Linda Darnell (October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965) was an American film actress. Darnell was a model as a child, and progressed to theater and film acting as an adolescent. At the encouragement of her ...

She may not be the most famous star of Hollywood's Golden Age, but Linda Darnell was a force to be reckoned with on the silver screen. Her death in 1965 was sudden, painful, and incredibly tragic.

Linda Darnell had the looks and talent to be a great Hollywood leading lady, but never quite delivered on her potential. This is the story of her rather sad life and tragically early death.

Born Monetta Eloyse Darnell, Hollywood changed her to simply Linda Darnell, apparently judging her legal family name sufficiently glamorous but also needing to do away with the more complicated given ...