Linda Hayes (born Rachelle Germano, October 11, 1918 – December 19, 1995) was an American actress. Hayes was raised on a farm near

Sac City, Iowa Sac City is a city in and the county seat of Sac County, Iowa, United States, located just southwest of the eastern intersection of U.S. Routes 20 and 71 in the rolling hills along the valley of the North Raccoon River. The city is one of 45 ...

. Her father left farming and left Iowa, moving to

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to work in automobile sales. After the move, Hayes gained some training in drama and acted with a stock theater company. Hayes worked in a

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

night club as a hat-check girl and won a regional contest as part of the ''

Gateway to Hollywood ''Gateway to Hollywood'' is an American old-time radio talent show. It was broadcast on CBS from January 8, 1939, to December 31, 1939. Like other programs from ''Major Bowes Amateur Hour'' to ''American Idol,'' the show sought to turn relatively ...

'' radio program before losing in the final round. She signed a long-term contract with

RKO Pictures RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, is an American film production and distribution company, historically one of the major film studios, "Big Five" film studios of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood's Clas ...

. She appeared in the films '' The Girl from Mexico'', ''

The Spellbinder ''The Spellbinder'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Jack Hively, written by Thomas Lennon (screenwriter, born 1896), Thomas Lennon and Joseph Fields, and starring Lee Tracy, Barbara Read, Patric Knowles, Allan Lane and Linda Hayes (actr ...

'', ''

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'', '' Sued for Libel'', '' Mexican Spitfire'', '' Millionaire Playboy'', '' Millionaires in Prison'', '' I'm Still Alive'', '' Mexican Spitfire Out West'', '' The Saint in Palm Springs'', '' Men of the Timberland'', '' Raiders of the Desert'', '' Citadel of Crime'', '' South of Santa Fe'', '' Romance on the Range'' and ''

Ridin' Down the Canyon ''Ridin' Down the Canyon'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Members of the Western Writers of America chose its title song as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time, ranked 97. Plot summary ...

''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayes, Linda 1918 births 1995 deaths 20th-century American actresses American film actresses