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Linda Darnell (October 16, 1923April 10, 1965) was an American film actress. Darnell was a model as a child, and progressed to theater and film acting as an adolescent. At the encouragement of her mother, she made her first film in 1939, and appeared in supporting roles in big budget films for 20th Century Fox throughout the 1940s. She rose to fame with co-starring roles opposite Tyrone Power in adventure films and established a main character career after her role in ''Forever Amber'' (1947). Furthermore, she won critical acclaim for her work in ''Unfaithfully Yours'' (1948) and ''A Letter to Three Wives'' (1949). ==Early life== Monetta Eloyse Darnall was born in Dallas, Texas, as one of four children (excluding her mother's two children from an earlier marriage), to postal clerk Calvin Roy Darnall and the former Pearl Brown. She was the younger sister of Undeen (born March 1918) and the older sister of Monte Maloya (born 1929) and Calvin Roy, Jr. (born 1930). Her parents were not happily married, and she grew up as a shy and reserved girl in a house of domestic turmoil.〔Davis, Ronald L., ''Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream''. ISBN 0-8061-3330-9〕 Starting at an early age, her mother Pearl had big plans for Darnell in the entertainment industry.〔Davis, Ronald L., ''Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream'', p. 16. ISBN 0-8061-3330-9〕 She believed that Linda was her only child with potential as an actress and ignored the rearing of her other children. According to her siblings, Darnell enjoyed the limelight and shared her mother's dream.〔 Darnell herself, though, once commented: "Mother really shoved me along, spotting me in one contest after another. I had no great talent, and I didn't want to be a movie star particularly. But Mother had always wanted it for herself, and I guess she attained it through me."〔 One elocution teacher recalled: "() didn't stand out particularly, except that she was so sweet and considerate. In her theater work she wasn't outstanding. But her mother was right behind her everywhere she went."〔 Unlike her husband, Pearl had a notorious reputation in the neighborhood of being "aggressive" or "downright mean".〔 Despite some financial problems, Darnell insisted on having had a joyful childhood and loving parents.〔"Linda Darnell Newest 'Cinderella' In Hollywood" by Louella O. Parsons, ''Deseret News'', August 19, 1939, p. 7〕 Darnell was a model by the age of 11 and was acting on the stage by the age of 13. She initially started modeling to save money for the household,〔 and performed mostly in beauty contests. Before leaving school for Hollywood, Darnell was a student at Sunset High School, which she entered in September 1937, majoring in Spanish and art.〔"Watch These 5 Girls!", ''The St. Petersburg Times'', June 1, 1940〕 She did not have a lot in common with her peers and usually spent her time at home as a teen, working under the guidance of her mother.〔 In 1936, she entered the Dallas Little Theater and was cast in the southwestern premiere of ''Murder in the Cathedral''.〔 The same year, she was hired as one of the hostesses at the Texas Centennial Exposition.〔 In November 1937, a talent scout for 20th Century Fox arrived in Dallas, looking for new faces. Encouraged by her mother, Darnell met him, and after a few months he invited her for a screen test in Hollywood.〔 Arriving in California alongside Mary Healy and Dorris Bowdon in February 1938, Darnell was initially rejected by film studios and was sent home because she was declared "too young". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Linda Darnell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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