Lynne Baggett Rare Early Original 1940s 8/10 Photo d.'60

Description: Here is a rare early vintage original 8" by 10" photo of actress Lynn/Lynne Baggett (1923-1960), from her prime in the 1940s, from the estate of a WWII soldier who collected pin up actresses during the war. Tall, regal, sultry, flame-haired (later blonde) Lynn Baggett is better remembered for her turbulent, unhappy private life than for her "B" level acting roles. Born Ruth Baggett in Wichita Falls, Texas, on May 10, 1923, her father, David L., was in the oil business and her mother, the former Ruth Simmons, was a stenographer. While in Dallas following her high school graduation, the pretty teenager was discovered by a Warner Bros. agent and signed. As a girl with no experience, Lynn (sometimes billed as Lynne) was promoted by the studio as a beauty queen and titleholder ("The Cobra Girl," "The Triple A Girl," etc.) while paying her dues in a slew of unbilled sexy starlet bits as chorines, nurses, waitresses, singers and party-girl types. For five long years she toiled obscurely in such WWII-era films as Manpower (1941), Air Force (1943), The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944), Roughly Speaking (1945), Mildred Pierce (1945) and Night and Day (1946). The studio did little to increase her stature in Hollywood, and she eventually was released from her contract in 1946. After signing with Universal, she finally received her first role of substance in The Time of Their Lives (1946), an above-average Abbott and Costello haunted-house comedy. Following her marriage to the Austro-Hungarian producer Sam Spiegel ("On the Waterfront") in 1948, she acted less frequently, showing up in a few secondary roles, that of a shady lady of mystery in the classic film noir D.O.A. (1949)) probably being her best-remembered one and those in The Flame and the Arrow (1950) and The Mob (1951) being her most prominent. The Spiegel-Baggett marriage was quite stormy, marred by adultery and nasty fighting, and they separated in 1952. Three years later, she finally received a divorce. With her career now in shambles, Lynn found work as an Arthur Murray dance teacher. In 1954, she was the direct cause of a fatal two-car accident in which a 9-year-old boy, on his way home from a summer camping excursion, was killed. Another young boy in the same car was seriously injured. Overcome by fear and acute anguish, she "blacked out" and was later charged with leaving the scene of an accident and was convicted of felony hit-and-run. A failed comeback attempt at acting led to severe depression, mental problems and acute substance abuse. She attempted suicide by pills in 1959 before succeeding a year later on March 22, 1960, dying of acute barbiturate intoxication. She had been released from a private sanitarium several weeks earlier. She was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Never close to showing her true potential, Lynn(e) Baggett became one of Hollywood's sadder statistics. Minor corner and edge wear. Will ship worldwide. I always combine shipping on multiple orders. Filmography: Ernest Borgnine, Broderick Crawford, Neville Brand, and Betty Buehler in The Mob (1951)The Mob7.1Peggy Clancy (as Lynne Baggett)1951 The Flame and the Arrow (1950)The Flame and the Arrow6.8Francesca (as Lynne Baggett)1950 Luther Adler, Pamela Britton, and Edmond O'Brien in D.O.A. (1949)D.O.A.7.2Mrs. Philips1949 Jack Carson, Carmen Cavallaro, Dennis Morgan, Janis Paige, S.Z. Sakall, and Martha Vickers in The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)The Time, the Place and the Girl5.9Nurse (uncredited)1946 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in The Time of Their Lives (1946)The Time of Their Lives7.5June Prescott (as Lynne Baggett)1946 Cary Grant, Eve Arden, Mary Martin, Ginny Simms, Alexis Smith, and Jane Wyman in Night and Day (1946)Night and Day6.1Sexpot (uncredited)1946 Robert Hutton and Joan Leslie in Janie Gets Married (1946)Janie Gets Married5.9Hostess (uncredited)1946 Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, and Jane Wyman in One More Tomorrow (1946)One More Tomorrow6.5Party Guest (uncredited)1946 Cinderella Jones (1946)Cinderella Jones5.2Junior Leaguer (uncredited)1946 Lauren Bacall and Charles Boyer in Confidential Agent (1945)Confidential Agent6.5Singer (uncredited)1945 Star in the Night (1945)Star in the Night7.7ShortMaria Santos1945 Eve Arden, Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, and Zachary Scott in Mildred Pierce (1945)Mildred Pierce7.9Waitress (uncredited)1945 Robert Alda, Al Jolson, Joan Leslie, Tom Patricola, and Alexis Smith in Rhapsody in Blue (1945)Rhapsody in Blue7.0Guest (uncredited)1945 Sydney Greenstreet, Ida Lupino, and William Prince in Pillow to Post (1945)Pillow to Post6.6Disgruntled Traveler (uncredited)1945 Jack Carson and Rosalind Russell in Roughly Speaking (1945)Roughly Speaking7.0Salesgirl (uncredited)1945 Hollywood Canteen (1944)Hollywood Canteen7.0Junior Hostess (uncredited)1944 Fredric March and Alexis Smith in The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)The Adventures of Mark Twain7.1Susie Clemens (uncredited)1944 Grandfather's FolliesShort1944 Paul Henreid and Ida Lupino in In Our Time (1944)In Our Time6.6Friend of Count Orvid (uncredited)1944 Warren Douglas and Joan Winfield in Murder on the Waterfront (1943)Murder on the Waterfront5.0Backstage Chorus Girl (uncredited)1943 Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Jack Carson, Eddie Cantor, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Dinah Shore, and Alexis Smith in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)Thank Your Lucky Stars6.8Miss Latin America in 'Good Night, Good Neighbor' Number (uncredited)1943 Three Cheers for the Girls (1943)Three Cheers for the Girls6.6ShortBrunette Chorus Girl - Framing Story (uncredited)1943 John Garfield, John Ridgely, and Gig Young in Air Force (1943)Air Force7.0Nurse (uncredited)1943 Marlene Dietrich, Edward G. Robinson, and George Raft in Manpower (1941)Manpower6.6Bit Part (uncredited)1941 SoundtrackLauren Bacall and Charles Boyer in Confidential Agent (1945)Confidential Agent6.5performer: "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" (uncredited)1945

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