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 especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital. Farmer was the subject of three films, three books, and numerous songs and magazine articles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances Farmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.                    

KNOWN FOR

Studio One
1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
1957
Come and Get It
1936
The Toast of New York
1937
Ride a Crooked Mile
1938
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Badlands of Dakota
1941
South of Pago Pago
1940
Exclusive
1937
Rhythm on the Range
1936
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
22
Writing
1
2006
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
as Lotta Morgan (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1958
The Party Crashers
as Mrs. Bickford
1958
Frances Farmer Presents
as Host
1958
Studio One
as Sarah Walker
1957
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1951
Studio One
1951
Studio One
as Laura Nelson
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Isabel
1941
Among the Living
as Elaine Raden
1941
Badlands of Dakota
as Calamity Jane
1941
World Premiere
as Kitty Carr
1940
Flowing Gold
as Linda Chalmers
1940
South of Pago Pago
as Ruby Taylor
1938
Ride a Crooked Mile
as Trina
1937
The Toast of New York
as Josie Mansfield
1937
Ebb Tide
as Faith Wishart
1937
Exclusive
as Vina Swain
1936
Rhythm on the Range
as Doris Halliday
1936
Come and Get It
as Lotta Morgan / Lotta Bostrom
1936
Too Many Parents
as Sally Colman
1936
Border Flight
as Anne Blane