Linda Darnell

Linda Darnell embodies the glamour and tragedy of 1940s Hollywood for me. A child model who climbed from Dallas theatre to leading roles at 20th Century Fox, she earned her star on the Walk of Fame yet died at just 41. I find that contrast haunting, the luminous screen presence set against so brief a life. What moves me most is how a Sunset High School girl willed herself into the studio system on talent and nerve. She deserves to be remembered not as a footnote of the golden age but as one of its genuinely radiant faces.

Name (English)

Linda Darnell

Name (Japanese)

リンダ・ダーネル

Reading

りんだ・だーねる

Born

October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Origin

Dallas, Texas, United States

Occupation

stage actor / television actor / film actor / actor

High school

Sunset High School

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttp://lindadarnell.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda%20Darnell
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234900

Tags

• Texas
• stage actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.