Linda Manz marked a whole generation. The actress died on August 14 from lung cancer and pneumonia. The 58-year-old actress was known for her role as Linda in the film Les Moissons du Ciel by Terrence Malick but also for her appearances in The Lords by Philip Kaufman and Boyfriend by Dennis Hopper.
His son, Michael Guthrie, announced his death via a GoFundMe page to help fund the funeral. “ She leaves behind a husband, two sons and three grandchildren who love and miss her dearly ,” her son said. Linda was a loving wife, a caring mother, a wonderful grandmother and a great friend who was loved by many. "
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Born in New York in 1961, Linda Manz began her film career at the age of 15 with Les Moissons du Ciel (1978) by Terrence Malick. She plays Linda, the younger sister of Richard Gere's main character, Bill, who fled with him and his girlfriend from Chicago to Texas after Bill killed his foreman. She is also the narrator of this feature film in this work which won the Oscar for best photography and the Best Director's Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
The public then found Linda Manz in other feature films such as Les Seigneurs (1979) by Philip Kaufman or in Garçonne (1980) by Dennis Hopper before playing her last film role in 1997 with The Game alongside Michael. Douglas and Sean Penn. Married to camera operator Bobby Guthrie in 1985, she decided to put her acting career aside in order to benefit from her family.
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Through her outstanding roles, Linda Manz has managed to mark a whole generation of fans but also actors and film professionals. In a Facebook post, Ken Wahl, lead performer of The Lords , shared his emotion following his disappearance. “ It was great working with her and I am grateful that I was able to speak to her before her passing this morning. Rest in peace Peewee. "
“ Her performance in Les Moissons du Ciel is etched in my memory,” says actress Viola Davis on Twitter. A presence and a depth that cannot be learned. "His talent is still a source of inspiration for actor Vincent D'Onofrio today," as a young man seeing Linda Manz in Les Moissons du Ciel , his performance is engraved in me. She opened my eyes to the idea of not losing your deepest self in a performance. I think it affected all the players in the same way at the time ”.
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For the director Edgar Wright, Linda Manz especially bursts the screen in The Lords . “ When I think of her, the first indelible performance that comes to mind is Peewee, ” he says before concluding, “ Watch one of her movies tonight. "