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Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Darnell" title="Linda Darnell – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Linda Darnell" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%9C" title="לינדה דרנל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לינדה דרנל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a 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lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Linda Darnell" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB" title="リンダ・ダーネル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リンダ・ダーネル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Darnell" title="Linda Darnell – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Linda Darnell" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Darnell" title="Linda Darnell – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Linda Darnell" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Darnell" title="Linda Darnell – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Linda Darnell" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Darnell" title="Linda Darnell – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Linda Darnell" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Linda_Darnell_-_publicity.JPG/220px-Linda_Darnell_-_publicity.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Linda_Darnell_-_publicity.JPG/330px-Linda_Darnell_-_publicity.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Linda_Darnell_-_publicity.JPG/440px-Linda_Darnell_-_publicity.JPG 2x" data-file-width="446" data-file-height="599" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Darnell c. 1940s</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Monetta Eloyse Darnell</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1923-10-16</span>)</span>October 16, 1923<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas">Dallas, Texas</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 10, 1965<span style="display:none">(1965-04-10)</span> (aged 41)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Union Hill Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Kennett_Square,_Pennsylvania" title="Kennett Square, Pennsylvania">Kennett Square, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sunset_High_School_(Texas)" title="Sunset High School (Texas)">Sunset High School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actress</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1939–1965</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Forever_Amber_(film)" title="Forever Amber (film)">Forever Amber</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Unfaithfully_Yours_(1948_film)" title="Unfaithfully Yours (1948 film)">Unfaithfully Yours</a></i></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Letter_to_Three_Wives" title="A Letter to Three Wives">A Letter to Three Wives</a></i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Peverell_Marley" title="Peverell Marley">Peverell Marley</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">​</div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1943; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1951)<wbr />​</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Phillip Liebmann</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">​</div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1954; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1955)<wbr />​</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Merle Roy Robertson</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">​</div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1957; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1963)<wbr />​</div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Linda Darnell</b> (born <b>Monetta Eloyse Darnell</b>; October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965) was an American actress. Darnell progressed from modelling as a child to acting in theatre and film. At the encouragement of her mother, she made her first film in 1939, and appeared in both lead and supporting roles in big-budget films for <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a> throughout the 1940s. She co-starred with <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Power" title="Tyrone Power">Tyrone Power</a> in four films, including the classic <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mark_of_Zorro_(1940_film)" title="The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)">The Mark of Zorro</a></i> (1940). Her biggest commercial success was the controversial <i><a href="/wiki/Forever_Amber_(film)" title="Forever Amber (film)">Forever Amber</a></i> (1947), an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the 1940s and Fox's biggest hit of 1947. She won critical acclaim for her work in <i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Storm_(1944_film)" title="Summer Storm (1944 film)">Summer Storm</a></i> (1944), <i><a href="/wiki/Hangover_Square_(film)" title="Hangover Square (film)">Hangover Square</a></i> (1945), <i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Angel_(1945_film)" title="Fallen Angel (1945 film)">Fallen Angel</a></i> (1945), <i><a href="/wiki/Unfaithfully_Yours_(1948_film)" title="Unfaithfully Yours (1948 film)">Unfaithfully Yours</a></i> (1948), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Letter_to_Three_Wives" title="A Letter to Three Wives">A Letter to Three Wives</a></i> (1949), and <i><a href="/wiki/No_Way_Out_(1950_film)" title="No Way Out (1950 film)">No Way Out</a></i> (1950). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darnell was born in Dallas, Texas, as one of four children (excluding her mother's two children from an earlier marriage) to postal clerk Calvin Roy Darnell and the former Margaret "Pearl" Brown. One of her maternal great-grandparents was <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the younger sister of Undeen and the older sister of Monte Maloya and Calvin Roy, Jr.. Her parents were not happily married, and she grew up as a shy and reserved girl in a house of domestic turmoil.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 15">: 15 </span></sup> Starting at an early age, her mother, Pearl, had big plans for Darnell in the entertainment industry.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She believed that Linda was her only child with potential as an actress and ignored the rearing of her other children. </p><p>According to her siblings, Darnell enjoyed the limelight and shared her mother's dream.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 19">: 19 </span></sup> Darnell once said, "Mother really shoved me along, spotting me in one contest after another. I had no great talent, and I didn't want to be a movie star particularly, but Mother had always wanted it for herself, and I guess she attained it through me."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 26">: 26 </span></sup> One elocution teacher recalled: "[Darnell] didn't stand out particularly, except that she was so sweet and considerate. In her theater work, she wasn't outstanding, but her mother was right behind her everywhere she went."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 20">: 20 </span></sup> </p><p>Unlike her husband, Pearl had a notorious reputation in the neighborhood of being "aggressive" or "downright mean."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 17">: 17 </span></sup> Despite some financial problems, Darnell insisted that she had had a joyful childhood and loving parents.<sup id="cite_ref-cinderella_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cinderella-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darnell was a model by the age of 11 and was acting on the stage by the age of 13. She initially started modeling to earn money for the household<sup id="cite_ref-cinderella_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cinderella-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and performed mostly in beauty contests. </p><p>Before leaving school for Hollywood, Darnell was a student at <a href="/wiki/Sunset_High_School_(Dallas,_Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunset High School (Dallas, Texas)">Sunset High School</a>, which she entered in September 1937, majoring in Spanish and art.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She did not have a lot in common with her peers and usually spent her time at home as a teen, working under the guidance of her mother.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 19">: 19 </span></sup> In 1936, she entered the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Theater_Center" title="Dallas Theater Center">Dallas Little Theater</a> and was cast in the southwestern premiere of <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_in_the_Cathedral" title="Murder in the Cathedral">Murder in the Cathedral</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 22">: 22 </span></sup> The same year, she was hired as one of the hostesses at the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Centennial_Exposition" title="Texas Centennial Exposition">Texas Centennial Exposition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 26–27">: 26–27 </span></sup> </p><p>In November 1937, a talent scout for <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a> arrived in Dallas looking for new faces. Encouraged by her mother, Darnell met him, and after a few months he invited her for a screen test in Hollywood.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 29">: 29 </span></sup> Arriving in California alongside <a href="/wiki/Mary_Healy_(entertainer)" title="Mary Healy (entertainer)">Mary Healy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dorris_Bowdon" title="Dorris Bowdon">Dorris Bowdon</a> in February 1938, Darnell initially was rejected by film studios and was sent home because she was declared "too young." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_beginnings">Career beginnings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career beginnings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although originally wanting to become an actress on the stage, Darnell was featured in a <i><a href="/wiki/Gateway_to_Hollywood" title="Gateway to Hollywood">Gateway to Hollywood</a></i> talent search and initially landed a contract at <a href="/wiki/RKO_Pictures" title="RKO Pictures">RKO Pictures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cinderella_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cinderella-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was no certainty, though, and she soon returned to Dallas. When <a href="/wiki/20th_Century-Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century-Fox">20th Century-Fox</a> offered her a part, Darnell wanted to accept, but RKO was unwilling to release her.