Título: Frances Farmer
Seção: Indianapolis
Background: Farmer was born on September 19, 1913 in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Lillian (nee Van Ornum 1873-1955), a boardinghouse operator and dietician and Ernest Melvin Farmer, a lawyer. Farmer was the youngest of four children; she had two older sisters, and one older brother. At age four, Farmer's parents separated, and her mother relocated with the children from their home in North Seattle to Los Angeles, where her sister lived. Two years later, Farmer and her siblings were sent back to Seattle to live with their father.

Conteúdo: As a result of the guilt she felt over her illegal abortion, Farmer had for years avoided contact with children. At this period of her life she became attached to the five young daughters of a friend, and this helped to ease her guilt. In the summer of 1958, one of the girls, nestling against her, whispered in her ear, "I love you so much, because you're good." Farmer was deeply moved: "No one had ever said that to me before. No one had probably ever thought it, for that matter, and it was there, at that moment, that a heart chiseled of stone melted." When the girl left, Farmer burst into tears and it seemed to her that all the evil that had surrounded her was being washed away. She felt that God had come into her life and sensed that she "would have to find a disciplined avenue of faith and worship". Shortly after, she found herself sitting in St. Joan of Arc Catholic church and petitioned that very day to begin her instructions and in 1959 was baptized into the Roman Catholic faith. Farmer had a great affection for St. Joan of Arc Church and attended services there regularly. During this period, she gave up drinking.  During the early 1960s Farmer was actress-in-residence at Purdue University and appeared in some campus productions. By 1964 her behavior had turned erratic again. Farmer was fired, re-hired and fired from her television program. The manager of that television station later suggested (in a 1983 interview) that her turn for the worse was triggered by an appeara

user: What happened in Indianapolis?

assistant: At this period of her life she became attached to the five young daughters of a friend, and this helped to ease her guilt.

user: Why was she guilty?

assistant: As a result of the guilt she felt over her illegal abortion, Farmer had for years avoided contact with children.

user: When did she have an abortion?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Why did she become so attached to the daughters?

assistant: "I love you so much, because you're good." Farmer was deeply moved: "No one had ever said that to me before. No one had probably ever thought it,

user: Who said that to her?

assistant: one of the girls, nestling against her, whispered in her ear, "I love you so much, because you're good."

user: What did she do after that?

assistant: sitting in St. Joan of Arc Catholic church and petitioned that very day to begin her instructions and in 1959 was baptized into the Roman Catholic faith.

user: Why did the girl talking to her make her get baptized?

assistant: She felt that God had come into her life and sensed that she "would have to find a disciplined avenue of faith and worship".

user: Did she become a devout Christian?

assistant: Farmer had a great affection for St. Joan of Arc Church and attended services there regularly. During this period, she gave up drinking.

user: Did she do anything else in Indianapolis?

assistant: By 1964 her behavior had turned erratic again.