Linda Brent (actress)

Linda Brent
Brent in The Laramie Trail (1944)
Born
Linda Laura Brent

(1919-08-14)August 14, 1919
DiedMay 7, 1994(1994-05-07) (aged 74)
Other namesthe "prettiest white girl in Shanghai"
OccupationActress
Years active1939–1964

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)[4] 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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1939 Coast Guard Minor Role (uncredited)
1939 $1,000 a Touchdown Bertie (uncredited)
1942 Today I Hang (uncredited)
1942 Below the Border Rosita Garcia
1942 Ride 'Em Cowboy Sunbeam (uncredited)
1942 Broadway Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1942 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine Letitia Hinkle
1942 You're Telling Me Leili
1942 The Old Homestead Bunny
1942 Moonlight in Havana Operator (uncredited)
1942 Arabian Nights Harem Girl (uncredited)
1943 Salute for Three Canteen Worker (uncredited)
1943 Fired Wife Divorcee (uncredited)
1943 So Proudly We Hail! Filipino Nurse (uncredited)
1943 A Scream in the Dark Stella
1943 Death Valley Rangers Lorna Ainsley
1943 In Old Oklahoma Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
1944 Career Girl Thelma Mason
1944 Cover Girl Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1944 The Laramie Trail Vega Alarcon
1944 Follow the Boys Magic Maid (uncredited)
1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell Fashta (uncredited)
1944 Belle of the Yukon Yukon Belle (uncredited)
1945 George White's Scandals Showgirl (uncredited)
1946 Cinderella Jones Junior Leaguer (uncredited)
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By Showgirl (uncredited)
1957 Chicago Confidential 'B' Girl (uncredited)
1964 Robin and the 7 Hoods Derelict (uncredited)

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1956 Death Valley Days Lupin 1 episode
1956 Sergeant Preston of the Yukon Rita Mendoza 1 episode
1956 I Led 3 Lives Shari Bruner 1 episode

References

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