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Frances Farmer
Frances Farmer was an American actress and television host. She began her acting career in the late 1930s and was known for her roles in films such as "Come and Get It" and "Son of Fury". She also hosted her own television show, "Frances Farmer Presents", in the 1950s. Unfortunately, her career was derailed by mental illness and she spent several years in and out of psychiatric institutions. Farmer later became an advocate for mental health reform and wrote a memoir about her experiences, "Will There Really Be a Morning?". She passed away in 1970 at the age of 56.
Titles credited to Frances Farmer
Come and Get It
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.
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The Toast of New York
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous wor...
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