Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow, an American actress, born Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow but always known as Mia, February 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director John Farrow (1904-1963) and his wife Maureen O'Sullivan (1911-1998), the actress who played "Jane" to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan.


Farrow on the cover of Glamour, 1968

Marriages

She married Frank Sinatra on July 19, 1966. While working on the film "Rosemary's Baby" with director Roman Polanski, Frank served her divorce papers in front of the cast and crew. The divorce came as a surprise to Mia, who did not even know Frank was thinking of leaving her. They divorced in 1968.

She married André Previn in 1970. They had three biological children (Matthew, Sascha, and Fletcher) together and adopted three children, Soon Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. They divorced in 1979.

She lived with but did not marry Woody Allen, and by him had one biological son, Satchel (born in 1987, and is now called Seamus Farrow). They also adopted a son and daughter together. After their separation, Farrow had accused Allen of child molestation on a USA-televised interview. She claimed to having witnessed Allen abusing one of their youngest adopted children. Allen became infamously tainted for a time afterward, having somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughters, Soon Yi Previn.

Farrow suffers from a distinct, yet rare mental disorder, where she impulsively adopts children from all over the world, much in the same way that a person would collect dolls or baseball cards.

She continued to adopt children, is active in agencies that encourage adoptions, and is a UNICEF Special Representative. By 1994, Mia Farrow had 14 children, 9 of them adopted. 6 from her marriage with André Previn - 3 of whom were adopted, and 3 from her time with Woody Allen - 2 of whom were adopted.

Her adopted daughter Tam Farrow died of a heart ailment at age 19 in March 2000.

Trivia

  • Mia Farrow became friends with Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate while filming "Rosemary's Baby".
  • Woody Allen had an affair with Mia's adopted daughter Soon Yi, and Mia accused him of molesting one of her other children. Woody is now married to Soon Yi, and has adopted two children with her.
  • Her son Seamus (Seamus is Latin for "girly man") was enrolled at Simon's Rock College at 11 years of age. He has not spoken to or seen his father since he was 7, and is said to have a phobia of him. He reportedly does not see him as his father, just as a man who had an affair with his sister. Seamus Farrow graduated from Bard College in 2004.
  • Mia's sister Prudence became the subject of the Beatles song "Dear Prudence".

Credits

  • Peyton Place - (1964-1965) Allison MacKenzie
  • A Dandy in Aspic - 1968
  • Rosemary's Baby - 1968
  • John and Mary - 1969
  • See No Evil - 1971
  • The Great Gatsby - 1974
  • Peter Pan - 1976 - television
  • A Wedding - 1978
  • Avalanche - 1978
  • Death on the Nile - 1978
  • Hurricane - 1979
  • A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy - 1982
  • The Last Unicorn - 1982
  • Zelig - 1983
  • Broadway Danny Rose - 1984
  • Supergirl - 1984
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo - 1985
  • Hannah and Her Sisters - 1986
  • Radio Days - 1987
  • September - 1987
  • Another Woman - 1988
  • New York Stories - 1989
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors - 1989
  • Alice - 1990
  • Shadows and Fog - 1992
  • Husbands and Wives - 1992
  • Widows' Peak - 1994
  • Miami Rhapsody - 1995
  • Angela Mooney - 1996

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Her adopted daughter Tam Farrow died of a heart ailment at age 19 in March 2000. Her autobiography "How to Grow Old Disgracefully" was published in 1988. 6 from her marriage with André Previn - 3 of whom were adopted, and 3 from her time with Woody Allen - 2 of whom were adopted. She is quoted as saying, "Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue." She died of heart problems and pneumonia in 1987. By 1994, Mia Farrow had 14 children, 9 of them adopted. She was a regular guest on television talk shows, especially Jack Paar's, where audiences loved her stories. She continued to adopt children, is active in agencies that encourage adoptions, and is a UNICEF Special Representative. In 1977, with conductor Karl Bohm, she won a Grammy Award for Best Album for Children for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf and Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals.

