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| Betty Field (1913 - 1973) Ex-Mrs. Elmer Rice (playwright/screenwriter) Ex-Mrs. Edwin J. Lukas (author/civil rights activist) Mrs. Raymond Olivere (artist) |
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| Of Mice and Men (1939) [Mae]: Neck accidentally snapped by Lon Chaney Jr. when he tries to stop her screaming in the barn; her body is shown again afterwards when Burgess Meredith discovers her. (Thanks to Marc) Kings Row (1942) [Cassandra Tower]: Poisoned (off-screen) by her father (Claude Rains) after she shows the first signs of mental illness; we learn of her death afterwards when Ronald Reagan informs Robert Cummings. Peyton Place (1957) [Nellie Cross]: Commits suicide (off-screen) by hanging herself; we learn of her death afterwards when Diane Varsi discovers her. |
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