Linda Haynes was an actress who starred in such movies as “Rolling Thunder,” “Coffy,” and “The Nickel Ride.”
- Died: July 17, 2023 (Who else died on July 17?)
- Details of death: Died in Summerville, South Carolina, at the age of 75.
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Linda Haynes’s legacy
“Rolling Thunder” was often considered Haynes’ best performance; she played barmaid Linda Forchet in the revenge thriller. Haynes was also notable playing a prostitute in the blaxploitation film “Coffy,” and she starred in the prison horror film “Human Experiments.” Additionally, she starred in “The Nickel Ride,” “The Drowning Pool,” and “Brubaker,” as well as in the TV movie “Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones.” On TV, Haynes made guest appearances on “Room 222,” “My Three Sons,” and “Paper Moon.”
Haynes disappeared from the acting world in 1980, working as a legal secretary. Her work was later praised by director Quentin Tarantino.
Notable quote
“[T]hat kind of was a thread through my career, playing a girlfriend or whatever, or a wife. And I guess that’s how they saw me and cast me. Today, were I to do that many years later I would be cast differently, I would think. You know, that’s how it was then, and I just simply took what was offered.” —from a 2013 interview for Stone Cold Crazy
Tributes to Linda Haynes
Full obituary: Deadline
