Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow (born on February 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an Irish-American actress. Farrow was christened Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow but has always been known as Mia. She is the daughter of the late Australian-born director John Farrow and his wife, the late Irish-born actress Maureen O'Sullivan.

Personal

Mia Farrow was stricken with polio as a youngster and spent a year in an iron lung.

Related Topics:
Polio - Iron lung

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Farrow married Frank Sinatra on July 19 1966, when she was only 21, and he was 50. While she was filming Rosemary's Baby with director Roman Polanski, Sinatra served her divorce papers in front of the cast and crew. The move came as a shock to Mia, who did not think Frank would divorce her because she had refused his prior demand that she quit filming in order to work on his movie, The Detective. The split was finalized two years later.

Related Topics:
Frank Sinatra - July 19 - 1966 - Rosemary's Baby - Roman Polanski - Divorce - The Detective

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When Rosemary's Baby was released around the same time as The Detective and widely outgrossed it at the box office, Farrow asked producer Robert Evans to run an ad touting the fact as a way of getting back at Sinatra. He obliged her.

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Farrow married André Previn in 1970. They had three biological children (twins Matthew and Sascha, born in 1970; and Fletcher, born in 1974) together and adopted three children from Korea, Soon-Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. André and Mia divorced in 1979, but remained on good terms.

Related Topics:
André Previn - 1970 - 1974 - Adopted three children from Korea - 1979

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Next, Farrow 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. They separated after Allen began a relationship with Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi (whom he later married). After their separation, Farrow accused Allen of child molestation on a U.S.-televised interview. She claimed to having witnessed Allen abusing one of their youngest adopted children.

Related Topics:
Woody Allen - 1987 - Seamus Farrow - Child molestation

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Farrow continued to adopt children as a sole parent, is active in agencies that encourage adoptions and is a UNICEF Special Representative. By 1994, Farrow had 14 children, 9 of them adopted: 6 from her marriage with André Previn (3 adopted) and 3 from her time with Woody Allen (2 adopted).

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Farrow's adopted daughter Tam Farrow died at age 19 in March 2000 after a long illness, and she is estranged from Soon-Yi Previn whom she no longer wants to see, so she now has 12 children.

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