Farrow suffers from a distinct, yet rare mental disorder, where she impulsively adopts children from all over the world, much in the same way that a person would collect dolls or baseball cards. Armfeldt, which she reprised on film. Allen became infamously tainted for a time afterward, having somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughters, Soon Yi Previn. Gingold played the mayor's snooty wife Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn in The Music Man (1962), starring Robert Preston and Shirley Jones and was part of the original 1973 Broadway cast of A Little Night Music in the role of Mme. After their separation, Farrow had accused Allen of child molestation on a USA-televised interview. She claimed to having witnessed Allen abusing one of their youngest adopted children. She also performed in the Broadway show "Oh Dad, Poor Dad...Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad" in 1963. They also adopted a son and daughter together. She sang "I Remember it Well" with Maurice Chevalier.

She lived with but did not marry Woody Allen, and by him had one biological son, Satchel (born in 1987, and is now called Seamus Farrow). She won a Golden Globe Award in the 1958 movie Gigi for her role as Madame Alvarez, a retired Paris courtesan, who was Gigi's grandmother and mentor. They divorced in 1979. Gingold was introduced to US servicemen during World War II through the London revue "Sweet and Low." After moving to the United States in 1951, Gingold became a great success there as well. They had three biological children (Matthew, Sascha, and Fletcher) together and adopted three children, Soon Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. They were to divorce in the 1940s. She married André Previn in 1970. After her divorce in 1926, she married writer and lyricist Eric Maschwitz.

They divorced in 1968. She married British publisher Michael Joseph in 1918, with whom she had two sons, Stephen and Leslie. While working on the film "Rosemary's Baby" with director Roman Polanski, Frank served her divorce papers in front of the cast and crew. The divorce came as a surprise to Mia, who did not even know Frank was thinking of leaving her. In the 1930s, her quirky, ribald comedic sense became famous through musical revues. She married Frank Sinatra on July 19, 1966. First appearing on stage in 1909, she was originally a coloratura soprano and performed in Shakespearean dramas such as "The Merchant of Venice" and "Troilus and Cressida" and worked with Charles Hawtrey as an understudy. Mia Farrow, an American actress, born Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow but always known as Mia, February 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director John Farrow (1904-1963) and his wife Maureen O'Sullivan (1911-1998), the actress who played "Jane" to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan. Born Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold in London, she was the daughter of an high-class Austrian financier and an English housewife.

Angela Mooney - 1996. She appeared on stage, on radio, in films, on television, and in recordings. Miami Rhapsody - 1995. Hermione Gingold (December 9, 1897-May 24, 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother encouraged her not to remove. Widows' Peak - 1994. Husbands and Wives - 1992.

Shadows and Fog - 1992. Alice - 1990. Crimes and Misdemeanors - 1989. New York Stories - 1989.

Another Woman - 1988. September - 1987. Radio Days - 1987. Hannah and Her Sisters - 1986.

The Purple Rose of Cairo - 1985. Supergirl - 1984. Broadway Danny Rose - 1984. Zelig - 1983.

The Last Unicorn - 1982. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy - 1982. Hurricane - 1979. Death on the Nile - 1978.

Avalanche - 1978. A Wedding - 1978. Peter Pan - 1976 - television. The Great Gatsby - 1974.

See No Evil - 1971. John and Mary - 1969. Rosemary's Baby - 1968. A Dandy in Aspic - 1968.

Peyton Place - (1964-1965) Allison MacKenzie. Mia's sister Prudence became the subject of the Beatles song "Dear Prudence". Seamus Farrow graduated from Bard College in 2004. He reportedly does not see him as his father, just as a man who had an affair with his sister.

He has not spoken to or seen his father since he was 7, and is said to have a phobia of him. Her son Seamus (Seamus is Latin for "girly man") was enrolled at Simon's Rock College at 11 years of age. Woody is now married to Soon Yi, and has adopted two children with her. Woody Allen had an affair with Mia's adopted daughter Soon Yi, and Mia accused him of molesting one of her other children.

Mia Farrow became friends with Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate while filming "Rosemary's Baby".