Linda Haynes
Biography
Linda Haynes was an American actress whose screen career ran through the 1970s and into the early 1980s. She was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Miami and Caracas, Venezuela. She began with a role in Latitude Zero (1969), appearing with Cesar Romero, Richard Jaeckel, and Joseph Cotten. Her later films included Coffy (1973), The Drowning Pool (1975), Rolling Thunder (1977), Brubaker (1980), and The Nickel Ride (1974). She was best known for Coffy, The Nickel Ride, and Rolling Thunder. A life member of The Actors Studio, she also portrayed Bonnie Parker in a 1974 episode of Paper Moon. Haynes left acting in 1980 and became a legal secretary. In 1995, director Quentin Tarantino and author Tom Graves found her, and in 2015 Graves published a profile of her career. She died in 2023.
75years old at death
- Born Florida
- Died South Carolina
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 11 years1969 to 1980
Every film, newest first
- 1980BrubakerIMDb rating 7.2
- 1977Rolling ThunderIMDb rating 6.9
- 1975The Drowning PoolIMDb rating 6.5
- 1973CoffyIMDb rating 6.8
- 1969Latitude ZeroIMDb rating 5.9
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First role
Haynes made her film debut in the 1969 movie Latitude Zero, which starred Cesar Romero, Richard Jaeckel, and Joseph Cotten.
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Worked with
Linda Haynes shares two films with Richard Jaeckel, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Richard Jaeckel's page
Murray Hamilton's page
Morgan Freeman's page
M. Emmet Walsh's page
Tommy Lee Jones's page
Paul Newman's page
Stuart RosenbergDirector, 2 films, 1975 to 1980
All films by Stuart Rosenberg
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1981 | Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award | Human Experiments | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.