Linda Darnell (born Monetta Eloyse Darnell, October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965) was an American film actress.
Darnell progressed from modeling as a child to acting in theater and film.
At the encouragement of her mother, she made her first film in 1939, and appeared in supporting roles in big-budget films for 20th Century Fox throughout the 1940s.
She rose to fame with co-starring roles opposite Tyrone Power in adventure films, and established a main character career after her role in Forever Amber (1947).
She won critical acclaim for her work in Unfaithfully Yours (1948) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949).