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Actor
Linda Manz
- Born August 20, 1961 in New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Died August 14, 2020
Linda Manz made her feature film debut at age 15 in Terrence Malick's period drama Days of Heaven (1978), playing an adolescent girl growing up in rural Texas in 1916. She followed this with a supporting role in The Wanderers (1979). Manz earned critical acclaim for her portrayal of a troubled teenage girl from a dysfunctional family in Dennis Hopper's drama film Out of the Blue (1980).
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Manz stepped away from her acting profession in the mid-1980s and relocated to Southern California, where she lived outside the public eye and focused on raising her three children. She returned to acting in 1997 with small roles in Harmony Korine's film Gummo and David Fincher's thriller The Game. She developed a strong cult following than began in the 1990s.
Known for
The Game1997
Days of Heaven1978
Gummo1997
The Wanderers1979
Out of the Blue1981
King of the Gypsies1978
Faerie Tale Theatre1982
Buddy Boy2000
Filmography
- 2016Along for the RideFilmSelf
- 2000Buddy BoyFilm(uncredited)
- 1997The GameFilmChristine's Roomate Amy
- 1997GummoFilmSolomon's Mother
- 1985The Snow QueenFilmRobber Girl
- 1983Mir reicht's - ich steig ausFilmLinda
- 1982Faerie Tale TheatreSeriesRobber Girl
- 1981Out of the BlueFilmCebe
- 1981LongshotFilmMaxine Gripp
- 1979The WanderersFilmPeewee
- 1979Orphan TrainFilmSarah
- 1979BoardwalkFilmGirl Satan
- 1978Days of HeavenFilmLinda
- 1978King of the GypsiesFilm(uncredited)