Linda Haynes was excellant in Rolling Thunder!
I wonder why she did'nt appear in more films.
She reminds me of a couple of other sexy, blonde
actresses (Eric Hagen, Candice Rialson)from the
70's whose careers ended at the end of that era.
I agree. Linda Haynes gave a marvelously gritty performance as tough and world-weary barmaid/war groupie Linda Forchet. She now works as a legal secretary in Florida.
I write bios, therefore I am.
Linda was just one of 150,000 actresses bouncing around Hollywood in the 70's. Frankly she was cute, but never more than a 6 on her best day in life. The chubby cheeks and weird nose kept her in the periphery.
She lived in the Valley and worked as a waitress while trying to hustle work. Rolling Thunder was her biggest payday where she made $2,500, she got 2 days work in Brubaker.
She was 30 here and those ....uh, attributes... were heading south like ducks in winter.
Linda did ludes, coke, hung at the Troub for a while, slept around trying to get parts, got a few but was never memorable. The Tuesday Weld comparison is not even close.
After getting tired of being broke and sleeping on couches, Linda did what 99 percent of Hollywood wannabes do - went home, saw her doctor and got shots.
outstanding post.
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Linda did ludes, coke, hung at the Troub for a while, slept around trying to get parts, got a few but was never memorable.
Linda was just one of 150,000 actresses bouncing around Hollywood in the 70's. Frankly she was cute, but never more than a 6 on her best day in life. The chubby cheeks and weird nose kept her in the periphery.
She lived in the Valley and worked as a waitress while trying to hustle work. Rolling Thunder was her biggest payday where she made $2,500, she got 2 days work in Brubaker.
She was 30 here and those ....uh, attributes... were heading south like ducks in winter.
Linda did ludes, coke, hung at the Troub for a while, slept around trying to get parts, got a few but was never memorable. The Tuesday Weld comparison is not even close.
After getting tired of being broke and sleeping on couches, Linda did what 99 percent of Hollywood wannabes do - went home, saw her doctor and got shots.
Post of the decade.
shareLinda Haynes was also an excellent advertisement for the braless look. That's one of the things I miss about the 1970s. There were nipples all over the place, even on tv.
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Yes, the braless look was big in the '70s, as were many of the breasts (though not as monstrous as today's silicon phonies). Remember when bra-burning was an act of feminism? Kind of ironic, because it also created a lot of stares for reasons not originally intended.
shareTotally agree. Wonderful performance in an excellent movie. Linda vanished too quickly from films.
shareWell, she was alright so far as her acting went. But her major appeal is that she was f'in hot, in a very easygoing earthy sort of way, 70's style. Just goes to show that Major Rane's problems were incurably bad to have alienated a beauty like Linda.
shareIf You really like her. Get a good look at her in Brubaker. You will enjoy.
sharejanoble2001 wrote:
"If You really like her. Get a good look at her in Brubaker. You will enjoy."
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Thanks for the tip. Definitely the best one I received in 2010. Too for me I didn't get around to seeing it until 2011! Love that natural look of Linda Haynes, yes sir. 70s babes.
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I'm friends with Linda Haynes on Facebook. She's a super nice lady. Moreover, Linda has since retired from working as a legal secretary and lives in Bonita Springs, Florida.
I'm a totally bitchin' bio writer from Mars!
100% agree with the OP! I was wondering the same thing!
To bad her last film was in 1980!
Prostitute: What the *beep* are you doing?
Johnny: I'm gonna kill a bunch of people.
So hot . She stole the scenes with her good looks
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