | Trina | 1938 |
| Ebb Tide | Faith Wishart | 1937 |
| The Toast of New York | Josie Mansfield | 1937 |
| Exclusive | Vina Swain | 1937 |
| Come and Get It | Lotta Bostrom / Lotta Morgan | 1936 |
| Rhythm on the Range | Doris Halloway / Doris Halliday | 1936 |
| Border Flight | Anne Blane | 1936 |
| Too Many Parents | Sally Colman | 1936 |
