Portrait of Frances Farmer

Acting

Frances Farmer

Career

Active from 1936 to 1988, with a break from 1959 to 1982, busiest in 1936 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Come and Get It
Come and Get It
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Frances Farmer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.1, average 1.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review (2006)

as Lotta Morgan (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

2 titles
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Will There Really Be a Morning?
Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)

Novel

1950s

1 title
The Party Crashers
The Party Crashers (1958)

as Mrs. Bickford

1940s

7 titles ยท average score 62
Studio One
Studio One (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Laura Nelson / Sarah Walker

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
GoodWatch score 67

as Isabel

World Premiere
World Premiere (1941)

as Kitty Carr

Among the Living
Among the Living (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

as Elaine Raden

Badlands of Dakota
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
GoodWatch score 59

as Calamity Jane

Flowing Gold
Flowing Gold (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

as Linda Chalmers

South of Pago Pago
South of Pago Pago (1940)

as Ruby Taylor

1930s

8 titles ยท average score 61
Ride a Crooked Mile
Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)

as Trina

The Toast of New York
The Toast of New York (1937)
GoodWatch score 57

as Josie Mansfield

Exclusive
Exclusive (1937)

as Vina Swain

Ebb Tide
Ebb Tide (1937)

as Faith Wishart

Come and Get It
Come and Get It (1936)
GoodWatch score 79

as Lotta Morgan / Lotta Bostrom

Rhythm on the Range
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
GoodWatch score 48

as Doris Halliday

Border Flight
Border Flight (1936)

as Anne Blane

Too Many Parents
Too Many Parents (1936)

as Sally Colman