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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.

Trivia

  • Farrow made her film debut in a 1947 short subject with her famous mother. The short was about famous mothers and their children modeling the latest fashions for families.
  • Screen-tested for the role of Liesel Von Trapp in The Sound of Music.
  • Appeared in the Cold War educational film, Duck and Cover
  • 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.
  • Farrow's son Seamus 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 graduated from Bard College in 2004.
  • Mia's sister, Prudence, became the subject of the Beatles song "Dear Prudence".