Was frances farmer really mentally ill
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Frances Farmer Was Reportedly Lobotomized & Doubted If She Ever Was Mentally Ill
Frances Farmer lived a tumultuous life that included being committed to psychiatric hospitals by her mother and supposedly undergoing lobotomy.
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It is unclear if she ever experienced the latter, though.
Actress and TV hostess Frances Farmer had a promising career in the entertainment industry for a few years, but everything changed in the 1940s when she faced legal troubles.
Farmer's mother and then-guardian, Lillian, sent her to a psychiatric hospital to avoid jail time.
She got better after reportedly undergoing a transorbital lobotomy, but different reports claim that was not the case.
Promotional photo of Frances Farmer and Farmer singing on the "Ed Sullivan Show" | Photo: Getty Images - YouTube.com/TheEdSullivanShow
RISE TO STARDOM
Born in September 1913 in Seattle, Washington, Farmer studied journalism and drama at the University of Washington, Seattle.
In 1935, she saw the M