<sup id="cite_ref-cinderella_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cinderella-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, by age 15 she was signed to a contract at 20th Century-Fox and moved to a small apartment in Hollywood all alone on April 5, 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With production beginning in April 1939, she was featured in her first film, <i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_for_Women" title="Hotel for Women">Hotel for Women</a></i> (1939), which had newspapers immediately hailing her as the newest star of Hollywood.<sup id="cite_ref-cinderella_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cinderella-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Young" title="Loretta Young">Loretta Young</a> was originally assigned to play the role, but she demanded a salary which the studio would not give her. <a href="/wiki/Darryl_F._Zanuck" title="Darryl F. Zanuck">Darryl F. Zanuck</a> instead cast Darnell "because he felt that the name would advertise her beauty and suggest a Latin quality that matched her coloring."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 41">: 41 </span></sup> </p><p>Although only 15 at the time, Darnell posed as a 17-year-old and was listed as 19 years old by the studio.<sup id="cite_ref-cinderella_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cinderella-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to columnist <a href="/wiki/Louella_O._Parsons" class="mw-redirect" title="Louella O. Parsons">Louella O. Parsons</a>, Darnell was "so young, so immature and so naive in her ideas" and was very loyal to her boss, Darryl F. Zanuck.<sup id="cite_ref-cinderella_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cinderella-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her true age came out later in 1939, and she became one of the few actresses under the age of 16 to serve as leading ladies in films.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While working on <i>Hotel for Women</i>, Darnell was cast alongside <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Claudette_Colbert" title="Claudette Colbert">Claudette Colbert</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Drums_Along_the_Mohawk" title="Drums Along the Mohawk">Drums Along the Mohawk</a></i> (1939) in June 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was later replaced because the studio felt her role was not important enough. In an interview during production of <i>Hotel for Women</i>, which lasted until June, Darnell admitted that movie making was not what she expected: "I'm learning what really hard work is. At home in Dallas I used to sprawl on the lawn and dream about the nice, easy time the screen stars must be having in Hollywood, but the last two months have taught me quite another story."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 43">: 43 </span></sup> </p><p>Since the beginning of her career at 20th Century-Fox, Darnell had been very positive about her frequent co-star <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Power" title="Tyrone Power">Tyrone Power</a>. In a 1939 interview, she expressed her interest in starring opposite Power in <i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Apollo_(film)" title="Johnny Apollo (film)">Johnny Apollo</a></i> (1940).<sup id="cite_ref-cinderella_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cinderella-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rationalizing why she was not cast, Darnell said: "It's a man's part and the girl's role is only incidental."<sup id="cite_ref-cinderella_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cinderella-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Lamour" title="Dorothy Lamour">Dorothy Lamour</a> was cast, instead. Nevertheless, Darnell had her way. She was assigned to the female lead opposite Power in the light romantic comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Day-Time_Wife" title="Day-Time Wife">Day-Time Wife</a></i> (1939). Although the film received only slightly favorable reviews, Darnell's performance was received positively, with one critic saying: "Despite her apparent youth, [Darnell] turns in an outstanding performance when playing with popular players."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another critic wrote: "little Linda is not only a breath-taking eyeful, but a splendid actress, as well."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Life_(magazine)" title="Life (magazine)"><i>Life</i></a> magazine stated that Darnell appeared to be 22 and was "the most physically perfect girl in Hollywood".<sup id="cite_ref-life19391218_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-life19391218-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the film's release, she was cast in the drama comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Dust_(film)" title="Star Dust (film)">Star Dust</a></i> in December 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was hailed as one of the "most original entertainment idea[s] in years" and boosted Darnell's popularity, who was nicknamed "Hollywood's loveliest and most exciting star".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> said: "Miss Darnell displays a wealth of youthful charm and personality that confirms studio efforts to build her to a draw personality."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 53">: 53 </span></sup> Her studio contract had been revised to allow Darnell to earn $200 a week.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 52">: 52 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stardom">Stardom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Stardom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>At first, everything was like a fairy tale coming true. I stepped into a fabulous land where, overnight, I was a movie star. In pictures you're built up by everyone. On the set, in the publicity office, wherever you go, everyone says you're wonderful. It gives you a false sense of security. You waltz through a role, and everywhere you hear that you are beautiful and lovely, a natural-born actress. You believe what people around you say.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 51">: 51 </span></sup></p></blockquote> <p>After appearing in several small films, Darnell was cast in her first big-budget film in May 1940, appearing again opposite Tyrone Power in <i><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_(film)" title="Brigham Young (film)">Brigham Young</a></i> (1940), which was shot on location in mid 1940 and was regarded as the most expensive film 20th Century Fox had yet produced.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 55">: 55 </span></sup> Darnell and Power were cast together for the second time owing to the box office success of <i>Day-Time Wife</i>, and they became a highly publicized onscreen couple, which prompted Darryl F. Zanuck to add 18 more romantic scenes to <i>Brigham Young</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film's director, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hathaway" title="Henry Hathaway">Henry Hathaway</a>, in later life had only slight memories of Darnell but recalled that "a sweeter girl never lived."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 55">: 55 </span></sup> By June 1940, shortly after completing <i>Brigham Young</i>, Darnell earned "a weekly salary larger than most bank officials."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the summer of 1940, Darnell began working on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mark_of_Zorro_(1940_film)" title="The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)">The Mark of Zorro</a></i> (1940), in which she again co-starred as Power's sweetheart in a role for which <a href="/wiki/Anne_Baxter" title="Anne Baxter">Anne Baxter</a> was previously considered.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 58">: 58 </span></sup> A big-budget adventure film that was raved over by the critics, <i>The Mark of Zorro</i> was a box office sensation and did much to enhance Darnell's star status.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 58">: 58 </span></sup> Afterwards, she was paired with <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> for the first time in the western <i><a href="/wiki/Chad_Hanna" title="Chad Hanna">Chad Hanna</a></i> (1940), her first <a href="/wiki/Technicolor" title="Technicolor">Technicolor</a> film. The film received only moderate attention, unlike Darnell's next film, <i><a href="/wiki/Blood_and_Sand_(1941_film)" title="Blood and Sand (1941 film)">Blood and Sand</a></i> (1941), which was shot on location in Mexico and in which she was reunited with Power. It was the first film for which she was widely critically acclaimed.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 63">: 63 </span></sup> Nevertheless, Darnell later claimed that her downfall began after <i>Blood and Sand</i>. In an interview she said: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>People got tired of seeing the sweet young things I was playing and I landed at the bottom of the roller coaster. The change and realization were very subtle. I'd had the fame and money every girl dreams about—and the romance. I'd crammed thirty years into ten, and while it was exciting and I would do it over again, I still know I missed out on my girlhood, the fun, little things that now seem important.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 63–64">: 63–64 </span></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The studio was unable to find Darnell suitable roles. In late 1940, Fox chose her for the main role in <i><a href="/wiki/Song_of_the_Islands" title="Song of the Islands">Song of the Islands</a></i> (1942), a Hawaiian musical film which eventually starred <a href="/wiki/Betty_Grable" title="Betty Grable">Betty Grable</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <i>Blood and Sand</i>, she was set to co-star with <a href="/wiki/Claudette_Colbert" title="Claudette Colbert">Claudette Colbert</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Remember_the_Day" title="Remember the Day">Remember the Day</a></i> (1941), but another actress was eventually cast.