She is a female star with beauty and wisdom, but she is jealous of her beauty.
My parents divorced, her mother was strong, her lover betrayed her, and her work was not going well... All kinds of misfortunes made her suffer from mental illness. She spent 7 years in the hospital, and finally died of hatred.
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Her name is Francis Farmer. She was born in 1913 in a middle-class family in Seattle, USA. Her father is a lawyer and her mother is an nutritionist .
Although the material conditions are good, Francis' childhood was almost spent in the quarrel between his parents. When they were 4 years old, their parents finally fell apart, and their mother brought Francis and her sister to Los Angeles.
Mother is a strong woman. After arriving in Los Angeles, she began to devote herself to nutrition and devote herself to her career. But the two children made her unable to devote herself to work, so she made up her mind and decided to send her two daughters back to their father.
Mother sent the sisters to the train back to Seattle and hurriedly left.
This train journey left an indelible memory for Francis and became a shadow of her life. Francis realized ignorantly that her childhood was over and that her young body would no longer be protected by her parents.
The misfortune of childhood needs to be cured for a lifetime. Francis has been sentimental since childhood, and at the same time, she has inherited the excellent genes of her parents and matured earlier than children of the same age.
In 1931, Francis, who was in high school, participated in a writing competition. Influenced by Nietzsche, she wrote an article titled "The Death of God".
"God is dead". This kind of remark was simply a rebellious thing in the United States at that time. Although it was quite controversial and criticized and attacked by many people, Francis still got the ranking with his high literary talent and won $100.
From then on, Francis showed her amazing writing talent and her despicable deeds in her bones.
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After graduating from high school, Francis successfully entered the journalism department of the University of Washington.
At that time, she had already begun to be independent and no longer asked her parents for money. In order to earn enough tuition and living expenses, she had worked various part-time jobs. The rich experience of cinema receptionist, waiter, tutor, worker, singer... has also accumulated a lot of experience for her future creation.
She loves writing and also loves drama. In the drama club in the university, she creates scripts while serving as the heroine in her scripts.
In 1935, Francis graduated from University. On her 22nd birthday, she signed a contract with a film company and officially started her career as an actor.
With its outstanding appearance, Francis quickly gained the love of the audience. From 1936 to 1942, Francis starred in 14 films and was very popular.
Although she is glamorous in front of the stage, Francis, who is arrogant by nature and loves art, is unwilling to accept the company's arrangements. Compared with the bright and rich Hollywood , she yearns for a pure art palace - the Grand Theater.
did not cooperate and took the initiative, and the company began to let her sit on the bench.
coincided with that time when she was in love with a male star, but when she was in a deep relationship, she encountered emotional betrayal, and her boyfriend fell in love with someone else.
Both the workplace and love scene were frustrated, which made her miserable and exhausted both physically and mentally. So she began to drink all day long and drown her sorrows.
It was at this time that she began to make some weird moves.
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1942, during WWII , Francis was stopped by the police in a car.
The police asked her to show her driver's license. Francis not only refused, but also scolded the police, so that he was suspected of driving drunk.
police, Francis was eventually fined $500, withholding the vehicle and revoking his driver's license.
Female celebrities drive drunk and insult the police? Now, it is the first hot search and the degree of reflection after leaving the circle. After the incident of
was exposed, reporters rushed to report that Francis had to hide at home and avoid him.
Next, Francis's actions became more and more crazy.
One day, someone saw Francis fighting in a bar and running wildly on the streets naked.
Then, the police came to her home and arrested her. Francis did not surrender, but resisted desperately. Eventually, Francis was forced to drag to the police station. At the
, Francis performed even more strangely. She claimed that the police violated her civil rights, shouted at a lawyer, and threw ink bottles at the judge...
In the end, Francis was sentenced to 180 days in prison. Just as she was escorted out of court, she suddenly attacked the people around her, knocked down a policeman and injured a nurse. She ran desperately towards a telephone booth and tried to call her lawyer, but was subdued by the police.
When the police took her away, she shouted loudly: "Have you ever had a heartbreaking moment?"
Sometimes violent and manic, sometimes burst into tears. Only then did people realize that this once glamorous, beautiful and elegant female star was sick.
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The family used their connections to help Francis escape the prison and sent him to a mental hospital. There, Francis was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and may also be the predecessor of dementia.
Then, she was sent to a mental hospital in her hometown of Washington state.
More than a year later, Francis recalled that tortured experience:
The conditions in the hospital were very simple, and more than a dozen girls like her lined up for treatment, and they received injections, spas, and electric shocks. "I don't really think it's useful except to keep us quiet," Francis said.
In July 1944, Francis was declared "completely cured" and was released. But not long after she was regained her freedom, she was sent to a mental hospital again because she was wandering on the streets. This stay will last for 6 years.
Although she tried to escape several times, she ended in failure.
It was not until 1950 that Francis' mental illness had been completely cured and he was "released" by the mental hospital. She was 37 years old at this time and had missed a golden age for actresses.
She began to continue to create and she wanted to return to the stage she loved.
Fortunately, she got some small roles one after another. In 1958, she filmed her last movie in her life.
In the last few years of her life, she has been performing in local theaters.
Later, Francis told his experience of his last performance in his autobiography: "I stood on the stage, silent for a long time, and then the loudest applause in my career broke out. The applause from the audience covered up my lifelong scandal. This was my best and final performance. I got the reward and I was satisfied."
In the spring of 1970, Francis was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and passed away a few months later at the age of 57.
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controversy accompanied Francis' life until after her death, all kinds of legends about her were not interrupted.
Before his death, Francis used to write an autobiography, "Is there really a morning?" 》 describes her miserable life, the mental torture she suffered, and what exactly made her look like now.
But after her death, a friend of hers came forward to declare that Francis's autobiography was all lies.
In 1978, another biography about her, "Shadow Zone", was released. The book revealed that Francis underwent a lobectomy while admitted to the hospital. This shocking news shocked the world.
However, the author of the book later admitted in court that this was entirely made up by him to attract the public's attention.
At this point, it is difficult to judge which is right and who is wrong, which is true and which is false.
In 1982, based on these two biographies, people turned the story of Francis into the movie "Francis".
movie tells the life of a beautiful and intelligent woman being despised. She was so beautiful, but was destroyed so thoroughly, which is a pity. Who destroyed her? Is it a family, society, the times, the destiny, or herself? Text/Yu Ting
