Linda Manz
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.
Movie Appearances
The Wanderers
as Peewee
1979
Days of Heaven
as Linda
1978
Out of the Blue
as Cebe
1981
Buddy Boy
as (uncredited)
2000
Gummo
as Solomon's Mother
1997
Longshot
as Maxine Gripp
1981
Mir reicht's - ich steig aus
as Linda
1983
The Game
as Christine's Roomate Amy
1997
Along for the Ride
as Self
2016
King of the Gypsies
as (uncredited)
1978
Boardwalk
as Girl Satan
1979
Orphan Train
as Sarah
1979
The Snow Queen
as Robber Girl
1985