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 65">: 65 </span></sup> Meanwhile, she was considered for the female lead in <i><a href="/wiki/Swamp_Water" title="Swamp Water">Swamp Water</a></i> (1941), but Anne Baxter was later assigned the role. Darnell was disappointed and felt rejected; she later said: "Right under your very nose someone else is brought in for that prize part you wanted so terribly."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 65">: 65 </span></sup> Months passed by without any work, and in August 1941 she was cast in a supporting role in the musical <i>Rise and Shine</i> (1941). The film was a setback in her career, and she was rejected for a later role because she refused to respond to Darryl F. Zanuck's advances.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 67–68">: 67–68 </span></sup> Instead, she contributed to the <a href="/wiki/War_effort" title="War effort">war effort</a>, working for the <a href="/wiki/Red_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Cross">Red Cross</a> and selling <a href="/wiki/War_bond" title="War bond">war bonds</a>. She was also a regular at the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Canteen" title="Hollywood Canteen">Hollywood Canteen</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_setbacks">Professional setbacks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Professional setbacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:City_Without_Men_(1943)_still_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/City_Without_Men_%281943%29_still_1.jpg/220px-City_Without_Men_%281943%29_still_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/City_Without_Men_%281943%29_still_1.jpg/330px-City_Without_Men_%281943%29_still_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/City_Without_Men_%281943%29_still_1.jpg/440px-City_Without_Men_%281943%29_still_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2751" data-file-height="2121" /></a><figcaption>(L-R): <a href="/wiki/Doris_Dudley" title="Doris Dudley">Doris Dudley</a>, Linda Darnell, <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(actress)" title="Margaret Hamilton (actress)">Margaret Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenda_Farrell" title="Glenda Farrell">Glenda Farrell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Brooks" title="Leslie Brooks">Leslie Brooks</a> in <a href="/wiki/City_Without_Men" title="City Without Men">City Without Men</a> (1943)</figcaption></figure> <p>In early 1942, Darnell filmed <i><a href="/wiki/The_Loves_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe">The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe</a></i>, another film that would not do much to advance her career. Meanwhile, she realized that <a href="/wiki/Darryl_F._Zanuck" title="Darryl F. Zanuck">Darryl F. Zanuck</a> had lost interest in her, and she was overlooked for most film roles that suited her.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 69">: 69 </span></sup> Instead, she was cast in roles that she loathed, including the musical <i><a href="/wiki/Orchestra_Wives" title="Orchestra Wives">Orchestra Wives</a></i> (1942).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zanuck insisted that she take the role, but she was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Ann_Rutherford" title="Ann Rutherford">Ann Rutherford</a> after 12 days of shooting. The press reported that "Linda Darnell and Twentieth Century-Fox aren't on the best of terms at the moment."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 69">: 69 </span></sup> As a punishment, she was loaned out to another studio for a supporting role in a <a href="/wiki/B_movie" title="B movie">B movie</a> called <i><a href="/wiki/City_Without_Men" title="City Without Men">City Without Men</a></i> (1943). According to co-star <a href="/wiki/Rosemary_DeCamp" title="Rosemary DeCamp">Rosemary DeCamp</a>, Darnell nevertheless was "very polite", and she was satisfied to work at a studio which did not treat her as a child.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 73">: 73 </span></sup> In April 1943, she was put on suspension, which meant being replaced in the Technicolor musical film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gang%27s_All_Here_(1943_film)" title="The Gang's All Here (1943 film)">The Gang's All Here</a></i> (1943). By this time, Darnell had eloped, which caused Zanuck to be even more furious.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 75">: 75 </span></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Linda_Darnell_in_Yank_Magazine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Linda_Darnell_in_Yank_Magazine.jpg/245px-Linda_Darnell_in_Yank_Magazine.jpg" decoding="async" width="245" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Linda_Darnell_in_Yank_Magazine.jpg/368px-Linda_Darnell_in_Yank_Magazine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Linda_Darnell_in_Yank_Magazine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="264" /></a><figcaption>Linda Darnell in a May 1944 <a href="/wiki/Pin-up" class="mw-redirect" title="Pin-up">pin-up</a> photo for <i><a href="/wiki/Yank,_the_Army_Weekly" title="Yank, the Army Weekly">Yank, the Army Weekly</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1943, she was cast, uncredited, as the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Song_of_Bernadette_(film)" title="The Song of Bernadette (film)">The Song of Bernadette</a></i>. By late 1943, Darnell was fed up with critics only praising her beauty rather than her acting abilities. Judging her performance in <i>Sweet and Low-Down</i> (1944), in which she co-starred with <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Bari" title="Lynn Bari">Lynn Bari</a>, one critic of the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Herald-Examiner" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Herald-Examiner">Los Angeles Examiner</a></i> wrote, "Lynn comes off the best because she has more of a chance to shine. Linda just doesn't have enough to do—but looks beautiful doing it."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 81">: 81 </span></sup> Darnell was reduced to second leads and was overlooked for big-budget productions. Matters changed when she was named one of the four most beautiful women in Hollywood along with <a href="/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr" title="Hedy Lamarr">Hedy Lamarr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman">Ingrid Bergman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Tierney" title="Gene Tierney">Gene Tierney</a> in a 1944 edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Look_(American_magazine)" title="Look (American magazine)">Look</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 82">: 82 </span></sup> Afterwards, the studio allowed her to be loaned out for the lead in <i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Storm_(1944_film)" title="Summer Storm (1944 film)">Summer Storm</a></i>. Portraying a "seductive peasant girl who takes three men to their ruin before she herself is murdered,"<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 82">: 82 </span></sup> it was a type of role she had never before played. In a later interview, Darnell commented: </p> <blockquote><p>I was told that such a violent change of type might ruin my career, but I insisted on taking the chance. [...] This is one picture on which I am setting much store for the future. For eighteen months I did nothing in pictures. I pleaded for something to do, but nothing happened. The character in the <a href="/wiki/Anton_Chekhov" title="Anton Chekhov">Chekhov</a> film is a wild sort of she-devil, which any actress would go miles to play. She's devil mostly—at times angelic—and perfectly fascinating to interpret. I'm counting on my Russian girl to give me a new start.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 82–83">: 82–83 </span></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Released in 1944, the film provided her a new screen image as a <a href="/wiki/Pin-up_girl" class="mw-redirect" title="Pin-up girl">pin-up girl</a>. Shortly after, Darnell was again loaned out to portray a showgirl in <i>The Great John L.</i>, the first film to feature her bare legs.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 83">: 83 </span></sup> Darnell complained that the studio lacked recognition of her, which prodded Zanuck to cast her in <i><a href="/wiki/Hangover_Square_(film)" title="Hangover Square (film)">Hangover Square</a></i> (1945), wherein she played a role she personally had chosen.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 84">: 84 </span></sup> The film became a great success, and with Darnell's triumph assured, she was allowed to abandon her upcoming film, <i><a href="/wiki/Don_Juan_Quilligan" title="Don Juan Quilligan">Don Juan Quilligan</a></i> (1945), which would have been another low point in her career.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 84">: 84 </span></sup> In January 1945, she was added to the cast of the <a href="/wiki/Film_noir" title="Film noir">film noir</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Angel_(1945_film)" title="Fallen Angel (1945 film)">Fallen Angel</a></i> (1945), which also included <a href="/wiki/Dana_Andrews" title="Dana Andrews">Dana Andrews</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alice_Faye" title="Alice Faye">Alice Faye</a>. Despite suffering from the "terrifying" director <a href="/wiki/Otto_Preminger" title="Otto Preminger">Otto Preminger</a>, Darnell completed the film and was praised by reviewers so widely that there was even talk of an Oscar nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 89">: 89 </span></sup> Because of her success in <i>Fallen Angel</i>, she was cast opposite Tyrone Power in <i><a href="/wiki/Captain_from_Castile" title="Captain from Castile">Captain from Castile</a></i> in December 1945<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the insistence of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although she looked forward to the film project, believing it would be her most important to date,<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 90">: 90 </span></sup> she was later replaced by newcomer <a href="/wiki/Jean_Peters" title="Jean Peters">Jean Peters</a> owing to scheduling conflicts, a decision she resented.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 134">: 134 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1946, Darnell filmed two pictures simultaneously, the expensively budgeted <i><a href="/wiki/Anna_and_the_King_of_Siam_(film)" title="Anna and the King of Siam (film)">Anna and the King of Siam</a></i> and Preminger's <i><a href="/wiki/Centennial_Summer" title="Centennial Summer">Centennial Summer</a></i>. During the release of the latter, she was on location in <a href="/wiki/Monument_Valley" title="Monument Valley">Monument Valley</a> for the filming of the <a href="/wiki/John_Ford" title="John Ford">John Ford</a> Western <i><a href="/wiki/My_Darling_Clementine" title="My Darling Clementine">My Darling Clementine</a></i> (1946), playing a role for which she lost 12 pounds. She was assigned to a negligible role by Zanuck, which displeased Ford, who felt that she was not suitable.