Linda Darnell

Linda Darnell

1923-10-16 Dallas, Texas, USA 49 Credits

Biography

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). F...

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Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

1999

as Self (Archive Footage)

Acting

Linda Darnell had the looks and talent to be a great Hollywood leading lady, but never quite delivered on her potential. This is the story of her rath...

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

as (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the A...

Black Spurs

Black Spurs

1965

as Sadie

6.1
Acting

A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to dirty up a neighboring village where a valuable railroad f...

Zero Hour!

Zero Hour!

1957

as Ellen Stryker

6.6
Acting

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land...

Dakota Incident

Dakota Incident

1956

as Amy Clarke

6.3
Acting

Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off.

White Corridors

1956

as Ellen Barber

Acting

As her friend suffers from a violent appendicitis attack, Ellen takes her to a London hospital in the dead of night. Despite the night nurse's reticen...

It Happens in Roma

It Happens in Roma

1955

as Renata Adorni

5.2
Acting

Airy comedy of a man a woman and the lengths they'll go to for a really great apartment! Located in the center of Rome with amazing views both want it...

This Is My Love

This Is My Love

1954

as Vida Dove

8.5
Acting

A single woman tries to keep her sister from another man by framing her for her husband's murder.

Angels of Darkness

Angels of Darkness

1954

as Lola Baldi

3.0
Acting

When "Tamara" throws herself from the window of their brothel, her colleagues are made to realise that a new law will close down the source of their l...

Second Chance

Second Chance

1953

as Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair

5.9
Acting

A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster's moll on the run in Mexico.

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Blackbeard, the Pirate

1952

as Edwina Mansfield

5.9
Acting

Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

Night Without Sleep

Night Without Sleep

1952

as Julie Bannon

5.8
Acting

Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder.

Saturday Island

Saturday Island

1952

as Lieutenant Elizabeth Smythe

4.8
Acting

When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during WWII, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe and Marine Michael Dugan find themselves stranded — a...

The Lady Pays Off

The Lady Pays Off

1951

as Evelyn Walsh Warren

7.0
Acting

The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, where she loses a lot of money. In order to pay her d...

The Guy Who Came Back

The Guy Who Came Back

1951

as Dee Shane

3.0
Acting

Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a c...

The 13th Letter

The 13th Letter

1951

as Denise Turner

5.5
Acting

A new doctor in a quiet Quebec town sparks rumors and accusations when anonymous letters allege an affair with a married woman.

Two Flags West

Two Flags West

1950

as Elena Kenniston

6.2
Acting

A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.

No Way Out

No Way Out

1950

as Edie Johnson

6.9
Acting

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.

The Costume Designer

The Costume Designer

1950

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct ...

Everybody Does It

Everybody Does It

1949

as Cecil Carver

7.8
Acting

Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to...

Slattery's Hurricane

Slattery's Hurricane

1949

as Mrs. Aggie Hobson

5.4
Acting

A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story...

A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives

1949

as Lora Mae Hollingsway

7.2
Acting

A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she doe...

Unfaithfully Yours

Unfaithfully Yours

1948

as Daphne de Carter

7.2
Acting

Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his ...

The Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho

1948

as Algeria Wedge

5.7
Acting

In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.

Forever Amber

Forever Amber

1947

as Amber St. Clair

6.1
Acting

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavalie...

My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

1946

as Chihuahua

7.5
Acting

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They deci...

Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam

1946

as Tuptim

6.1
Acting

In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

Centennial Summer

Centennial Summer

1946

as Edith Rogers

6.0
Acting

In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial expositio...

Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel

1945

as Stella

6.5
Acting

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely wa...

The Great John L.

The Great John L.

1945

as Anne Livingston

5.0
Acting

Portrait of legendary fighter John L. Sullivan, aka "The Boston Strong Boy", and his meteoric rise to become the first gloved World Heavyweight Champ...

The All-Star Bond Rally

The All-Star Bond Rally

1945

as Self - Pinup Girl

5.0
Acting

Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits. Preserved by the Academy Fil...

Hangover Square

Hangover Square

1945

as Netta Longdon

6.9
Acting

When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime...

G.I. Journal

1944

as Self

Acting

We see them all here including male vocalist Harry Babbitt, comic Ish Kabibble and guest stars like Jerry Colonna, Mel Blanc, Lucille Ball and Linda D...

Sweet and Low-Down

Sweet and Low-Down

1944

as Trudy Wilson

5.2
Acting

After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid ...

Summer Storm

Summer Storm

1944

as Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin

5.3
Acting

It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an...

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill

1944

as Dawn Starlight

5.8
Acting

Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.

It Happened Tomorrow

It Happened Tomorrow

1944

as Sylvia Smith-Stevens

6.7
Acting

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new...

The Song of Bernadette

The Song of Bernadette

1943

as The Virgin Mary (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anythi...

Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War

1943

as Self

7.0
Acting

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

City Without Men

City Without Men

1943

as Nancy Johnson

5.0
Acting

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she ...

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942

as Virginia Clemm

5.7
Acting

Biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life.

Rise and Shine

Rise and Shine

1941

as Louise Murray

6.0
Acting

The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

1941

as Carmen Espinosa

6.5
Acting

Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face re...

Chad Hanna

Chad Hanna

1940

as Caroline Tridd Hanna

6.0
Acting

Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

1940

as Lolita Quintero

7.1
Acting

In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless ...

Brigham Young

Brigham Young

1940

as Zina Webb - The Outsider

4.4
Acting

Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settl...

Star Dust

Star Dust

1940

as Carolyn Sayres

4.7
Acting

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

Day-time Wife

Day-time Wife

1939

as Jane Norton

6.2
Acting

When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.

Hotel for Women

Hotel for Women

1939

as Marcia Bromely

6.0
Acting

Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.