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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.
Linda Manz was an American actress who rose to prominence as a teenager in the late 1970s and early 1980s before developing a strong cult following.
She is best known for her memorable roles in Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven and Dennis Hopper's Out of the Blue.
She appeared primarily in gritty independent dramas and period films during the late 1970s, 1980s, and intermittent 1990s appearances.