Frances Farmer
Frances Elena Farmer was an American actress. She appeared in over a dozen feature films and three significant Broadway plays over the course of her career. Farmer gained greater notoriety posthumously for having had a nervous breakdown and undergone a five-year involuntary commitment in a state-run mental institution.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Seattle
- Educated at
- University of WashingtonWest Seattle High School
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Trending topics shown first"It was pretty sad, because for the first time I found how stupid people could be. It sort of made me feel alone in the world. The more people pointed at me in scorn the more stubborn I got and when th…"
"There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream."
"If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one."
"I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn'…"
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Timeline
1913
Born
Birth1970
Died
Death
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