Farrah Fawcett

In 1998 she was severely injured by then boyfriend James Orr after refusing to marry him. The musical group The Smashing Pumpkins named their debut album Gish after her. The relationship produced one child, Redmond, in 1985. Her last major role was in The Whales of August in 1987, although she had an uncredited role in Bamboozled (in the excerpt of The Birth of a Nation) in 2000. From 1980 to 1997, Fawcett was involved in an often abusive relationship with actor Ryan O'Neal. She appeared in films from time to time for the rest of her life, in 1971 winning a special Academy Award "For superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures." In 1984 she received an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award. The most recent appearance was when she was 50, but still in surprisingly good shape. Returning to movies, Gish was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1946 for Duel in the Sun.

Fawcett has appeared at least twice nude in the men's magazine Playboy. She acted on the stage for the most part in the 1930s and early 1940s, preferring to care for the aging Griffith and his wife in their later years. She claims that she was just nervous and unprepared for the appearance. Preferring silent movies, she spurned talkies until MGM finally let her go from her contract in 1928. It was speculated that her rambling, incoherent manner was because of drug abuse. Having appeared in over 25 short films and features in her first two years in Hollywood, Lillian became a major star, becoming known as "The First Lady of the Silent Screen". In 1997 she received some negative attention after giving a less-than-coherent interview on The Late Show with David Letterman. The Gish-Griffith association was so close that it has been widely suspected that Lillian was Griffith's lover, though the evidence is circumstantial at best. Known relationships were Lillian's affairs with Charles Duell, a producer, to whom she was reportedly engaged, and the drama critic and editor George Jean Nathan.

In this role, she played a rape victim who turns the tables on her attacker. Griffith. She also won acclaim in the stage and movie version of Extremities. Their first role was in An Unseen Enemy, directed by D.W. Fawcett achieved critical praise as a serious actress for her role as a battered wife in the 1984 television movie, "The Burning Bed". In 1914, they met Mary Pickford, and she got them contracts with Biograph Studios. She was married to actor Lee Majors from 1973 to 1982, though the two seperated in 1979. They also took modeling jobs.

A photo of Farrah in a red swimsuit was one of the most popular pin-up posters of the 1970s, and her layered, feathery-looking hairdo was among the most emulated hairstyles of the decade. When Lillian and Dorothy were old enough, they joined her act. Fawcett was the best-known star of the television series Charlie's Angels, even though she was only on the cast for one year and a few guest spots. The Gish sisters' mother Mary began acting in order to support the family after her husband abandoned them. Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett (born 2 February 1947) is an actress who became a noted pop culture icon of the 1970s. Born Lillian Diana de Guiche in Springfield, Ohio, she was the sister of actress Dorothy Gish. Myra Breckinridge (1970). Lillian Gish (October 14, 1893 - February 27, 1993), was an American actress.

Logan's Run (1976). Griffith, and Me (with Ann Pinchot) (Prentice-Hall, 1969). Sunburn (1979). The Movies, Mr. Saturn 3 (1980). The Night of the Hunter (1955). The Burning Bed (1984). Duel in the Sun (1946).

Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story (1986). The Wind (1928). Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987). The White Sister (1923). The Apostle (1997). Broken Blossoms (1919). T & the Women (2000). The Birth of a Nation (1915).

Dr. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912).