Linda Haynes

Pretty, spunky, and talented blonde 'Linda Haynes' (qv) was born on November 4, 1947 in Florida. Haynes made her film debut as Dr. Anne Barton in the silly Japanse sci-fi monster flick _Latitude Zero (1969)_ (qv). Linda was excellent as brassy prostitute Meg in 'Jack Hill' (qv)'s terrifically trashy blaxploitation cult favorite _Coffy (1973)_ (qv) and was likewise fine as small-time L.A. mobster 'Jason Miller' (qv)'s girlfriend Sarah in the downbeat crime drama _The Nickel Ride (1974)_ (qv). Haynes gave her best, most gritty, and impressive performance to date as tough and world-weary barmaid and war hero groupie Linda Forchet, who befriends traumatized Vietnam veteran 'William Devane' (qv) in the outstanding revenge thriller winner _Rolling Thunder (1977)_ (qv). Linda had her sole starring role as country singer Rachel Foster in the sleazy women-in-prison exploitation outing _Human Experiments (1979)_ (qv). Alas, following her appearances in both the prison drama _Brubaker (1980)_ (qv) and the acclaimed made-for-TV feature _Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)_ (qv), Haynes called it a day as an actress and went on to work as a legal assistant in a law firm in Florida.::woodyanders