Still of Frances Farmer in Come and Get It (1936)
 
				
				
						 Caption: Still of Frances Farmer in Come and Get It (1936)
																																				
						Actress, Soundtrack, Writer
						Born: September 19, 1913
						Star sign: Virgo
						Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
						Known for: Come and Get It (1936), The Toast of New York (1937), Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942), Rhythm on the Range (1936)
						Source: IMDB
						Born in Seattle, Frances Farmer studied drama at the University of Washington, Seattle. In 1935, she went to Hollywood where she secured a seven-year contract with Paramount. In 1943, she was wrongfully declared mentally incompetent and committed by her parents to a series of asylums and public mental hospitals, leading to a false rumor that she ...