Farrah Fawcett - American actress, Hollywood star, was born February 2, 1947 in the city of Corpus Christi, Texas. The girl was distinguished by artistry, had a flexible plastic body and magnificent curly hair the color of ripe wheat.
Carier start
As a teenager, Farrah Fawcett was invited to Los Angeles, in the preparatory center for acting, and after a while the girl began to act in episodic roles with famous directors and act on the catwalk as a model.
The actress gained worldwide fame after she played a major role in the television series Charlie's Angels, which started in 1976. Her character, Jill Monroe, who had just graduated from the police academy, was hired by Charlie Thousand's private detective agency.
Three agents
Jill, Sabrina Duncan (in her role as Kate Jackson) and Kelly Garrett (Jacqueline Smith) made up the three detectives thrown by Towsend to solve the most complex crimes. Girls faced insoluble problems, and then they launched the main female weapon - sexual attractiveness. Which is not slow to affect the results.
After the film was released on the TV screen, Fawcett's popularity simply went through the roof, she was not allowed to pass on the street, fans were on duty at the house. Farrah's famous poster in a red swimsuit was sold in the amount of twelve million copies.
Farrah Fawcett became the sex symbol of America in the seventies and continued to successfully act in films and television. In 1995, the actress made a splash, appearing on the cover of Playboy magazine.
"Who is the head in this house"
Bags of letters from readers of the magazine for men did not embarrass the movie star, and she continued to act in film. In the same 1995, Fawcett played the main role in the family melodrama "Who's the Boss", directed by James Orr. Her character, a lonely woman, Sandy Archer, does not have a soul in an eleven-year-old son named Ben.
Sandy is trying to find a husband, and his son does not like any of the candidates. When Jack Sturges appears (played by Chevy Chase), the boy declares a real war for him.
"Cannonball Racing"
The 1981 film, starring Fawcett, was directed by Hal Needham. In the center of the plot is the adventurer JJ MacLur (in his role the inimitable Burt Reynolds), who decided to win the New Jersey - California race on an ambulance. In the course of action, Pamela Glover (Farrah Fawcett), nicknamed Beauty, joins him.
Main roles
In 1986, the actress starred in the action-packed drama Extreme Measures, directed by director Robert Young. The picture tells about a housewife named Mergory, who has been terrorized by a sexual maniac for a long time. She finally manages to trap him. Marjorie decided not to attract the police, and in the company of her friends she thinks what to do with the annoying stalker.
"Margaret"
Another main role of Fawcett is the image of Margaret Bourke-White, the first woman who was admitted to the front during the Second World War as a journalist and photographer.
The motion picture is called Margaret Bourke-White. The film was directed by Lawrence Schiller in 1989.
Filmography
During her career, the actress starred in more than forty films. Below is a sample list of films with her participation.
- "I Dream of Ginny" (1969), Cindy's character.
- "Charlie's Angels" (1976), the role of Jill Monroe.
- Spin City (2001), character - Judge Claire Simons.
- "Ellie McBeal" (1999), the character of Robbie Jones.
- "Defender" (2002), the role of Mary Gressler.
- "Myra Breckinridge" (1970), the role of Mary Pringle.
- "Logan's Flight" (1976), the character of Holly.
- "Someone Killed Her Husband" (1978), the role of Jenny Moore.
- "Assassination in Texas" (1981), character John Robinson.
- “Between Two Women” (1986), the role of Vel Peterton.
- "Extreme Measures" (1986), the character of Marjorie.
- "Poor Rich Little Girl" (1987), the role of Barbara Hatton.
- See You in the Morning (1989), character Joe Livingston.
- Margaret Bourke-White (1989), the role of Margaret.
- "Spare Wife" (1994), character Pearl.
- "Children of Dust" (1995), the role of Nora Maxwell.
- "Who is the boss in the house" (1995), the character of Sandy Archer.
- The Apostle (1997), the role of Jesse Dewey.
- "Little" (2000), the character of Lily Mallone.
- "Hollywood Wives" (2003), the role of Lisa Romano.
- Barbecue (2003), character of Mrs. Crowley.
Farrah Fawcett, whose films are always watched with interest, could still be shot, but her career was interrupted due to illness.
The actress died of cancer in a clinic in the city of Santa Monica on June 25, 2009.