Kuriosa
BROTT:
Kort efter hennes arrestering för rattonykterhet greps Frances Famer på Knickerbocker Hotel efter att ha undlåtit att kontakta sin övervakare. Hon arrresterades igen efter att ha gått bärsärkargång på en inspelningen där hon bland annat slog en hårfrisörskas käke ur led och sedan sprungit naken genom trafiken på Sunset Strip.
FAKTA:
1913-1970. Actress. Born September 19, 1913, in Seattle, Washington.quickly earned a reputation as a demanding and rebellious actress on the set. Displeased with her attitude, Paramount cast her in bland parts in a handful of films, including Exclusive and Ebb Tide (both 1937). By the early 1940s, Farmer was forced to appear in a succession of inferior productions, including South of Pago Pago (1940), World Premiere, and Among the Living (both 1941). In 1942, Farmer?s career enjoyed a brief resurgence when she was cast opposite Tyrone Power and Roddy McDowall in the swashbuckler Son of Fury. However, Farmer?s efforts to improve her image backfired when she was arrested and convicted of drunk driving at the time of the film?s release. Inundated with negative publicity, Farmer traveled to Mexico. However, by leaving the United States, she was found in violation of her probation. She was put on trial and deemed mentally ill. Farmer was committed to a mental institution where she underwent shock treatments, hydrotherapy baths, and reportedly received a trans-orbital lobotomy. Over the next few years, her physical and mental health deteriorated; she developed a debilitating dependency on alcohol and suffered from a series of nervous breakdowns. Upon her release from the institution, in 1949, Farmer worked as a hotel receptionist before making a comeback appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1957. The following year, she starred in her last feature film, The Party Crashers, and began a six-year run on the Indianapolis-based TV show Frances Farmer Presents. On August 1, 1970, Farmer died after a long battle with cancer; she was 56 years old.