Linda Manz
Born August 20, 1961 (Age: 64)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.
Biography
Linda Manz made her feature film debut at age 15 in Terrence Malick's period drama Days of Heaven (1978), playing an adolescent girl growing up in rural Texas in 1916. She followed this with a supporting role in The Wanderers (1979). Manz earned critical acclaim for her portrayal of a troubled teenage girl from a dysfunctional family in Dennis Hopper's drama film Out of the Blue (1980). Manz stepped away from her acting profession in the mid-1980s and relocated to Southern California, where she lived outside the public eye and focused on raising her three children. She returned to acting in 1997 with small roles in Harmony Korine's film Gummo and David Fincher's thriller The Game. She developed a strong cult following than began in the 1990s.
Linda Manz made her feature film debut at age 15 in Terrence Malick's period drama Days of Heaven (1978), playing an adolescent girl growing up in rural Texas in 1916. She followed this with a supporting role in The Wanderers (1979). Manz earned critical acclaim for her portrayal of a troubled teenage girl from a dysfunctional family in Dennis Hopper's drama film Out of the Blue (1980).
Manz stepped away from her acting profession in the mid-1980s and relocated to Southern California, where she lived outside the public eye and focused on raising her three children. She returned to acting in 1997 with small roles in Harmony Korine's film Gummo and David Fincher's thriller The Game. She developed a strong cult following than began in the 1990s.
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Filmography
Buddy Boy
2000
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as (uncredited)
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Age: 38
Gummo
1997
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as Solomon's Mother
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Age: 36
The Game
1997
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as Christine's Roomate Amy
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Age: 36
The Snow Queen
1985
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as Robber Girl
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Age: 23
Out of the Blue
1981
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as Cebe
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Age: 19
Longshot
1981
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as Maxine Gripp
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Age: 19
The Wanderers
1979
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as Peewee
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Age: 17
King of the Gypsies
1978
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as (uncredited)
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Age: 17
Days of Heaven
1978
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as Linda
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Age: 17