Linda Manz
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Days of Heaven
as Linda 1978
Gummo
as Solomon's Mother 1997
The Wanderers
as Peewee 1979
Out of the Blue
as Cebe 1981
King of the Gypsies
as (uncredited) 1978
Buddy Boy
as (uncredited) 2000
Along for the Ride
as Self 2016
Orphan Train
as Sarah 1979
Longshot
as Maxine Gripp 1981
Boardwalk
as Girl Satan 1979
Mir reicht's - ich steig aus
as Linda 1983