- 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)Manzie Allen(Grandchild)
- Distinctive soft, gentle voice
- John Lennon wrote "Dear Prudence" for her younger sister Prudence Farrow.
- Her first husband Frank Sinatra had intended for her to star opposite him in his film The Detective (1968). Her film Rosemary's Baby (1968) was running over schedule and so she refused his offer. Jacqueline Bisset was cast in the role instead and Sinatra's lawyer served Farrow divorce papers on the set of Rosemary's Baby (1968).
- Daughter Lark Previn contracted HIV in her 20s, claiming she caught it from a dirty needle at a tattoo parlor. Both of Lark's children, Sara and Christine, were born with the virus. Margaret Roach is Lark's godmother. Lark died on December 25, 2008, aged 35.
- After André Previn left his second wife Dory Previn for Farrow in 1968, Dory wrote the song "Beware of Young Girls" in response.
- Auditioned for the role of Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965), but the part went to Charmian Carr.
- 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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