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Renewed_success">Renewed success</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Renewed success"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Linda_Darnell_in_A_Letter_to_Three_Wives_trailer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Linda_Darnell_in_A_Letter_to_Three_Wives_trailer.jpg/245px-Linda_Darnell_in_A_Letter_to_Three_Wives_trailer.jpg" decoding="async" width="245" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Linda_Darnell_in_A_Letter_to_Three_Wives_trailer.jpg/368px-Linda_Darnell_in_A_Letter_to_Three_Wives_trailer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Linda_Darnell_in_A_Letter_to_Three_Wives_trailer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="472" data-file-height="349" /></a><figcaption>From <i><a href="/wiki/A_Letter_to_Three_Wives" title="A Letter to Three Wives">A Letter to Three Wives</a></i> (1949)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1946, Darnell won the starring role in the highly anticipated movie <i><a href="/wiki/Forever_Amber_(film)" title="Forever Amber (film)">Forever Amber</a></i>, based on a bestselling historical novel that was denounced as being immoral at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The character Amber was so named because of her hair color, and this is the only major film in which Darnell—normally known for her raven hair and somewhat Latin looks—appears as a redhead. It was the most expensive film so far produced by Fox, and publicity at the time compared the <a href="/wiki/Forever_Amber_(novel)" title="Forever Amber (novel)">novel</a> to <i><a href="/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)" title="Gone with the Wind (film)">Gone with the Wind</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darnell replaced British actress <a href="/wiki/Peggy_Cummins" title="Peggy Cummins">Peggy Cummins</a> in July 1946 at a cost of $350,000.<sup id="cite_ref-forever_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forever-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because $1 million had already been spent on production costs when Darnell was brought in, the pressure was intense to make the film a financial success. Her casting was a result of a campaign for stronger roles.<sup id="cite_ref-forever_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forever-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regardless, she was surprised to find out that she had been cast, because she had been intensively rehearsing for <i>Captain from Castile</i> at the time. Although she had to give up that role and work with Otto Preminger, she was delighted to play the title role and thought she was "the luckiest girl in Hollywood."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 98">: 98 </span></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Forever-Amber-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Forever-Amber-1.jpg/220px-Forever-Amber-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Forever-Amber-1.jpg/330px-Forever-Amber-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Forever-Amber-1.jpg/440px-Forever-Amber-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="505" data-file-height="370" /></a><figcaption>(L-R): <a href="/wiki/George_Sanders" title="George Sanders">George Sanders</a>, Linda Darnell and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Haydn" title="Richard Haydn">Richard Haydn</a> in <a href="/wiki/Forever_Amber_(film)" title="Forever Amber (film)">Forever Amber</a> (1947)</figcaption></figure> <p>The search for the actress to portray Amber, a beauty who uses men to make her fortune in 17th century England, was modeled on the extensive process that led to the casting of <a href="/wiki/Vivien_Leigh" title="Vivien Leigh">Vivien Leigh</a> as <a href="/wiki/Scarlett_O%27Hara" title="Scarlett O'Hara">Scarlett O'Hara</a>. Production demanded a lot from Darnell. She was again put on a diet and was assigned to a voice coach to learn how to speak with an English accent. In addition, she spent hours in fittings for costume changes.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 98">: 98 </span></sup> Darnell was certain that <i>Forever Amber</i> would be her ticket to stardom, and she told reporters: </p> <blockquote><p>My first seven years in Hollywood were a series of discouraging struggles for me. For a while it looked as though the Darnell-versus-Hollywood tussle was going to find Darnell coming out second best. The next seven years aren't going to be the same.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 99">: 99 </span></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Darnell worked long hours at the studio during filming, and according to her older sister she started loathing Preminger, which did not ease production. This and the heavy dieting resulted in exhaustion and a serious illness in November 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 100">: 100 </span></sup> Her shooting schedule lasted until March 1947, and she collapsed on the set twice. <i>Forever Amber</i> did not live up to its hype, and although it became a success at the box office, most reviewers agreed that the film was a disappointment.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darnell was disappointed in the film's reception; it did not gain her the recognition she desired.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 104">: 104 </span></sup> </p><p>The following year, Darnell portrayed Daphne de Carter in the <a href="/wiki/Preston_Sturges" title="Preston Sturges">Preston Sturges</a>' comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Unfaithfully_Yours_(1948_film)" title="Unfaithfully Yours (1948 film)">Unfaithfully Yours</a></i> (1948), also starring <a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a>, and was then rushed into production as one of the three wives in the comedy/drama <i><a href="/wiki/A_Letter_to_Three_Wives" title="A Letter to Three Wives">A Letter to Three Wives</a></i> (1949). Darnell's hard-edged performance in the latter won her unanimous acclaim and the best reviews of her career. Darnell became one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood, and she now had the freedom to select her own roles. She longed for the leading role in the controversial film <i><a href="/wiki/Pinky_(film)" title="Pinky (film)">Pinky</a></i> (1949), but Zanuck feared that her character would be compared to Amber by the audience, and <i>A Letter to Three Wives</i> co-star <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Crain" title="Jeanne Crain">Jeanne Crain</a> was cast instead.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 114">: 114 </span></sup> </p><p>Darnell had been widely expected to win an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nomination for <i>A Letter to Three Wives</i>; when this did not happen, her career began to wane. She was cast opposite <a href="/wiki/Richard_Widmark" title="Richard Widmark">Richard Widmark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Veronica_Lake" title="Veronica Lake">Veronica Lake</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Slattery%27s_Hurricane" title="Slattery's Hurricane">Slattery's Hurricane</a></i> (1949), which she perceived as a step down from the level she had reached with <i>A Letter to Three Wives</i>, though it did well at the box office. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aside from her co-starring role opposite <a href="/wiki/Richard_Widmark" title="Richard Widmark">Richard Widmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_McNally" title="Stephen McNally">Stephen McNally</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> in the noir <i><a href="/wiki/No_Way_Out_(1950_film)" title="No Way Out (1950 film)">No Way Out</a></i> (1950), directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, which she later called "the only good picture I ever made," her later films were rarely noteworthy, and her appearances were increasingly sporadic. Further hampering Darnell's career was the actress's alcoholism and weight gain. Her next film was a Western, <i><a href="/wiki/Two_Flags_West" title="Two Flags West">Two Flags West</a></i> (1950). Due to her allergy to horses, she loathed making Westerns, and in addition to her complaints about her "colorless" role, she disliked her co-stars <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten">Joseph Cotten</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cornel_Wilde" title="Cornel Wilde">Cornel Wilde</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 121">: 121 </span></sup> She was even less enthusiastic about her next film, <i><a href="/wiki/The_13th_Letter" title="The 13th Letter">The 13th Letter</a></i> (1951), which reunited her with Preminger, and she only took the role because it was an unglamorous one. Shortly after its release, she was put on suspension for refusing a role in the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guy_Who_Came_Back" title="The Guy Who Came Back">The Guy Who Came Back</a></i> (1951) opposite <a href="/wiki/Paul_Douglas_(actor)" title="Paul Douglas (actor)">Paul Douglas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joan_Bennett" title="Joan Bennett">Joan Bennett</a> because it felt "too similar." She later consented to take on the glamor role, but she refused to bleach her hair for it.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 124">: 124 </span></sup> </p><p>On March 21, 1951, Darnell signed a new contract with 20th Century Fox that allowed her to become a freelance actress. Her first film outside 20th Century-Fox was <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_Pays_Off" title="The Lady Pays Off">The Lady Pays Off</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/Universal-International" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal-International">Universal-International</a> (1951) after <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Sirk" title="Douglas Sirk">Douglas Sirk</a> requested her for the lead role.