Linda Haynes

Pretty spunky and talented blonde Linda Haynes was born on November 4 1947 in Florida Haynes made her film debut as Dr Anne Barton in the silly Japanse scifi monster flick Ido zero daisakusen 1969 Linda was excellent as brassy prostitute Meg in Jack Hills terrifically trashy blaxploitation cult favorite Coffy 1973 and was likewise fine as smalltime LA mobster Jason Millers girlfriend Sarah in the downbeat crime drama The Nickel Ride 1974 Haynes gave her best most gritty and impressive performance to date as tough and worldweary barmaid and war hero groupie Linda Forchet who befriends traumatized Vietnam veteran William Devane in the outstanding revenge thriller winner Rolling Thunder 1977 Linda had her sole starring role as country singer Rachel Foster in the sleazy womeninprison exploitation outing Human Experiments 1979 Alas following her appearances in both the prison drama Brubaker 1980 and the acclaimed madeforTV feature Guyana Tragedy The Story of Jim Jones 1980 Haynes called it a day as an actress and went on to work as a legal assistant in a law firm in Florida