Frances Farmer’s Sister Confirms the Details of Her Lobotomy

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@roxismith6122 Жыл бұрын

Back when I was in high school I read a book about her life and thought it was so sad that anyone had gone through all that she had.😢

@FactsVerse Жыл бұрын

Sad but true. May Frances find peace. In your opinion, what is her finest role?

@laurelcaccivio6651 11 ай бұрын

Not knowing the family history I unfortunately gave my mother a copy of Frances' autobiography. Mom's dad was a patient at Western Washington hospital at the same time as F.F. My grandfather died of pneumonia at that time. The accounts of ice bath shock therapy and subsequent illnesses caused from it ,gave my mom a horrific script of her dad's last days. His autopsy found that he had a brain tumor causing erratic behavior. No shock therapy would have helped him.

@elizabethwallace7495 2 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry. What a tragedy.

@gjh9299 Жыл бұрын

she wasnt insane, she just thought for herself, yes, Jessica Lang was amazing as her in the film Francis

@raymondgood6555 Жыл бұрын

Yes she was- bipolar and schizophrenic

@liquidsnake6879 11 ай бұрын

Violently assaulted numerous people including her mother who bailed her out of the first institution, threw an inkwell at the judge of her first proceeding, admitted to drinking copious amounts of alcohol, ran down sunset boulevard topless after getting into a bar brawl... that's thinking for yourself in your book?

@dyslexicbatnam1350 7 ай бұрын

@@liquidsnake6879 Strong and independent woman moment.

@jameskilby4359 2 ай бұрын

You are correct..

@Pados_music Ай бұрын

@@dyslexicbatnam1350 No doubt about that, but she had a mental health issue from what i read about her. It's not uncommon some people with strong personality to have those kind of problems.

@lydialawlor3250 9 ай бұрын

Saw the movie where Jessica Lange played her part. She was born way ahead of her time and was very intelligent. It was a very very sad story, and what her family did to her

@scotthughes7440 Жыл бұрын

My uncle Tim used to provide Frances car rides in Indianapolis after she moved there. She was always kind to him and said he was a good boy. I have no clue if she ever had a lobotomy or not.

@bradbell3744 11 ай бұрын

Francis Farmer was arrested January 13th 1943 not January 14th (when the arrest appeared in newspapers). And she died at 56 years old (not 57 as you mentioned). Other than these facts yours is a very good video.

@FactsVerse 11 ай бұрын

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@bradbell3744 11 ай бұрын

@@FactsVerse Your reply to my comments seem canned. How often have you made this exact reply?

@emilys3458 Жыл бұрын

Yes, the lobotomy never happened. Urban legend. Its a shame that a wonderful actress, like FF, is basically only remembered due to her breakdown and not her body of work.

@FactsVerse Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your beautiful message to Frances. May she find peace. Which of her roles appealed to you the most?

@emilys3458 Жыл бұрын

@@FactsVerse Im sure if I had been fortunate enought to have seen it...Golden Boy on Broadway. But Come and Get it was an amazing acting job for someone @21 years old to pull off...and she did.

@wokeisajoke6806 2 ай бұрын

Well I guess studying this case during my psych degree was a waste of time. The information that was presented, visual as well as anecdotal must have been fake.

@emilys3458 2 ай бұрын

@@wokeisajoke6806 her life is such a web of made up stories...for example..the lobotomy was a made up thing by a man named William Arnold in his ill-researched book about her called Shadowland, which was published after her death...dates that would be easy to validate. Including her birth year (really?? he couldnt even get THAT right )...were wrong and lots of fantastical tales..like the lobotomy were made up in order to sell books..and it got so much attention that it started to be considered fact...but..there is no evidence of this ever happening and her later life accomplishments would not have been able to happen had one occurred...its a real shame

@jackdavis5638 Жыл бұрын

I am not surprised by the recent retirement of Christina Applegate due to multiple sclerosis. It is unfortunate that diseases like multiple sclerosis and muscular dystrophy get worse over the years for their sufferers while people with cerebral palsy basically stay the same after being born premature. I have ataxic cerebral palsy and went to school with people who had ms or md.

@FactsVerse Жыл бұрын

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@stache1954 Жыл бұрын

Probably the saddest of all Hollywood stories.

@jameskilby4359 2 ай бұрын

It's so sad.. brilliant beautiful woman

@jameskilby4359 2 ай бұрын

I adore this woman

@elizabethwallace7495 2 ай бұрын

Not really a Hollywood story. She despised the superficiality of Hollywood. Instead, a tragic story of a pathologically controlling mother.

@stache1954 2 ай бұрын

@@elizabethwallace7495 She liked the $.