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was responsible for putting the film behind schedule because on the fifth day of shooting she learned that Ivan Kahn, the man responsible for her breakthrough, had died. After <i>The Lady Pays Off</i>, Darnell headed the cast of <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Island" title="Saturday Island">Saturday Island</a></i> (1952), which was filmed on location in <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> in late 1951. There, Darnell fell ill and had to be quarantined for several weeks. Because her contract required her to make one film a year for the studio, she reported to the 20th Century-Fox lot in March 1952 and was cast in the <a href="/wiki/Film_noir" title="Film noir">film noir</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Without_Sleep" title="Night Without Sleep">Night Without Sleep</a></i> (1952). It was the only time that she had to live up to this part of her contract, although she was released from it in September 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This news initially excited Darnell because it permitted her to focus on her film career in Europe. She soon realized, though, that the ease and protection enjoyed under contract was gone, and she came to resent 20th Century-Fox and Zanuck: </p> <blockquote><p>Suppose you'd been earning $4,000 to $5,000 a week for years. Suddenly you were fired and no one would hire you at any figure remotely comparable to your previous salary. I thought in a little while I'd get offers from other studios, but not many came along. The only thing I knew how to do was be a movie star. No one expects to last forever in this business. You know that sooner or later the studio's going to let you go. But who wants to be retired at twenty-nine?<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 131">: 131 </span></sup></p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackbeard_the_Pirate_(1952)_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Blackbeard_the_Pirate_%281952%29_1.jpg/220px-Blackbeard_the_Pirate_%281952%29_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Blackbeard_the_Pirate_%281952%29_1.jpg/330px-Blackbeard_the_Pirate_%281952%29_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Blackbeard_the_Pirate_%281952%29_1.jpg/440px-Blackbeard_the_Pirate_%281952%29_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="961" /></a><figcaption>Darnell and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Newton" title="Robert Newton">Robert Newton</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Blackbeard_the_Pirate" title="Blackbeard the Pirate">Blackbeard the Pirate</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>Before traveling to Italy for a two-picture deal with <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Amato" title="Giuseppe Amato">Giuseppe Amato</a>, Darnell was rushed into the production of <i><a href="/wiki/Blackbeard_the_Pirate" title="Blackbeard the Pirate">Blackbeard the Pirate</a></i> (1952), which—much to Darnell's distress—got far behind schedule. She arrived in Italy in August 1952 and started filming <i><a href="/wiki/Angels_of_Darkness" title="Angels of Darkness">Angels of Darkness</a></i> (1954) in February of the next year. The second collaboration proved disastrous, and the next film was never released in the United States. Owing to a delay in the middle of production, she was sent back to Hollywood and there accepted an offer from <a href="/wiki/Howard_Hughes" title="Howard Hughes">Howard Hughes</a> to star in <a href="/wiki/RKO_Pictures" title="RKO Pictures">RKO's</a> <a href="/wiki/3-D_film" class="mw-redirect" title="3-D film">3-D film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Second_Chance_(1953_film)" title="Second Chance (1953 film)">Second Chance</a></i> (1953), filmed in Mexico. Afterwards, she flew back to Rome to complete <i>Angels of Darkness</i>, in which she spoke Italian. Upon returning to New York, she was under the misunderstanding that she would portray the title role in Mankiewicz's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Barefoot_Contessa" title="The Barefoot Contessa">The Barefoot Contessa</a></i> (1954), believing that the role could carry her to dramatic heights.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 138">: 138 </span></sup> Through trade papers, she learned that <a href="/wiki/Ava_Gardner" title="Ava Gardner">Ava Gardner</a> assumed the part. </p><p>Because of her then-husband, Philip Liebmann (grandson of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Liebmann" title="Charles Liebmann">Charles Liebmann</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rheingold_Breweries" class="mw-redirect" title="Rheingold Breweries">Rheingold Breweries</a>), Darnell put her career on hiatus. She returned to 20th Century-Fox in August 1955, by which time the studio had entered the television field. Darnell was eager to appear on <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Theater" title="General Electric Theater">General Electric Theater</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 146">: 146 </span></sup> In 1958, Darnell appeared in the episode "Kid on a Calico Horse" of <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Cimarron_City_(TV_series)" title="Cimarron City (TV series)">Cimarron City</a></i> along with a cast of other guest stars, including <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Buchanan" title="Edgar Buchanan">Edgar Buchanan</a>. That same year, she held the guest-starring role of Dora Gray, first in "The Dora Gray Story", then reappeared as Mrs. Dora Gray Fogleberry in S1 E39 "The Sacramento Story" on NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Train" title="Wagon Train">Wagon Train</a></i>. </p><p>In addition to television, Darnell returned to the stage. Her last work as an actress was in a stage production in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta</a> in early 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (At the time of her death a few months later, she was preparing to perform in another play.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since Darnell was underage when she arrived in Hollywood, she was tutored on set. She planned on attending graduation ceremonies at Sunset High School, but she was excluded from them and instead graduated from <a href="/wiki/University_High_School_(Los_Angeles,_California)" class="mw-redirect" title="University High School (Los Angeles, California)">University High School</a> in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 66">: 66 </span></sup> Her work schedules prohibited her from enrolling in a university. She is a member of the Sunset High School Hall of Fame.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1940, during the shooting of <i>Star Dust</i>, Darnell for a short time dated teen idol <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rooney" title="Mickey Rooney">Mickey Rooney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 53">: 53 </span></sup> Her first love was Jaime Jorba, a Hispanic youth whom she met while still in high school. They met again during production of <i>Blood and Sand</i>, but they drifted apart when Jorba announced he could not marry a girl who was in the public eye.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 62">: 62 </span></sup> Starting at age 17, Darnell dated her <a href="/wiki/Press_agent" class="mw-redirect" title="Press agent">publicity agent</a>, Alan Gordon, whom she allegedly married in a double wedding with <a href="/wiki/Lana_Turner" title="Lana Turner">Lana Turner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stephen_Crane" title="Joseph Stephen Crane">Joseph Stephen Crane</a> on July 17, 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report turned out to be false, and over the years Darnell became known as "filmland's most eligible bachelorette."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 72">: 72 </span></sup> Up to 1942, she dated <a href="/wiki/Kay_Kyser" title="Kay Kyser">Kay Kyser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Albert" title="Eddie Albert">Eddie Albert</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Montgomery_(actor)" title="George Montgomery (actor)">George Montgomery</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Cooper" title="Jackie Cooper">Jackie Cooper</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 72">: 72 </span></sup> At one point, she was set to elope with talent agent Vic Orsatti, only to report later that she was "concentrating on [her] career."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 72">: 72 </span></sup> </p><p>Although a well-loved figure on the 20th Century-Fox lot among the cast, crew, and lot workers, it was reported that Darnell made only one good friend in Hollywood, actress-singer <a href="/wiki/Ann_Miller" title="Ann Miller">Ann Miller</a>, whom she met at a <a href="/wiki/Santa_Catalina_Island,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Catalina Island, California">Catalina Island</a> benefit.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 58">: 58 </span></sup> Darnell was very negative about the Hollywood social scene, finding it "nauseating".<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 69">: 69 </span></sup> During her stay in Hollywood, her relationship with her mother, Pearl, worsened, as her mother was an unpopular figure on the lot because of her overbearing and possessive behavior.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 60">: 60 </span></sup> In 1940, Pearl accused her husband of having an <a href="/wiki/Incest" title="Incest">incestuous</a> relationship with Evelyn, one of her children - he was not Evelyn's biological father.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 55">: 55 </span></sup> Following an intense fight between her parents in 1942, Darnell left home with her younger sister Monte and never returned.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 71">: 71 </span></sup> Out of spite, Pearl turned to the press, which gained Darnell some bad publicity.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1942, Darnell was plagued with <a href="/wiki/Extortion" title="Extortion">extortion</a> letters from an unknown person threatening her with bodily harm unless $2,000 was paid immediately. The studio asked the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a> to protect the actress, and eventually a 17-year-old high school student was arrested for the crime.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 70–71">: 70–71 </span></sup> </p><p>On April 18, 1943, at age 19, Darnell eloped with 42-year-old cameraman <a href="/wiki/Peverell_Marley" title="Peverell Marley">Peverell Marley</a> in Las Vegas. Darnell and Marley started seeing each other in 1940, and the press referred to him as her "devoted friend and escort."