Linda Brent | |
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| Born | Linda Laura Brent August 14, 1919 |
| Died | May 7, 1994 (aged 74) 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)[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]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Landesman, Fred (August 13, 2015). The John Wayne Filmography. McFarland. p. 168. ISBN 9781476609225 – via Google Books.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Actress Linda Brent Soon to Be Citizen". Alabama Journal. Montgomery, Alabama. October 22, 1942. p. 9. Retrieved January 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