@jerrylee8261 Жыл бұрын

She was so beautiful. She is so interesting. A sad life. Have read that her mother was an instigator of some of her problems. Also read(don't know if it's true)that she was used as an unpaid prostitute for servicemen while hospitalized. She did well to rise above that horrid treatment later in her life.

@FactsVerse Жыл бұрын

Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Frances. Which of her roles appealed to you the most?

@laurietreat1996 Жыл бұрын

It's amazing she made a comeback after all she'd been through! She was intelligent and determined to succeed in the theater n acting. Thanks for the story of Francis Farmer.

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@laurietreat1996 Жыл бұрын

@@FactsVerse More biographies about remarkable people.

@thebutterflyreportbyjeffie9220 4 ай бұрын

I have watched both: Frances and ‘Will There Really Be A Morning.’ Of the two, I found, ‘Will There Really Be A Morning,’ much, much, more accurate than Frances. In Frances, the character created and played by Sam Shepard did not exist at all. It was total fabrication. In, ‘Will There Really Be A Morning,’ they show more of the back and forth to the asylum, facilitated by Lillian and played wonderfully by Lee Grant who played her as the eccentric woman that Frances wrote about. Lillian Farmer was addicted to getting press and getting her name in the papers long before Frances became a star. Susan Blakely did a fantastic job and won an Emmy. I feel that this film shows more of Frances’ loneliness and also her contentious relationship with first husband, Lief Erickson who is not even mentioned in the movie, Frances. Although Jessica Lang looked more like Frances, I felt Susan’s character captured more of the real story. And NO she did not receive a lobotomy and was not pimped out to servicemen. Also, her comeback was just a mediocre one, at best. Jean Radcliffe admitted to fabricating many parts of the book. If you read it, which I have, several times, you are able to pick up on the two distinct writing styles. Another rumor that I believe to be truth is that she and Radcliffe were in fact a couple and Frances struggled with her sexuality. Anyway, a great and beautiful actress who was shunned by Hollywood, but again, it is a business, not a babysitter or daycare and Francis was arrogant, temperamental and impossible to work with. That’s also why on: This Is Your Life, not one single costar, producer, director or writer appeared on the show. When Carey Grant was asked if he would ever consider working with her again he said simply: ‘Never.’ Yes, it’s tragic, but she also contributed to her downfall, as did Lillian. God Bless you Francis. ❤❤❤

@FactsVerse 4 ай бұрын

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@thebutterflyreportbyjeffie9220 4 ай бұрын

@@FactsVerse I would love to see a video on the making of: The Omen 1976 with Gregory Peck.

@lorenlal Жыл бұрын

Her family was to blame for her downfall. All she needed was Love. Back then people didn't know better. Easily influenced by other people or Doctors. Being in a psych hosp all those years can do more damage than help. She had bad luck in the beginning with certain circumstances. What a sad short life of a Beautiful Talented Woman.

@elizabethwallace7495 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Well said.

@Yeahthatshowifeel Жыл бұрын

I saw a movie about her life and I found it quite sad. I saw her recently in a movie with Tyrone Power son of fury.

@FactsVerse Жыл бұрын

What was the name of that movie? We would love to watch it. May Frances find peace 🙏🙏

@angel4everable Жыл бұрын

@@FactsVerse You are thinking of FRANCES, starring Jessica Lange, in her finest performance. The late Sam Sheppard is equally good as her lifelong friend and sometime lover.

@StilettoCutsQuick. Жыл бұрын

@@angel4everableJessica and Sam what a match….❤

@Merrybearsky 4 ай бұрын

She was amazing, it is shocking what happened to her for money. Her appearance on the " This is your life show" was so horrific. She handled it with grace and tact and still maintained her stance. Hollywood is poison. If you want to act, do local theater. Thank you Miss Frances for being a strong woman and a survivor of nightmarish things.❤

@ambermoon719 7 ай бұрын

When I was a young child, I saw the movie Francis playing on my grandpa’s TV. It struck a resonating chord. I remember it seeming familiar. I have not thought of Francis Farmer (other than hearing her name in a song by Kurt Cobain) until this night, reflecting back on my life. I came to check her death date, and she died about 10 months before I was born. Trippy. I’ve had abuse by the mental health system, as well. Although all seemed normal in the 1990’s, they were not healing people, but the psychiatric and pharmaceutical industrial complex were using human patients as lab rats. Crazy stuff.

@Keeshablu Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing No I never knew

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@sleeplessdreamer1814 Жыл бұрын

Years ago a family member only needed a physician's signature to have someone committed to a mental institution. The patient could be locked up involuntarily and indefinitely. These patients would likely be heavily sedated with powerful meds such as Haldol or Thorazine. One of my husband's relatives used this method to snatch away a fortune from a stepmother.

