Kim Darby

She always had an odd vibe. She was also married to the head of Atlantic Pictures back in the day and the guy was supposedly a huge jerk.

by Anonymousreply 11April 14, 2021 1:27 AM

Can’t stand her ever since I saw True Grit as a kid. At 8 years old I thought she was odd.

by Anonymousreply 1April 13, 2021 5:01 AM

I thought she was great in True Grit. Glen Campbell was the weak link. Wasn't she married to some heart-throb?

by Anonymousreply 2April 13, 2021 5:02 AM

[quote] Wasn't she married to some heart-throb?

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by Anonymousreply 3April 13, 2021 5:04 AM

Her parents were professional dancers. Her mother was a bombshell. PIc on the left. Not sure what happened to Kim.

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by Anonymousreply 4April 13, 2021 5:04 AM

[quote] I thought she was great in True Grit.

I thought Matt Damon did an excellent job reprising her role in the remake!

by Anonymousreply 5April 13, 2021 5:05 AM

I too have always found her off-putting. Probably the first time I saw her was in 'Star Trek' as Miri.

Then there's 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐁𝐞 π€πŸπ«πšπ’π 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐑𝐞 πƒπšπ«π€ (1973), where she opens the bricked-up fireplace and the little fuckits get her. Great film, that.

I saw her a couple of days ago in an episode of 'Gunsmoke' I was randomly watching on MeTv.

by Anonymousreply 6April 13, 2021 5:08 AM

R6 Thanks. I didn't know she had that much of a career. I thought True Grit was the beginning and end of it.

by Anonymousreply 7April 13, 2021 5:10 AM

The original Don't be Afraid of the Dark is great. Scared the bejesus out of me as a kid. It was often shown with Trilogy of Terror.

by Anonymousreply 8April 13, 2021 5:16 AM

Oh, there's others, R7. She was in another ABC Movie of the Week with William Shatner called π“π‘πž 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩π₯𝐞 (1972). I didn't mention it because no decent versions of it survive, and I really haven't vetted it.

I don't know; there was just something about her. Frequently she was cast as a young girl or woman who annoyingly mooned after some older man, like Miri over Captain Kirk, or in that episode of Gunsmoke, where she helped a wounded accused man escape because she thought he was her only chance to land a husband; she wound up dead at the hands of Royal Dano. At one point some years back, I was rewatching 'Miri,' and called her a furry monster, 'cos I noticed she grew hair on her arms and on her upper lip. That was also my impression of her in 'True Grit.' ;)

by Anonymousreply 9April 13, 2021 5:18 AM

[quote] she grew hair on her arms and on her upper lip. That was also my impression of her in 'True Grit.'

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by Anonymousreply 10April 13, 2021 5:24 AM

Her ex sure was fucked up!

by Anonymousreply 11April 14, 2021 1:27 AM

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