---
name: "Darlene Love"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/darlene-love"
fi1m_id: "darlene-love"
imdb_id: "nm0522306"
tmdb_id: 14313
wikidata_id: "Q270762"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 July 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T01:11:26.432829+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Darlene Love

## Identity

Darlene Love

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/darlene-love
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** darlene-love
- **IMDb ID:** nm0522306
- **TMDB ID:** 14313
- **Wikidata ID:** Q270762
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlene_Love, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270762, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522306/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14313

Actor. Born 26 July 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 July 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1987–1998
- **Also known as:** Darlene Wright
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Danny Glover](https://film.one/person/danny-glover.md), [Joel Silver](https://film.one/person/joel-silver.md), [Mel Gibson](https://film.one/person/mel-gibson.md), [Richard Donner](https://film.one/person/richard-donner.md), [Joe Pesci](https://film.one/person/joe-pesci.md), [Jeffrey Boam](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-boam.md), [Rene Russo](https://film.one/person/rene-russo.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 77 (2), 1990s 60 (2), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 63 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 4, Crime 4, Thriller 4
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $955m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlene_Love, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270762, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522306/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14313

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*20 Feet from Stardom*](https://film.one/film/20-feet-from-stardom.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Darlene Love, also credited as Darlene Wright, is an American singer and actress. She began her career as lead singer with the vocal group The Blossoms in the late 1950s. The group provided backing vocals on numerous recordings, including work with Elvis Presley, and recorded the number one hit "He's a Rebel" (credited to The Crystals).

Love has appeared in films and on television, most notably as Trish Murtaugh, the wife of Danny Glover's character, in all four *Lethal Weapon* films (1987–1998). She has also acted in *New Girl* (2011), *Holiday Rush* (2019) and *The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two* (2020). Her stage work includes Broadway productions such as *Leader of the Pack* and *Hairspray*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these

- *Lethal Weapon 4* (1998), Fi1m 55, as Trish Murtaugh — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-4.md)
- *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), Fi1m 64, as Trish Murtaugh — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-3.md)
- *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), Fi1m 74, as Trish Murtaugh — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md)
- *Lethal Weapon* (1987), Fi1m 80, as Trish Murtaugh — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *20 Feet from Stardom* (2013), Fi1m 74, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/20-feet-from-stardom.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two* (2020), as Grace
- *Holiday Rush* (2019), as Aunt Jo Robinson
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Darlene Love — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *British Rock Symphony* (1999), Actor
- *Lethal Weapon 4* (1998), as Trish Murtaugh — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-4.md)
- *Ghostwriter: Who is Max Mouse?* (1993), as The Librarian
- *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), as Trish Murtaugh — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-3.md)
- *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), as Trish Murtaugh — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md)
- *Lethal Weapon* (1987), as Trish Murtaugh — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon.md)
- *Phil Spector: He's a Rebel* (1982), Actor
- *The Love God?* (1969), as Singer with The Blossoms (uncredited)
- *Brand of Shame* (1968), Actor
- *Another World* (1964), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Darlene Love](https://film.one/media/person/119119/gallery-87356b27e6bf.jpg) Darlene Love — Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Darlene_Love_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- !["Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart" by Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans. Side A label of U.S. release (1963)](https://film.one/media/person/119119/gallery-f19492ec4858.jpg) "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart" by Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans. Side A label of U.S. release (1963) — Philles Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Bob_B._Soxx_%26_the_Blue_Jeans_%E2%80%93_Why_Do_Lovers_Break_Each_Other%27s_Heart.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of the vocal group, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans. (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/119119/gallery-28d2a7b7fe9d.jpg) Photo of the vocal group, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans. (1962) — en:Murray the K (real name Murray Kaufman), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Bob_B._Soxx_and_the_Blue_Jeans_1962.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Darlene Love engaging audience at Barnes & Noble Tribeca, June 17, 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/119119/gallery-08a7c657c861.jpg) Darlene Love engaging audience at Barnes & Noble Tribeca, June 17, 2013. — Wes Washington, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DarleneLove01.JPG/1280px-DarleneLove01.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Darlene Love](https://film.one/media/person/119119/gallery-9c773115b1ed.jpg) Darlene Love — Image via TMDB
- ![Darlene Love engaging audience at Barnes & Noble Tribeca, June 17, 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/119119/gallery-785ee1a4aa88.jpg) Darlene Love engaging audience at Barnes & Noble Tribeca, June 17, 2013. — Wes Washington, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/DarleneLove02.JPG/1280px-DarleneLove02.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Love responding to questions before New York audience. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/119119/gallery-b057abede859.jpg) Love responding to questions before New York audience. (2013) — Wes Washington, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/DarleneLove03.JPG/1280px-DarleneLove03.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2011: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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