@karmachameleon7148 11 ай бұрын

How tragic, the poor woman! I was involuntarily hospitalized during the early 2000's. Even with modern ... Betterments it was truly horrid. Mentally, physically it was not fun but not horrible. The place was clean, so I figure that goes a long ways as well. I was there for what felt like 9 months but ended up only being about 3-4. I can only imagine during that time period. Truly horrendous.

@sleeplessdreamer1814 11 ай бұрын

@@karmachameleon7148 I'm so sorry to hear about that. I hope are doing well. We all have times when it's tough to keep our sanity. Myself included.

@rubytuesdayphoenix Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that she made a comeback after all she went through

@jefferysmom696 11 ай бұрын

*And that was later disproved!!! ...Nurses later Testified under oath that she WAS secretly given one due to the fact that the staff could no longer Handle her!!!!...and the Story about her life with Jessica Lang is a Tour de force*

@eyeswideopen7777 2 ай бұрын

Where is the source

@LordThree 7 ай бұрын

Very high resolution images make it seem like they were just taken yesterday

@anthonyfreeman5858 Жыл бұрын

No, I did not know!!

@mulder006 10 ай бұрын

It was tough watching the scenes in the mental institution in the movie Frances, where they showed female patients being raped by GI's, heads shaved, abused , given shock-treatment and some were lobotomized. In the movie it shows Frances about to have the lobotomy before fading to black. So sad that people with mental illnesses or just anxiety were treated like lab rats. Jessica Lange portrayed her incredibly well.

@stevenkennedy833 Жыл бұрын

The video is incomplete because it didn't mention that she ended her career hosting a movie matinee show for an Indianapolis TV station. I know because I watched that show when I was a boy and saw her; she always wore a full-length evening gown. Also, an Indianapolis attorney (now deceased) that I knew when I was a law student had been her local personal attorney and told me that she still had quite a temper.

@stache1954 Жыл бұрын

All that drinking.

@kristinmeyer489 3 ай бұрын

Her family sold her to shady practitioners. Evil.

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@suzieroberts2203 Жыл бұрын

I did not know anything about this. Woman until I happen to watch a movie about her. Can't remember when it was pretty long ago and Jessica Lange. Played the part and Jessica is a amazing actress. But I was shocked her heard of life. What's a? Roller coaster and yet? She was a Warrior at heart and she was beautiful. , but there was much sadness she had to deal with. Period period period it seemed She was bipolar or multi personalities. But I do believe that she had a gentle soul period period period period very interesting video thank you

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@joydevivredevive4588 11 ай бұрын

Because of her famous trip to Russia, she was supposed to be a rabid Communist sympathizer, although she had said or done nothing to support such a theory. The large community of Jewish Communists in Hollywood, who completely controlled the making and distribution of movies, entertained her and raved about her beauty. She was then asked to become a Communist courier. She indignantly refused, being an extremely proud and intelligent girl who had no interest in Communism. The Hollywood Jews were infuriated and frightened by Frances Farmer’s refusal. They had supposed she was one of them, and had taken her into their confidence. Now she knew the identity of every prominent Communist in Hollywood. At a secret conference, they resolved that she must be disposed of. An “accident” to such a prominent star would be too risky. The Jews decided that “psychoanalysis” was the answer to their dilemma. She would be railroaded to an insane asylum. Any accusations she might make would then be ignored. At the very height of her fame, while everyone was predicting she would win an Academy Award, Frances Farmer was invited to a party at the home of a Jewish producer. She was given a drug during this party. When she drove away, she was soon stopped by a policeman, who claimed she had committed a minor traffic violation. Instead of giving her a ticket, he immediately took her before a judge, although it was late at night. The judge claimed that she was “confused”, and in what could only have been a prearranged plan, he committed her to a mental asylum. Reporters made a complete reversal of their usual practice when a movie star gets into trouble. Instead of headlining Frances Farmer’s predicament, they were told not to write about it! From that day on, her name was rarely mentioned in the press. For six years, Frances Farmer was forced to endure horrors which, even without the drugs and shock treatments which she was given on a daily basis, would have destroyed anyone’s mind." "The" Jewish Utopia Professor Rabbi Michael Higger PhD 1932

@nancyhey1012 4 ай бұрын

Was she forbidden from speaking about her experiences in Russia 🇷🇺?

@jodavis650 8 ай бұрын

All being said and done. She just wanted to be loved for herself but surrounded by people using her..

@prettylagoon Жыл бұрын

I exchanged messages with her nephew years ago, he had a website I forgot his name. He had some amateur recordings online and one of which was her sister-in-law I believe talking about the Knickerbocker hotel incident. She was very judgemental in tone it seemed of Frances and probably jealous. He told me the Sam Shepard character was fictional.