Mia Farrow
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| Born | María de Lourdes Villiers Farrow February 9, 1945 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, activist |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Spouse(s) | Frank Sinatra (1966–68; divorced) André Previn (1970–79; divorced) |
| Partner(s) | Woody Allen (1980–92) |
| Children | 15 (4 biological, 11 adopted) |
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Farrow first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the television soap opera Peyton Place and gained further recognition for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra. An early film role, as Rosemary in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968), saw her nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for Best Actress. She went on to appear in films such as John and Mary (1969), Follow Me! (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Death on the Nile (1978).
Farrow was in a relationship with actor-director Woody Allen from 1980 to 1992 and appeared in twelve of his thirteen films over that period, including Zelig (1983), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Alice (1990) and Husbands and Wives (1992). Her later film roles include Widows' Peak (1994), The Omen (2006), Be Kind Rewind (2008), Dark Horse (2011) and Luc Besson's Arthur series (2006–2010).
Farrow has appeared in more than 50 films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe award, received seven additional Golden Globe nominations, three BAFTA nominations and a best actress award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.[2] Farrow is also known for her extensive work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. She is involved in humanitarian activities in Darfur, Chad, and the Central African Republic. In 2008, Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world.
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Early life
Farrow was born in Los Angeles, California, the fourth child and eldest daughter of Australian film director John Farrow and Irish actress Maureen O'Sullivan. One of seven children: older brothers Michael Damien (1939–1958), Patrick Joseph (1942–2009), John Charles (born 1946); and younger sisters Prudence and actresses Stephanie and Tisa.[citation needed] Eldest brother Michael died in a plane crash in 1958, at age 19.[3] Patrick Farrow, a sculptor, committed suicide in 2009.[4]Farrow grew up in Beverly Hills, California, where she occasionally put on performances with "toy daggers and fake blood" for passing celebrity tour buses.[5] Aged two, she made her film debut in a short documentary Unusual Occupations: Film Tot Holiday (1947).[6]
She was raised Roman Catholic and "had 13 years of convent education with nuns".[5][7] When she was nine, she contracted polio during an outbreak in Los Angeles reportedly affecting 500 people.[8] She was placed in an isolation ward for 3 weeks[9] and later said the experience "marked the end of my childhood".[5]
Career
Farrow screen-tested for the role of Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music, but did not get the part. The footage has been preserved, and appears on the fortieth Anniversary Edition DVD of The Sound of Music. Farrow began her acting career by appearing in supporting roles in several 1960s films. She achieved stardom on the popular primetime soap opera Peyton Place as naive, waif-like Allison MacKenzie, a role she later abandoned at the urging of first husband Frank Sinatra. Along with her acting career, Farrow worked as a fashion model for many years.[10]Farrow's first leading film role was in Rosemary's Baby (1968), which was a critical and commercial success at the time and continues to be widely regarded as a classic of the horror genre. Her performance garnered numerous awards, including the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress, and established her as a leading actress. Film critic and author Stephen Farber described her performance as having an "electrifying impact… one of the rare instances of actor and character achieving a miraculous, almost mythical match. If Ira Levin's story shrewdly taps into every pregnant woman's fears about the stranger growing inside her, Mia Farrow gives those fears an achingly real and human force".[11][dead link] Film critic Roger Ebert noted that "the brilliance of the film comes more from Polanski's direction, and from a series of genuinely inspired performances… The characters emerge as human beings actually doing these things. A great deal of the credit for this achievement must go to Mia Farrow, as Rosemary".[12]
Following Rosemary's Baby, Farrow was to be cast as Mattie in True Grit and was keen on the role. However, prior to filming she made Secret Ceremony in England with Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Mitchum. While filming, Mitchum told her about True Grit director Henry Hathaway having a reputation for being rude to actresses. Farrow asked producer Hal Wallis to replace Hathaway. Wallis refused and Farrow quit the role which was then given to Kim Darby.[13] Secret Ceremony divided critics, but has gone on to develop a devoted following. Farrow's other late '60s films include John and Mary, opposite Dustin Hoffman.
In the 1970s, Farrow appeared in several films, including the thriller See No Evil (1971), French director Claude Chabrol's Docteur Popaul (1972) and The Great Gatsby (1974), in which Farrow played Daisy Buchanan. She appeared in director Robert Altman's cult classic A Wedding (1978). In 1977, she played the title role in The Haunting of Julia. Farrow appeared in several made-for-television films in the 1970s, most notably portraying the title role in a musical version of Peter Pan (1976). Farrow became the first American actress to join the Royal Shakespeare Company[14] and in 1979, appeared on Broadway opposite Anthony Perkins in the play Romantic Comedy by Bernard Slade.
In the 1980s and early '90s, Farrow's relationship with director Woody Allen resulted in numerous film collaborations. She appeared in nearly all of Allen's films during this period, including leading roles in Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days and Alice (1990). Farrow played Alura, mother of Kara (Helen Slater), in Supergirl (1984) and voiced the title role in the animated film The Last Unicorn (1982). She narrated several of the animated Stories to Remember.
Citing the need to devote herself to raising her young children, Farrow worked less frequently during the 1990s. Nonetheless, she appeared in leading roles in several films, including the Irish film Widows' Peak (1994), Miami Rhapsody (1995) and Reckless (also 1995). She appeared in several independent features and made-for-television films throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s and wrote an autobiography, What Falls Away, in 1997.[15]
Farrow appeared as Mrs. Baylock, the Satanic nanny, in the remake of The Omen (2006). Although the film itself received a lukewarm critical reception, Farrow's performance was widely praised, with the Associated Press declaring "thank heaven for Mia Farrow" and calling her performance "a rare instance of the new Omen improving on the old one."[16] Filmcritic.com added "it is Farrow who steals the show",[17] and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer described her performance as "a truly delicious comeback role for Rosemary herself, Mia Farrow, who is chillingly believable as a sweet-talking nanny from hell."[18]
Farrow worked on several films released in 2007, including the romantic comedy The Ex and the first part of director Luc Besson's trilogy of fantasy films, Arthur and the Invisibles. In 2008, in director Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind, she appeared opposite Jack Black, Mos Def and Danny Glover. In 2011, Farrow appeared in the film Dark Horse, directed by Todd Solondz.
