Linda Laura Brent (August 14, 1919 – May 7, 1994) was an American actress. She is best known for appear in

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Below the Border ''Below the Border'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Adele Buffington. This is the fourth film in Monogram Pictures' ''Rough Riders'' series, and stars Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy a ...

'' (1942), ''

Death Valley Rangers ''Death Valley Rangers'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, and Bob Steele.Martin p.169 Cast * Ken Maynard as Ken Maynard * Hoot Gibson as Hoot Gibson * Bob Steele as Bo ...

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The Laramie Trail ''The Laramie Trail'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by John English and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Robert Livingston, Smiley Burnette, Linda Brent, Martin Garralaga, Emmett Lynn and John James. The film was rele ...

'' (1944). Born in

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, China to an Irish father and a Russian mother (née Vassilieva), Brent was voted as the "prettiest white girl in Shanghai" and later became an American citizen in 1942.

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