"Fallen" may have been applied primarily to prostitutes, but had a wider application, like "scarlet". The term brings to mind Michael Arlen's sensational bestseller, The Green Hat, published circa 1924, reprinted dozens of times in the next few years, and then forgotten. (It became a silent movie, A Woman of Affairs, starring Greta Garbo, but with the story ludicrously bowdlerised.)

In suggesting that a "fallen woman" (based loosely on Nancy Cunard, incidentally) could be noble and heroic, the book was way ahead of its time, in the same way that people who think it's easy to walk away from an abusive relationship are way ahead of their time. (Remember Ike & Tina, and "What's love got to do with it?")

As for Linda, I had no problem going along with everything in that CNN report, including the detail that she was paid nothing for a film that grossed millions.