Linda Haynes, actress in films including Rolling thunder And Brubaker, He died. She was 75 years old.
She died “peacefully, with her family by her side” on July 17 in Summerville, South Carolina, It has been announced. The cause of death was not disclosed.
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“As an only child, I have been in awe of my life all these times,” her son, Greg Sylvander, said. Friday wrote on Facebook. “I find peace in knowing that my mother was at peace and had the most beautiful life these last years with her grandchildren (my wife) Courtney Sylvander and myself. We will miss my mother very much.”
Born Linda Lee Sylvander on November 4, 1947, in Miami, Haynes made her acting debut as Dr. Ann Barton in Latitude zero (1969). She played the role of waitress Linda Furchette in the psychological thriller Rolling thunder (1977) opposite William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones and Carol V Brubaker (1980), starring Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman.
Quentin Tarantino is a huge fan of Rolling thunder and Haynes. “The performance of the movie for me is Linda Haynes as Linda Furchette,” he said. “Linda Furchette is my favorite female character in a Paul Schrader (written) movie. … She has that look that Ava Gardner has, you know the blouse, but it took Ava years to do it, and Linda Haynes did it naturally. And I mean That in a good way.”
She also starred in coffee (1973), Nickel ride (1974), drowning pond (1975) and Human experiments (1979) and appeared in a few TV shows, including This is lifeAnd My three sons And Room 222.
A life member of The Actors Studio, Hines stepped away from acting in the early 1980s, worked as a legal secretary and moved to South Carolina to live with her son and family in 2019. She often describes the years that followed as “where I know I truly belong.” “.
Among the survivors are her grandchildren, James and Amelia.
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