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 54">: 54 </span></sup> Most friends and relatives, including her parents, and 20th Century-Fox disapproved of the marriage, and Darnell was believed to look at Marley more as a father figure than as a romantic interest.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 77">: 77 </span></sup> Marley was a heavy drinker and introduced Darnell to alcohol in 1944, which eventually led to an addiction and weight problems.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 84–85">: 84–85 </span></sup> Neighbors and acquaintances recalled the drastic change she underwent during this period, becoming hardened and hot-tempered. In 1946, during production of <i>Centennial Summer</i>, she repeatedly met with Howard Hughes. Although she initially disavowed gossip regarding an affair, she fell in love with the womanizing millionaire and separated from Marley shortly after finishing <i>My Darling Clementine</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 93–94">: 93–94 </span></sup> When Hughes announced that he had no desire to marry her, Darnell returned to her husband and cancelled divorce proceedings. Shortly after the reunion, her health worsened due to conditions in the production of <i>Forever Amber</i> (1947).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Because Darnell and Marley were unable to have children, they adopted a daughter in 1948, Charlotte Mildred "Lola" Marley (born January 5, 1948), the actress's only child. She also planned to adopt a boy within a few years, but nothing ever came of it.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 107">: 107 </span></sup> In mid 1948, she became romantically involved with Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the director of <i>A Letter to Three Wives</i>, and in July 1948 she filed for divorce. Mankiewicz, however, was unwilling to leave his wife for Darnell, and though the affair continued for six years, she returned to her husband. Though she called him the "great love of her life," Mankiewicz never acknowledged the affair; he only mentioned her to his biographer as a "marvelous girl with very terrifying personal problems."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 112">: 112 </span></sup> In 1949, Darnell went into <a href="/wiki/Psychotherapy" title="Psychotherapy">psychotherapy</a> for hostile emotions that she had been building since childhood.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 114">: 114 </span></sup> Darnell's romance with Mankiewicz influenced her personal life. When he left in late 1949 for on-location shooting of <i><a href="/wiki/All_About_Eve" title="All About Eve">All About Eve</a></i> (1950), Darnell fell into a depression and almost committed suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 117">: 117 </span></sup> She continued to meet with him occasionally until production of <i>The Barefoot Contessa</i> (1954) started.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On January 25, 1949, Darnell went to court to sue her former business manager, Cy Tanner, for fraud. She testified that he stole $7,250 from her between 1946 and 1947, and Tanner was eventually sent to prison.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 115">: 115 </span></sup> On July 19, 1950, Darnell reportedly separated from her husband. Marley offered a quiet settlement—without mention of Mankiewicz—for a payment of $125,000. She agreed and lost almost all her money. When she filed for divorce from Marley in 1951, she accused her husband of cruelty, claiming he was "rude" and "critical" towards Darnell and her family. Following a five-minute hearing, Darnell was granted a divorce and custody of Charlotte, while Marley was to pay $75 a month for child support.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:35%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>At thirty-two, I can see tell-tale marks in the mirror, but the ravages of time no longer terrify me. I am told that when surface beauty is gone, the real woman emerges. My only regret will be that I could not have begun it earlier—that so many years have been ruined because I was considered beautiful. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">— Darnell shortly after her divorce from Liebmann.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 147">: 147 </span></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>In her later life, she dated actor Dick Paxton and had an affair with Italian director <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Amato" title="Giuseppe Amato">Giuseppe Amato</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 137">: 137 </span></sup> She married <a href="/wiki/Rheingold_Beer" class="mw-redirect" title="Rheingold Beer">brewery heir</a> Philip Liebmann in February 1954. Owing to her lack of interest in him physically, it was agreed that the marriage would be a business arrangement: she was to be his wife in name only and in return he would support her financially.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 140">: 140 </span></sup> After a while, she grew dissatisfied with this loveless marriage and detested her husband for allowing her to lash out at him as well as cheapening her by buying her lavish presents.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 141">: 141 </span></sup> In response, Darnell resorted to charity work, opening facilities accommodating 30 girls in the neighborhood of Rome in 1955. Liebmann attempted to save the marriage by adopting a baby named Alfreda, but the marriage ended nevertheless on grounds of incompatibility, and Liebmann kept the girl.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 146">: 146 </span></sup> </p><p>Darnell was married to pilot Merle Roy Robertson from 1957 to 1963. In 1957, she started drinking heavily again, and in November 1958 sank into a depression,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but went into rehab, recovering for a while.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1963, Darnell was granted a divorce from Robertson following an outburst in the courtroom, where she accused her third husband of fathering the baby of a Polish actress.<sup id="cite_ref-divorce_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-divorce-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was promised alimony of $350 monthly until July 15, 1964, and then $250 until September 15, 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-divorce_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-divorce-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darnell died on April 10, 1965, from burns that she had received in a house fire in <a href="/wiki/Glenview,_Cook_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenview, Cook County, Illinois">Glenview, Illinois</a>, early the day before.<sup id="cite_ref-inquest_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inquest-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She had been staying at the home of her former secretary and the secretary's daughter and had just received notice from her agent of three possible movie contracts. She was trapped on the second floor of the home by heat and smoke, as the fire had started in the living room.<sup id="cite_ref-inquest_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inquest-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obit_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The women urged the secretary's daughter to jump from the second-floor window. After her daughter jumped, Darnell's secretary stood on the window ledge, calling for help. She had lost track of Darnell and insisted that the firefighters rescue Darnell before she was taken from the window ledge. Darnell was found next to the burning living-room sofa and was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Burn_center" title="Burn center">burn unit</a> at Chicago's <a href="/wiki/John_H._Stroger,_Jr._Hospital_of_Cook_County" class="mw-redirect" title="John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County">Cook County Hospital</a> with burns over 80% of her body.<sup id="cite_ref-inquest_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inquest-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obit_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After her death, a man who said that he was Darnell's fiancé identified her body. A coroner's inquest ruled that Darnell's death was accidental and that the fire had begun in or near the living-room sofa and was caused by careless smoking; both adult women were smokers.<sup id="cite_ref-inquest_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inquest-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obit_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 177–179">: 177–179 </span></sup> </p><p>Darnell's body was cremated; she had wanted her ashes scattered over a ranch in New Mexico, but because of a dispute with the landowners that was not possible. After the remains had been in storage for ten years, her daughter asked that they be interred at the Union Hill Cemetery, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the family plot of her son-in-law.