- Born
- Birth nameMaria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow
- Nickname
- Mia
- Height5′ 4¼″ (1.63 m)
- Mia Farrow is the daughter of the director John Farrow and the actress and Tarzan-girl Maureen O'Sullivan. She debuted at the movies in 1959 in very small roles. She was noticed for the first time in the film Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski. She showed her talent also on TV and at the theatre, but her final breakthrough was when she met Woody Allen and became his Muse after the film A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982). After that, Woody Allen wrote many other roles for her.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Volker Boehm
- SpousesAndré Previn(September 10, 1970 - January 31, 1979) (divorced, 6 children)Frank Sinatra(July 19, 1966 - August 16, 1968) (divorced)
- ChildrenMatthew Phineas PrevinSascha Villiers PrevinThaddeus Wilk FarrowIsaiah Justus Farrow
- Parents
- RelativesPatrick Farrow(Sibling)John Charles Farrow(Sibling)Tisa Farrow(Sibling)Prudence Farrow(Sibling)Stephanie Farrow(Sibling)Lee Daniels(Cousin)
- Distinctive soft, gentle voice
- After André Previn left his second wife Dory Previn for Farrow in 1968, Dory wrote the song "Beware of Young Girls" in response.
- John Lennon wrote "Dear Prudence" for her younger sister Prudence Farrow.
- When Farrow first met husband-to-be Frank Sinatra in 1964, she was 19 and he 48, a fact that prompted Dean Martin to quip that he owned a bottle of Scotch older than Farrow.
- Farrow was the first U.S. actress to be accepted as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- Was on the first cover of People Magazine.
- I get it now; I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible...and enjoying everything in between.
- I wondered if, after all the things I'd been through, could I really act again?
- I want a big career, a big man and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it ... I just couldn't stand being anonymous. - in 1965
- As a young actress on her slender, waifish figure, "I'm kind of 20-20-20."
- I don't like to talk about acting. I don't analyze it.
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