The actress Frances Farmer, who in her life was classified, possibly wrongly, as mentally ill, has become since her death in 1970 a cult heroine: the subject of three plays; two major films, including ...

Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized and fictional accounts of her life, and ...

Everyone thought Frances Farmer was destined to be the next big thing, but instead, she met one of the most horrifying fates in Hollywood. After spending five years locked up in a mental hospital, ...