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Linda Manz

Linda Manz

Actor · 1961 – 2020 · New York, New York, U.S.A.

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.

Movies13

  • Movie7.6

    The Game

    1997 · 7.6K votes

  • Movie7.5

    Days of Heaven

    1978 · 1.2K votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Wanderers

    1979 · 235 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Gummo

    1997 · 743 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Out of the Blue

    1981 · 101 votes

  • Movie5.9

    King of the Gypsies

    1978 · 24 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Boardwalk

    1979 · 4 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Along for the Ride

    2016 · 11 votes

  • Movie4.9

    Buddy Boy

    2000 · 14 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Orphan Train

    1979 · 7 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie9.0
  • Movie5.3

    Longshot

    1981 · 4 votes

Series1

  • TV8.1

    Faerie Tale Theatre

    1982 · 24 votes