Linda Haynes, actress known for roles in Rolling Thunder and Brubaker, dies at the age of 75

Linda Haynes died on July 17 in Summerville, South Carolina at the age of 75. deadline reported Friday.

The actress, whose real name was Linda Lee Sylvander, passed away peacefully, according to her family.

The late entertainer’s career was active throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.

She was born in Miami, FL on November 4, 1947, and was a lifelong member of The Actor’s Studio.

Her first feature film was a Japanese sci-fi monster movie called Latitude Zero which came out in 1969.

Linda was later seen in 1973’s Coffy, 1974’s The Nickel Ride, and 1977’s Rolling Thunder, playing an ailing barmaid.

In 1979 she starred in Human Experiments, a film about incarcerated women.

Her role in Brubaker, another film about the prison, followed in 1980.

Haynes’ last role was in the 1980s made-for-TV movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones.

According to the entertainment outlet, famed director Quentin Tarantino once raved about her talent.

“THE performance of the movie for me is Linda Haynes as Linda Forchet! She was in one of the sleeper booths for the first QT party THE NICKEL RIDE, she was in Pam Grier’s COFFY… she was the girl who reaches into Grier’s afro when she has the razors in and “aaaahhhh.”

“But Linda Forchet is my favorite female character in a Paul Schrader movie. She has that look that Ava Gardner got, you know, blousey, but it took Ava years to do it, and Linda Haynes just naturally did it. And I mean that in a good way’, the filmmaker marveled.

Linda is survived by her son Gregory Leif Sylvander, her daughter-in-law, Courtney Lynn Sylvander, and grandchildren James Riley Sylvander and Amelia Grace Sylvander.

She also left behind beloved cats Bingo and Bluey, and dogs Rex, Biggie and Raya.