Frances Farmer
1913 to 1970
10 documented presences
9 places
Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Frances Farmer across 9 places, from 1913 to 1970. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 to August 1, 1970) was an American actress.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Frances Farmer was documented, and when
19 September 1913exact date
Seattleattested
“Frances Elena Farmer was born on September 19, 1913, in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Cora Lillian (née Van Ornum; 18731955), a boardinghouse operator and dietician and Ernest Melvin Farmer (18741956), a lawyer.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1929year
Bremerton, Washingtonattested
“In the fall of 1929, when Farmer was 16, Lillian and Ernest divorced, and Lillian moved to a cottage across Puget Sound in Bremerton, Washington.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1929year
Puget Soundattested
“In the fall of 1929, when Farmer was 16, Lillian and Ernest divorced, and Lillian moved to a cottage across Puget Sound in Bremerton, Washington.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1941year
Los Angelesattested
“Following a "lonely winter" spent living in New York City, Farmer drove back to Los Angeles in the spring of 1941, and rented a lavish mansion in Santa Monica.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1941year
New York Cityattested
“Following a "lonely winter" spent living in New York City, Farmer drove back to Los Angeles in the spring of 1941, and rented a lavish mansion in Santa Monica.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1941year
Santa Monica, Californiaattested
“Following a "lonely winter" spent living in New York City, Farmer drove back to Los Angeles in the spring of 1941, and rented a lavish mansion in Santa Monica.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
15 July 1956exact date
Portland, Oregonattested
“After their mother's death, Farmer's sister Edith moved to Portland, Oregon, to be nearer to their father, who died there on July 15, 1956, also of a stroke.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1957year
Eureka, Californiaattested
“In late 1957, Farmer separated from Lobley and relocated to Eureka, California, where she found work as a bookkeeper and secretary at a commercial photo studio.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1959year
Indianapolisattested
“In 1959, Farmer moved in with Jeanira "Jean" Ratcliffe, a widow with whom she became good friends in Indianapolis.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1 August 1970exact date
Indianapolisattested
“She died of the cancer at Indianapolis Community Hospital on August 1, 1970.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
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Places Frances Farmer is documented in
Indianapolis2 presences · 1959 to 1970Los Angeles1 presence · 1941New York City1 presence · 1941Portland, Oregon1 presence · 1956Santa Monica, California1 presence · 1941Seattle1 presence · 1913
Bremerton, Washington1 presence · 1929
Eureka, California1 presence · 1957
Puget Sound1 presence · 1929
Other places tied to Frances Farmer in the record
In each of these, a source puts Frances Farmer and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Frances Farmer was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1925year
Chico, Californiamentioned
“In early 1925, the family moved north to Chico, California, where Lillian pursued a career in nutrition research.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1931year
West Seattle High Schoolmentioned
“Each encounter between us ended in screaming hysteria and slamming doors." In 1931, while a senior at West Seattle High School, Farmer formed a strong friendship with her English teacher, Belle McKenzie, who would serve as her mentor and…”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1931year
West Seattlementioned
“Each encounter between us ended in screaming hysteria and slamming doors." In 1931, while a senior at West Seattle High School, Farmer formed a strong friendship with her English teacher, Belle McKenzie, who would serve as her mentor and…”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1934year
Seattlementioned
“In late 1934, she starred in UW's production of Sidney Howard's Alien Corn, which earned her rave reviews in the Seattle press and ran for fourteen consecutive weeks, a UW drama department record.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1935year
Soviet Unionmentioned
“Returning from the Soviet Union in the summer of 1935, Farmer stopped in New York City, hoping to launch a theater career.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1935year
New York Citymentioned
“Returning from the Soviet Union in the summer of 1935, Farmer stopped in New York City, hoping to launch a theater career.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1935year
Spokane, Washingtonmentioned
“In 1935, on a stop of her bus journey across the country to embark for the Soviet Union, she disappointed her audience at a dinner in her honor at the Communist Party headquarters in Spokane, Washington, by flatly declaring: "I am not a…”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1935year
Hollywoodmentioned
“In 1935, on a stop of her bus journey across the country to embark for the Soviet Union, she disappointed her audience at a dinner in her honor at the Communist Party headquarters in Spokane, Washington, by flatly declaring: "I am not a…”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
10 April 1935exact date
Seattlementioned
“Farmer wrote in her autobiography that – despite her mother's vociferous objections – she left Seattle by bus for New York on April 10, 1935, where she had a three-day layover before sailing to Europe.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1936year
Seattlementioned
“With her freedom restored, Farmer took a job sorting laundry at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, the same hotel where she had been fêted in 1936 at Come and Get It's premiere.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1936year
Fairmont Olympic Hotel (Seattle)mentioned
“With her freedom restored, Farmer took a job sorting laundry at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, the same hotel where she had been fêted in 1936 at Come and Get It's premiere.”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1937year
Westchester, New Yorkmentioned
“Nugent, in his review of Ebb Tide for The New York Times wrote: "Frances Farmer has a fine pair of shoulders which, picturesque though they may be, yet were made to bear a weightier dramatic burden." Unsatisfied with the expectations of…”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1937year
Hollywoodmentioned
“Nugent, in his review of Ebb Tide for The New York Times wrote: "Frances Farmer has a fine pair of shoulders which, picturesque though they may be, yet were made to bear a weightier dramatic burden." Unsatisfied with the expectations of…”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
5 November 1937exact date
New York Citymentioned
“However, Brooks Atkinson wrote in The New York Times on November 5, 1937, that "Frances is sufficient to the part and excellent in the romantic scenes." And Cue magazine's November 13, 1937, review of Golden Boy written by Herbert Drake…”
source: Wikipedia: Frances Farmer
1938year
1938year
1938year
1938year
November 1942month
January 1943month
1943year
13 January 1943exact date
13 September 1943exact date
January 1945month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryManhattan · 1941Erich FrommManhattan · 1941Bernie SandersManhattan · 1941Hanns EislerLos Angeles · 1941Woody GuthrieLos Angeles · 1941Jelly Roll MortonLos Angeles · 1941
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Sources
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