Noir’s Hard Luck Ladies: Linda Darnell
By Jake Hinkson
November 7, 2013Being beautiful was Linda Darnell’s curse. She was an emotionally intuitive actress, but almost from the beginning of her career, she was typecast because of her looks. Add in alcohol problems and a series of tortured relationships, and you have the recipe for a full-tilt Hollywood tragedy. She was born Monette Eloyse Darnell in Dallas,…