Linda Manz

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Linda Manz (born August 20, 1961 in New York City , † August 14, 2020 in Palmdale , California ) was an American actress .

life and career

Linda Manz was born into simple circumstances in New York City. Her father left the family when she was two years old, and Manz later had to change schools several times. Her mother, who worked as a cleaning lady in the World Trade Center for a long time , took her to acting and dance classes at an early age, in the hope that her daughter could start a career in show. During a casting for the film In der Glut des Südens she was positively noticed by the director Terrence Malick , who cast her in the central role of young Linda, who travels through rural America with her older brother, played by Richard Gere , and his lover. The film, shot in 1976 but only released in cinemas in 1978, is told from Linda's perspective and she acts as the narrator, with Manz improvising most of her narrative texts in the film on Malick's instructions. In the Embers of the South proved to be a great critical success and earned Manz excellent reviews.

After a supporting role as a youth gang member in Philip Kaufman's film The Wanderers (1979) and participation in the short-lived sitcom Dorothy (1980), Manz played the main character in Dennis Hopper's cult film Out of the Blue in 1980 . She embodied a rebellious and punk teenage girl, whose father was played by Hopper, with a penchant for rock music. Hopper enlarged the role of Linda Manz during the filming , as Malick had already done in In der Glut des Südens , as he was impressed by her charisma. After the female lead in the teen comedy Longshot - Your Chance is 1: 1000 (1981) alongside Leif Garrett , it became increasingly quiet around her. In 1983 she starred in the little-noticed film I'm Enough - I'm Getting Out by the German director Gustav Ehmck , which was her last film role for 15 years. As the reason for her flagging career, Manz later stated that she had no real Hollywood agent, that there was great competition among young actors in Hollywood and that she had finally started a family.

Manz had a brief comeback in 1997 when director Harmony Korine, impressed by her previous acting performances, brought her out of acting retirement for his controversial and award-winning film Gummo . In this film, she played the mother of the main character Salomon, with whom she ekes out her existence in a shabby small town. Also in 1997 she played the roommate of Deborah Kara Unger's character in David Fincher's star-studded thriller The Game in a smaller role . Then she said goodbye to acting again. Journalist Claire Mary Healy described her screen presence in an article about Linda Manz in 2019:

"(...) the androgynous New Yorker brought a raw, unprotected-looking kind of female youth onto the screen like no one before and no one after."

- Claire Mary Healy for Another Magazine

In 1985 Manz married the camera operator and fruit farmer Bobby Guthrie, and the couple had three sons. According to one of the rare 2011 interviews with Manz, she lived with her husband in California's Antelope Valley and had since become a grandmother. She died in August 2020 at the age of 58 of complications from lung cancer .

Filmography

  • 1978: Days of Heaven (Days of Heaven)
  • 1978: King of the Gypsies (King of the Gypsys) (uncredited unnamed)
  • 1979: The Wanderers
  • 1979: Dorothy (TV series, four episodes)
  • 1979: Boardwalk
  • 1979: Orphans without Hope ( Orphan Train ; TV movie)
  • 1980: Out of the Blue
  • 1981: Longshot - Your chance is 1: 1000 (Longshot)
  • 1983: I've had enough - I get out
  • 1985: Great fairy tales with great stars ( Faerie Tale Theater ; TV series, episode The Snow Queen )
  • 1997: Gummo
  • 1997: The Game

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl Fluch: The US actress Linda Manz has died. In: The Standard . August 15, 2020, accessed on August 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Susan Haas: Actress Linda Manz, who starred in 'Days of Heaven,' 'Out of the Blue,' dies at 58. Retrieved August 21, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ a b c d e Claire Marie Healy: Why Chloë Sevigny Is on a Mission to Save the Work of Linda Manz. In: Another Magazine. September 24, 2019, accessed October 17, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Rodrigo Perez: Terrence Malick Wanted John Travolta & 15 Things You Didn't Know About 'Days of Heaven'. In: IndieWire. June 9, 2011, accessed October 17, 2019 .
  5. ^ Roger Ebert: Days of Heaven movie review & film summary (1978) | Roger Ebert. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Interviews & Articles: Harmony Korine. In: Harmony-Korine.com. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Linda Manz. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Calling Linda Manz. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .
  9. ↑ 'Days of Heaven,' 'Out of the Blue' Star Linda Manz Dead at 58 | ExtraTV.com. Retrieved on August 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Manz, Linda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2020
Place of death Palmdale