Linda Brent (actress) explained

Linda Brent
Birth Name:Linda Laura Brent
Birth Date:August 14, 1919
Birth Place:Shanghai, China
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other Names:the "prettiest white girl in Shanghai"
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1939 - 1964

Linda Laura Brent (August 14, 1919  - May 7, 1994) was an American actress.[1] [2] She is best known for appear in westerns such as Below the Border (1942),[3] Death Valley Rangers (1943) and The Laramie Trail (1944).[4] Born in Shanghai, China to an Irish father and a Russian mother (née Vassilieva), Brent was voted as the "prettiest white girl in Shanghai" and later became an American citizen in 1942.[5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1939Coast GuardMinor Role(uncredited)
1939$1,000 a TouchdownBertie (uncredited)
1942Today I Hang(uncredited)
1942Below the BorderRosita Garcia
1942Ride 'Em CowboySunbeam (uncredited)
1942BroadwayHat Check Girl (uncredited)
1942The Affairs of Jimmy ValentineLetitia Hinkle
1942You're Telling MeLeili
1942The Old HomesteadBunny
1942Moonlight in HavanaOperator (uncredited)
1942Arabian NightsHarem Girl(uncredited)
1943Salute for ThreeCanteen Worker (uncredited)
1943Fired WifeDivorcee (uncredited)
1943So Proudly We Hail!Filipino Nurse (uncredited)
1943A Scream in the DarkStella
1943Death Valley RangersLorna Ainsley
1943In Old OklahomaDance-Hall Girl(uncredited)
1944Career GirlThelma Mason
1944Cover GirlChorus Girl(uncredited)
1944The Laramie TrailVega Alarcon
1944Follow the BoysMagic Maid(uncredited)
1944The Story of Dr. WassellFashta(uncredited)
1944Belle of the YukonYukon Belle(uncredited)
1945George White's ScandalsShowgirl(uncredited)
1946Cinderella JonesJunior Leaguer(uncredited)
1946Till the Clouds Roll ByShowgirl(uncredited)
1957Chicago Confidential'B' Girl(uncredited)
1964Robin and the 7 HoodsDerelict(uncredited)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1956Death Valley DaysLupin1 episode
1956Sergeant Preston of the YukonRita Mendoza1 episode
1956I Led 3 LivesShari Bruner1 episode

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Actress Says Mate Vanished In Blackouts. Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. Hollywood, California. May 26, 1942. January 18, 2022. 2. Newspapers.com.
  2. Book: Landesman, Fred. The John Wayne Filmography. 168. McFarland. August 13, 2015. 9781476609225. Google Books.
  3. Book: McGillis, Roderick. He Was Some Kind of a Man: Masculinities in the B Western. 201. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. April 8, 2011. 9781554587490. Google Books.
  4. Book: Schneider, Jerry. Corriganville: The Definitive True History of the Ray Crash Corrigan Movie Ranch. 336–340. Corriganville Press. May 2014. 9780983197256. Google Books.
  5. News: Actress Linda Brent Soon to Be Citizen. Alabama Journal. Montgomery, Alabama. October 22, 1942. January 18, 2022. 9. Newspapers.com.