Activism and Africa
She has traveled to Darfur several times. Her third trip was in 2007, with a film crew engaged in making the documentary "Darfur: On Our Watch".[20] Later in 2007, Farrow offered to "trade her freedom" for the freedom of a humanitarian worker for the Sudan Liberation Army who was being treated in a UN hospital while under threat of arrest. She wanted to be taken captive in exchange for his being allowed to leave the country.[21]
Farrow has received several awards for her humanitarian work[22][23] including the Leon Sullivan International Service award.[24] She has set up a campaigning website, miafarrow.org. In 2008, Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world.[14][25]
In 2009, Farrow narrated a documentary, titled As We Forgive, relating the struggle of many of the survivors of the Rwandan Genocide to forgive those who murdered family and friends.[14] To show "solidarity with the people of Darfur", Farrow began a water-only fast on April 27.[26] Farrow's goal was to fast for three weeks, but she called a halt after 12 days on the advice of her doctor.[27]
Farrow testified in the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor in August 2010.[28]
Personal life
Marriage to Frank Sinatra
Visit to Ashram
Also in 1968, Farrow traveled to India, where she spent part of the year at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, studying Transcendental Meditation. Her visit received worldwide media attention because of the presence of all four members of The Beatles, Donovan, and Mike Love, as well as her sister Prudence Farrow, who inspired John Lennon to write the song "Dear Prudence".Marriage to André Previn
In 1970, Farrow married the conductor/composer André Previn after having become pregnant by him while he was married to songwriter Dory Previn.[31] His former wife wrote a scathing song, entitled "Beware of Young Girls", about the loss of her husband to Farrow.[32] Previn and Farrow divorced in 1979.[33]Relationship with Woody Allen
In 1980, Farrow began seeing film director Woody Allen. During their relationship, Farrow starred in many of Allen's films, and several of her relatives also made appearances.Children
As of February 2014, Mia Farrow has thirteen living children (four biological, nine adopted) and nine grandchildren.[34]Farrow and former husband André Previn have three biological children (twins Matthew and Sascha, and Fletcher). In 1973 and 1976, respectively, they adopted Vietnamese infants Lark Song Previn and Summer "Daisy" Song Previn,[35] followed by the adoption of Soon-Yi (born c. October 8, 1972) from Korea around 1978. Soon-Yi's precise age and birth date are not known, but a bone scan estimated her age as being between 5 and 7 years old at the time of her adoption.[36]
Farrow and Woody Allen adopted Moses "Misha" Farrow and Dylan Farrow. Dylan was known as "Eliza" for a while and is also known as "Malone".[37][38] In 1987, Farrow gave birth to their son Satchel "Seamus"[39] O'Sullivan Farrow,[40] later known as Ronan Farrow. In a 2013 interview with Vanity Fair, Farrow stated that Ronan could "possibly" be the biological child of her first husband Frank Sinatra, with whom she claims to have "never really split up".[41]
In 1992, Mia Farrow alleged that Dylan Farrow, then aged seven, told her mother that she had been sexually abused by Allen. Farrow had Dylan examined by a pediatrician, who subsequently reported the abuse claims. In August 1992, Allen sued for full custody of his and Farrow's three children, claiming that Farrow was concocting the sexual abuse allegations.[42]
The head doctor of the police-appointed medical team gave sworn testimony that Dylan "either invented the story under the stress of living in a volatile and unhealthy home or that it was planted in her mind by her mother" because of the "inconsistent" presentation of the story by Dylan.[43] Justice Elliot Wilk, who rejected Allen's bid for full custody and also denied him visitation rights with Dylan, wrote: "I am less certain, however, than is the Yale-New Haven team, that the evidence proves conclusively that there was no sexual abuse."[42]
In February 2014, Dylan Farrow publicly renewed the allegations of sexual abuse against Allen, in an open letter published by Nicholas Kristof, a friend of Mia Farrow, in his New York Times blog.[44][45][46] Allen repeated his denial of the allegations.[47][48][49]
Between 1992 and 1995, Farrow adopted six more children: Tam Farrow (born 1979); Kaeli-Shea Farrow, now known as Quincy Maureen Farrow; Frankie-Minh (born 1991); Isaiah Justus (born 1992); Thaddeus Wilk Farrow (born 1988); and Gabriel Wilk Farrow, adopted in 1995[citation needed] and named after Elliott Wilk, the judge who oversaw Farrow's 1993 legal battle with Allen.[50] Her daughter Tam Farrow died of heart failure in 2000 at the age of 19 after a long illness.[51] On December 25, 2008, her daughter Lark Previn died at the age of 35.[52]
Filmography
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External links
Informational- Official MiaFarrow.org website
- Mia Farrow at the Internet Movie Database
- Mia Farrow at the TCM Movie Database
- Mia Farrow at the Internet Broadway Database
- Mia Farrow at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Interview with Mia Farrow about Darfur on Guernica: a magazine of art and politics
- Interview with David Freudberg on public radio's Humankind describes her efforts to increase awareness about the ongoing slaughter in Darfur, her history of having adopted ten children, and her reflections on ego
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