Frances Farmer Autographs
Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for sensationalized accounts of her life, especially her involuntary commitment to psychiatric hospitals and subsequent mental health struggles.
A native of Seattle, Washington, Farmer began acting in stage productions while a student at the University of Washington. After graduating, she began performing in stock theater before signing a film contract with Paramount Pictures on her 22nd birthday in September 1935. She made her film debut in the B film Too Many Parents (1936), followed by another B picture, Border Flight, before being given the lead role opposite Bing Crosby in the musical Western Rhythm on the Range (1936). Unhappy with the opportunities the studio gave her, Farmer returned to stock theater in 1937 before being cast in the original Broadway production of Clifford Odets's Golden Boy, staged by New York City's Group Theatre. She followed this with two Broadway productions directed by Elia Kazan in 1939, but a battle with depression and binge drinking caused her to drop out of a subsequent Ernest Hemingway stage adaptation.
Farmer returned to Los Angeles, earning supporting roles in the comedy World Premiere and the film noir Among the Living (both 1941). In 1942, publicity of her reportedly erratic behavior began to surface, and after several arrests and committals to psychiatric institutions, Farmer was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. At the request of her family, particularly her mother, she was committed to an institution in her home state of Washington, where she remained a patient until 1950. Farmer attempted an acting comeback, mainly appearing as a television host in Indianapolis on her own series, Frances Farmer Presents. Her final film role was in the 1958 drama The Party Crashers, after which she spent the majority of the 1960s occasionally performing in local theater productions staged by Purdue University. In the spring of 1970, she was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, from which she died on August 1, 1970, aged 56.
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Current items with a signature of Frances Farmer
These are the most current items with a signature of Frances Farmer that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Frances Farmer Signed Cut with B&W Photo Matted 11x16 Auto Autograph R&R COA | $399.99 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Frances Farmer
The most expensive item with a signature of Frances Farmer (FRANCES FARMER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH) was sold in December 2025 for $3,039.44 while the cheapest item (Frances Farmer Signed Autograph RPPC Photo Postcard COPY) found a new owner for $4.95 in February 2025. The month with the most items sold (3) was November 2025 with an average selling price of $1,014.85 for an autographed item of Frances Farmer. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2025 with $3,039.44 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $10.00 was June 2015. In average, an autographed item from Frances Farmer is worth $404.24.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Frances Farmer were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | AMERICAN TRAGIC ACTRESS FRANCES FARMER, SIGNED VINTAGE STUDIO PHOTO | $408.49 |  |
 | Extremely rare Frances Farmer signed autographed 5x7 publicity photo | $875.00 | |
| FRANCES FARMER (FARGO~NOMADLAND~WOMEN TALKING) AUTOGRAPH INDEX CARD~ | $13.50 | |
| FRANCES FARMER - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $3,039.44 | |
| FRANCES FARMER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/05/1958 | $1,014.85 | |
| FRANCES FARMER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/09/1958 | $1,014.85 | |
| Frances Farmer Autograph Signed Card | $400.00 | |
 | frances farmer autographed Paper 1937 | $695.00 | |
| Frances Farmer Extremely Rare Very Early Autographed Photo 30s Toast Of NY | $499.99 | |
| Frances Farmer Signed News Article Framed | $199.99 | |
| Frances Farmer Signed Photo 8x10 Inches Early 1900s Actress COA | $35.00 | |
| FRANCES FARMER, SUSAN HAYWARD & "AMONG THE LIVING" CAST, SIGNED VINTAGE PHOTO | $408.49 | |
 | JOHN RAITT - ORIGINAL ART SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: FRANCES FARMER | $512.85 | |
| TRAGIC AMERICAN FIM ACTRESS FRANCES FARMER , SIGNED VINTAGE STUDIO PHOTO. | $399.99 | |
| TROUBLED ACTRESS FRANCES FARMER (1913-1970) AUTOGRAPH ALBUM PAGE DISPLAY~ | $182.50 | |
