Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow | |
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 Farrow in 2018 | |
| Born | María de Lourdes Villiers Farrow February 9, 1945 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, activist |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Spouse(s) | Frank Sinatra (m. 1966–1968; divorced) André Previn (m. 1970–1979; divorced) |
| Partner | Woody Allen (1980-1992) |
| Children | 15 (4 biological, 11 adopted) |
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Mia Farrow (born Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow; February 9, 1945) is an American actress. She has won many awards, including a Golden Globe Award. She has been in almost fifty movies.
Career
[change | change source]Farrow's first main role in a movie was as Rosemary Woodhouse in the movie Rosemary's Baby, based on the novel Rosemary's Baby, and starred in the television series Peyton Place (released in 1968). She became the first American actress to join the Royal Shakespeare Company.
In the 1980s and early 1990s Farrow acted in nearly all of the movies released by Woody Allen. She last acted in the 2011 movie Dark Horse.
Personal life
[change | change source]Mia Farrow married singer Frank Sinatra on July 19, 1966. Sinatra and Farrow divorced in 1969.[1]
She later married André Previn after she became pregnant with his child.
In 1980, Farrow began dating Woody Allen. In 1992, Farrow found naked pictures of her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, in Woody Allen's house; Farrow and Allen broke up after this.
Children
[change | change source]Mia Farrow has thirteen living children and nine grandchildren. Two of her daughters have died. Farrow has seven adopted children.[2]
In 2014, Dylan Farrow wrote an open letter in the New York Times, saying that her adoptive father Woody Allen had sexually abused her when she was a child. Woody Allen wrote a response, also in the New York Times.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Farrow, Mia (23 January 2013). "Setting the Record (and the Hair) Straight" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "A Family Affair". PEOPLE.com.
- ↑ Allen, Woody (7 February 2014). "Opinion - Woody Allen Speaks Out" – via NYTimes.com.
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