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- NAME: Frances Farmer
- OCCUPATION: Film Actress
- BIRTH DATE: September 19, 1913
- DEATH DATE: August 01, 1970
- EDUCATION: University of Washington
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Seattle, Washington
- PLACE OF DEATH: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Actress Frances Farmer starred in films in the late ‘30s and early ‘40s, but was best known for her rebellious reputation and the time she spent in a mental institution.
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Legacy
On August 1, 1970, Farmer died after a long battle with cancer; she was 56 years old. Her intimate autobiography, Will There Really Be a Morning?, was published posthumously in 1972. In the early 1980s, her story was captured on film in the biopic Frances (1982), starring Jessica Lange, and in the black and white documentary Committed (1983).More than two decades after Farmer's death, the alternative rock group Nirvana recorded the single "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle." Written by lead singer Kurt Cobain, the tribute appeared on the band's In Utero (1993) album. Cobain also named his daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, after Farmer.
Farmer was married three times: to actor Leif Erickson (from 1936-42); to Alfred Lobley (from 1953-58); and to Leland Mikesell (from 1958 until her death).
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