Linda Lee Sylvander, known during her acting career as Linda Haynes, died on July 17 in Summerville, South Carolina (USA), at the age of 75. The news of her death only reached the public on Friday (11/8). The family did not disclose the cause, but said she died “peacefully”.
Monsters, blaxploitation and revenge
Born on November 4, 1947 in Miami, Florida, Linda Haynes immersed herself in show business in an unconventional way, making her film debut in 1969 as a mini-skirted doctor in the Japanese monster film ‘Latitude Zero’ by kaiju master Ishirô Honda , director of the original “Godzilla”.
She was next cast in the blaxploitation classic ‘Coffy’ (1973), battling Pam Grier, before attracting the attention of New Hollywood directors.
She excelled in cops “Games of Chance” (1974), by Robert Mulligan, and “The Dead Pool” (1975), by Stuart Rosenberg – a film starring Paul Newman -, before making her best known work, as world-weary waitress in the revenge thriller “The Other Face of Violence” (1977), written by Paul Schrader after “Taxi Driver” (1972) by Martin Scorsese and “Tragic Obsession” (1976) by Brian De Palma.
In praise of Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino, who counts “The Other Face of Violence” as one of his favorite films, praised Haynes’ work in the film, stating, “The film performance for me is Linda Haynes as Linda Forchet! She was in one of the films less known films of the first QT festival [que ele organiza], ‘Games of Chance’ was in Pam Grier’s ‘Coffy’… she was the girl who reaches for Grier’s afro when he has razors there and ‘aaaahhhh’. But Linda Forchet is my favorite female character in a Paul Schrader movie…she has that look that Ava Gardner had, you know, slouched, but it took Ava years to pull this off, and Linda Haynes did it naturally . And I mean that in a good way.”
Despite Tarantino’s praise, the actress’s career was short-lived. She had only three more jobs after “A Outra Face da Violência”, including several nudity scenes in the women’s prison exploitation “Human Experiences” (1979) and the role of a prostitute in Stuart Rosenberg’s new cop, “Brubaker” (1980 ). , with Robert Redford, whom she greets with the award-winning telefilm “Jim Jones: The Guyana Tragedy” (1980), tired of degraded characters.
end of life
After finishing her acting career, Haynes went on to work as a legal secretary at a Florida law firm.
Her only son, Greg Sylvander, added on Facebook, “I find peace in knowing my mom was at peace and had a good life these last few years together with her grandchildren. My mom will be sorely missed.”
Source: Terra
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