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darnell has a star at 1631 <a href="/wiki/Vine_Street" title="Vine Street">Vine Street</a> in the Motion Pictures section of the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Film </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1939 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_for_Women" title="Hotel for Women">Hotel for Women</a></i> </td> <td>Marcia Bromley </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Day-Time_Wife" title="Day-Time Wife">Day-Time Wife</a></i> </td> <td>Jane Norton </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1940 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Dust_(film)" title="Star Dust (film)">Star Dust</a></i> </td> <td>Carolyn Sayres </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_(film)" title="Brigham Young (film)">Brigham Young</a></i> </td> <td>Zina Webb – The Outsider </td> <td>Alternative title: <i>Brigham Young: Frontiersman</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><span data-sort-value="Mark of Zorro, The"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/The_Mark_of_Zorro_(1940_film)" title="The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)">The Mark of Zorro</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td>Lolita Quintero </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chad_Hanna" title="Chad Hanna">Chad Hanna</a></i> </td> <td>Caroline Tridd Hanna </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1941 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blood_and_Sand_(1941_film)" title="Blood and Sand (1941 film)">Blood and Sand</a></i> </td> <td>Carmen Espinosa </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rise_and_Shine_(film)" title="Rise and Shine (film)">Rise and Shine</a></i> </td> <td>Louise Murray </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1942 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Loves_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe">The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe</a></i> </td> <td>Virginia Clemm </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1943 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/City_Without_Men" title="City Without Men">City Without Men</a></i> </td> <td>Nancy Johnson </td> <td>Alternative title: <i>Prison Farm</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><span data-sort-value="Song of Bernadette, The"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/The_Song_of_Bernadette_(film)" title="The Song of Bernadette (film)">The Song of Bernadette</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Virgin Mary</a> </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1944 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/It_Happened_Tomorrow" title="It Happened Tomorrow">It Happened Tomorrow</a></i> </td> <td>Sylvia Smith / Sylvia Stevens </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bill_(1944_film)" title="Buffalo Bill (1944 film)">Buffalo Bill</a></i> </td> <td>Dawn Starlight </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Storm_(1944_film)" title="Summer Storm (1944 film)">Summer Storm</a></i> </td> <td>Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sweet_and_Low-Down" title="Sweet and Low-Down">Sweet and Low-Down</a></i> </td> <td>Trudy Wilson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1945 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hangover_Square_(film)" title="Hangover Square (film)">Hangover Square</a></i> </td> <td>Netta Longdon </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_John_L." title="The Great John L.">The Great John L.</a></i> </td> <td>Anne Livingstone </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Angel_(1945_film)" title="Fallen Angel (1945 film)">Fallen Angel</a></i> </td> <td>Stella </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1946 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Anna_and_the_King_of_Siam_(film)" title="Anna and the King of Siam (film)">Anna and the King of Siam</a></i> </td> <td>Tuptim </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Centennial_Summer" title="Centennial Summer">Centennial Summer</a></i> </td> <td>Edith Rogers </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Darling_Clementine" title="My Darling Clementine">My Darling Clementine</a></i> </td> <td>Chihuahua </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1947 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Forever_Amber_(film)" title="Forever Amber (film)">Forever Amber</a></i> </td> <td>Amber St. Clair </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1948 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Walls_of_Jericho_(1948_film)" title="The Walls of Jericho (1948 film)">The Walls of Jericho</a></i> </td> <td>Algeria Wedge </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Unfaithfully_Yours_(1948_film)" title="Unfaithfully Yours (1948 film)">Unfaithfully Yours</a></i> </td> <td>Daphne De Carter </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1949 </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="Letter to Three Wives, A"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/A_Letter_to_Three_Wives" title="A Letter to Three Wives">A Letter to Three Wives</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td>Lora Mae Hollingsway </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Slattery%27s_Hurricane" title="Slattery's Hurricane">Slattery's Hurricane</a></i> </td> <td>Mrs. Aggie Hobson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Everybody_Does_It" title="Everybody Does It">Everybody Does It</a></i> </td> <td>Cecil Carter </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1950 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/No_Way_Out_(1950_film)" title="No Way Out (1950 film)">No Way Out</a></i> </td> <td>Edie Johnson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Flags_West" title="Two Flags West">Two Flags West</a></i> </td> <td>Elena Kenniston </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1951 </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="13th Letter, The"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/The_13th_Letter" title="The 13th Letter">The 13th Letter</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td>Denise Turner </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guy_Who_Came_Back" title="The Guy Who Came Back">The Guy Who Came Back</a></i> </td> <td>Dee Shane </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><span data-sort-value="Lady Pays Off, The"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_Pays_Off" title="The Lady Pays Off">The Lady Pays Off</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td>Evelyn Walsh Warren </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1952 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Island" title="Saturday Island">Saturday Island</a></i> </td> <td>Lt. Elizabeth Smythe </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Without_Sleep" title="Night Without Sleep">Night Without Sleep</a></i> </td> <td>Julie Bannon </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blackbeard_the_Pirate" title="Blackbeard the Pirate">Blackbeard the Pirate</a></i> </td> <td>Edwina Mansfield </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Second_Chance_(1953_film)" title="Second Chance (1953 film)">Second Chance</a></i> </td> <td>Clare Shepperd, alias Clare Sinclair </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1954 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Angels_of_Darkness" title="Angels of Darkness">Angels of Darkness</a></i> </td> <td>Lola Baldi </td> <td>Original title: <i>Donne proibite</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_My_Love" title="This Is My Love">This Is My Love</a></i> </td> <td>Vida Dove </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Five_Minutes" title="The Last Five Minutes">It Happens in Roma</a></i> </td> <td>Renata Adorni </td> <td>Alternative title: <i>The Last Five Minutes</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Incident" title="Dakota Incident">Dakota Incident</a></i> </td> <td>Amy Clarke </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Zero_Hour!" title="Zero Hour!">Zero Hour!</a></i> </td> <td>Ellen Stryker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Spurs" title="Black Spurs">Black Spurs</a></i> </td> <td>Sadie </td> <td>Posthumous release, (final film role) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Television </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="20th Century Fox Hour, The"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/The_20th_Century_Fox_Hour" title="The 20th Century Fox Hour">The 20th Century Fox Hour</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td>Lily Martyn </td> <td>Episode: "Deception" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Screen_Director%27s_Playhouse#Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Screen Director's Playhouse">Screen Director's Playhouse</a></i> </td> <td>Ellen </td> <td>Episode: "White Corridors" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_My_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="What's My Line">What's My Line</a></i> </td> <td>Herself (guest appearance) </td> <td>March 25, 1956 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956–<br />1957 </td> <td><i><span data-sort-value="Ford Television Theatre, The"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/The_Ford_Television_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ford Television Theatre">The Ford Television Theatre</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td>Jennifer Hollander/Meredith Montague<br />Ann Dean </td> <td>Episodes: "All for a Man"<br />"Fate Travels East" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Schlitz_Playhouse_of_Stars" title="Schlitz Playhouse of Stars">Schlitz Playhouse of Stars</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Episode: "Terror in the Streets" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Playhouse_90" title="Playhouse 90">Playhouse 90</a></i> </td> <td>Meg Lyttleton </td> <td>Episode: "Homeward Borne" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Climax!" title="Climax!">Climax!</a></i> </td> <td>Helen Randall </td> <td>Episode: "Trial by Fire" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fireside_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Fireside Theater">The Jane Wyman Show</a></i> </td> <td>Lora </td> <td>Episode: "The Elevator" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i>Studio 57</i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Episode: "My Little Girl" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Train" title="Wagon Train">Wagon Train</a></i> </td> <td>Dora Gray Fogelberry </td> <td>Episodes: "The Dora Gray Story"<br />"The Sacramento Story" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pursuit_(TV_series)" title="Pursuit (TV series)">Pursuit</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Episode: "Free Ride" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cimarron_City_(TV_series)" title="Cimarron City (TV series)">Cimarron City</a></i> </td> <td>Mary Clinton </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Cimarron_City_(TV_series)#Episode_list" title="Cimarron City (TV series)">Kid on a Calico Horse</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/77_Sunset_Strip" title="77 Sunset Strip">77 Sunset Strip</a></i> </td> <td>Zina Felice </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_77_Sunset_Strip_episodes#Season_1" title="List of 77 Sunset Strip episodes">Sing Something Simple</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Burke%27s_Law_(1963_TV_series)" title="Burke's Law (1963 TV series)">Burke's Law</a></i> </td> <td>Monica Crenshaw </td> <td>Episode: "Who Killed His Royal Highness?" