Tragic Beauty
The Unravelling of Frances Farmer
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Tragic Beauty
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Narrated by:
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Virtual Voice
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Keli Noury
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About this listen
Frances Farmer’s meteoric rise from a Seattle stage actress to a Hollywood sensation was one of the most dazzling Cinderella stories in entertainment history. With her honey-blonde beauty, sculptural features, and a voice both low and arrestingly wry, she defied every mold Hollywood tried to place her in. But behind the spotlight was a fiercely independent woman whose refusal to conform collided with a studio system bent on control. As fame, politics, family tensions, and untreated mental illness closed in, her fall became one of Hollywood’s darkest legends—marked by institutional abuse, scandal, and heartbreak. Frances Farmer is not just a story of stardom lost; it’s a chilling portrait of a woman punished for her defiance, and a haunting reminder of how the golden age of cinema often crushed the women who dared to shine too brightly.
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