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Radio_appearances">Radio appearances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Radio appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Program</th> <th>Episode/source </th></tr> <tr> <td>1943 </td> <td>Lights Out </td> <td>The Word </td></tr> <tr> <td>1945 </td> <td>Lux Radio Theater </td> <td>The Devil & Miss Jones </td></tr> <tr> <td>1947</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bergen_and_McCarthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergen and McCarthy">Bergen and McCarthy</a></i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Suspense_(radio_drama)" title="Suspense (radio drama)">Suspense</a></i></td> <td><i>A Killing in Las Vegas</i><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953</td> <td><i>The Bob Hope Show</i></td> <td>Scenes from <i><a href="/wiki/Blackbeard_the_Pirate" title="Blackbeard the Pirate">Blackbeard the Pirate</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Darnell&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="#cite_ref-bio_1-34"><sup><i><b>ai</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-35"><sup><i><b>aj</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-36"><sup><i><b>ak</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-37"><sup><i><b>al</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-38"><sup><i><b>am</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-39"><sup><i><b>an</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-40"><sup><i><b>ao</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-41"><sup><i><b>ap</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-42"><sup><i><b>aq</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-43"><sup><i><b>ar</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-44"><sup><i><b>as</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-45"><sup><i><b>at</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-46"><sup><i><b>au</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-47"><sup><i><b>av</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-48"><sup><i><b>aw</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-49"><sup><i><b>ax</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-50"><sup><i><b>ay</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-51"><sup><i><b>az</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-52"><sup><i><b>ba</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-53"><sup><i><b>bb</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-54"><sup><i><b>bc</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-55"><sup><i><b>bd</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-56"><sup><i><b>be</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-57"><sup><i><b>bf</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-58"><sup><i><b>bg</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-59"><sup><i><b>bh</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-60"><sup><i><b>bi</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-61"><sup><i><b>bj</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-62"><sup><i><b>bk</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-63"><sup><i><b>bl</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-64"><sup><i><b>bm</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-65"><sup><i><b>bn</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-66"><sup><i><b>bo</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-67"><sup><i><b>bp</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-68"><sup><i><b>bq</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-69"><sup><i><b>br</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-70"><sup><i><b>bs</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-71"><sup><i><b>bt</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-72"><sup><i><b>bu</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-73"><sup><i><b>bv</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-74"><sup><i><b>bw</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_1-75"><sup><i><b>bx</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Davis, Ronald L., <i>Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream</i>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8061-3330-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8061-3330-9">0-8061-3330-9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Davis, Ronald L., <i>Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream</i>, p. 16. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8061-3330-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8061-3330-9">0-8061-3330-9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cinderella-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Linda Darnell Newest 'Cinderella' In Hollywood" by <a href="/wiki/Louella_O._Parsons" class="mw-redirect" title="Louella O. Parsons">Louella O. Parsons</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a>,</i> August 19, 1939, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Watch These 5 Girls!," <i><a href="/wiki/The_St._Petersburg_Times_(Russia)" title="The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)">The St. Petersburg Times</a></i>, June 1, 1940</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarg2004" class="citation book cs1">Marg, Susan (2004). <i>Las Vegas Weddings: A Brief History, Celebrity Gossip, Everything Elvis, and the Complete Chapel Guide</i>. HarperCollins. p. 91. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-072619-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-072619-9"><bdi>0-06-072619-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Las+Vegas+Weddings%3A+A+Brief+History%2C+Celebrity+Gossip%2C+Everything+Elvis%2C+and+the+Complete+Chapel+Guide&rft.pages=91&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-06-072619-9&rft.aulast=Marg&rft.aufirst=Susan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALinda+Darnell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Linda Darnell, Just 16, Achieves Film Stardom In A Woman's Role" by Robbins Coons, <i>Big Spring Daily Herald</i>, October 15, 1939, p. 2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Success Comes Fast and Heavy", <i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette" title="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</a></i>, June 28, 1939</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"At the Motion Picture Theaters", <i><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Citizen" title="Ottawa Citizen">Ottawa Citizen</a></i>, December 18, 1939, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"'Daytime Wife' Makes Hit At U.A. Theater", <i>Berkeley Daily Gazette</i>, December 11, 1939, p. 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-life19391218-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-life19391218_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=50EEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58">"Perfect Beauty Made This Girl, 16, A Star in Her Second Movie"</a>. <i>Life</i>. December 18, 1939. p. 58<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 15,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Life&rft.atitle=Perfect+Beauty+Made+This+Girl%2C+16%2C+A+Star+in+Her+Second+Movie&rft.pages=58&rft.date=1939-12-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D50EEAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA58&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALinda+Darnell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Stars' Lives Good Stories", <i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Press">Pittsburgh Press</a></i>, December 27, 1939, p. 15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Linda Darnell Scores New Hit In 'Star Dust'", <i>Daily Record</i> (Washington), April 12, 1940, p. 6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Tyrone Power Gets Love Scenes", <i><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a></i>, August 22, 1940, p. 13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Success Story of Linda Darnell Is Challenge to High School Girls" by Jimmie Fidler, <i><a href="/wiki/The_St._Petersburg_Times_(Russia)" title="The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)">The St. Petersburg Times</a></i>, June 9, 1940, p. 22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Linda Darnell Chosen 'Song of Islands' Star", <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>, August 15, 1940</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/85862/enwp"><i>Orchestra Wives</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Turner_Classic_Movies" title="Turner Classic Movies">TCM Movie Database</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Darnell Is Cast Opposite Ty Power" by <a href="/wiki/Louella_Parsons" title="Louella Parsons">Louella Parsons</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a></i>, December 10, 1945, p. 10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=70228&category=Notes">"Notes for Captain from Castile"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 4,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Big+Idea+Behind+MY+DARLING+CLEMENTINE&rft.pub=Turner+Classic+Movies&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcm.com%2Ftcmdb%2Ftitle%2Farticle.jsp%3FcontentId%3D288845&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALinda+Darnell" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlack1998" class="citation book cs1">Black, Gregory D. (1998). <i>The Catholic Crusade Against the Movies, 1940–1975</i>. 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Rutgers University Press. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/scarlettswomengo00tayl/page/163">163</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8135-1496-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-8135-1496-7"><bdi>0-8135-1496-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Scarlett%27s+Women%3A+Gone+With+the+Wind+and+Its+Female+Fans&rft.pages=163&rft.pub=Rutgers+University+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-8135-1496-7&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=Helen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fscarlettswomengo00tayl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALinda+Darnell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-forever-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-forever_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-forever_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Linda Darnell to Star In 'Forever Amber'", <i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette" title="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</a></i>, July 25, 1946, p. 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHagenWagner,_Laura2004" class="citation book cs1">Hagen, Ray; Wagner, Laura (2004). <i>Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames</i>. 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