A Corpus
Christi girl at heart, Farrah left her home town to attend The
University of Texas, and began her major in Biology (later
changed to Art). Farrah left college in her Junior year and
headed to Hollywood. There she met Lee Majors and fell head
over heels in love. One of Farrah's first films was 1969's Myra
Breckenridge and soon after she went on to be a
semi-regular in Lee's series Owen Marshall Attorney at Law
and The Six Million Dollar Man. Farrah and Lee got
married and she became known as "The Bionic Wife."
Farrah's own career took a huge turn after she auditioned for
and won a starring role in a new series called Charlie's
Angels. Farrah Fawcett-Majors became known as the sexy
blond Jill Munroe. Charlie's Angels became a huge success but
Farrah became a phenomenon. She was a house-hold name around
the world, and before anyone knew it her famous "swimsuit
pose" was hanging in everyone's bedroom. Farrah shocked
the world when she left the hit series after only one year to
pursue her film career. She went on to a court battle with the
shows producers, Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. Farrah
settled the court suit by appearing on Charlie's Angels
for six episodes during the next two years. During that time,
Farrah shot three films: Somebody Killed Her Husband, Sunburn,
and Saturn 3. Unfortunately the three S's were bombs.
Farrah and Lee split and she found her true love, Ryan O'Neal.
Farrah returned to television in the film Murder in Texas,
in which she won the critics' praise. She was next found off
Broadway performing the lead role in Extremities.
Broadway critics raved about her performance which won her the
title role in the television film, The Burning Bed. The
Burning Bed was Farrah's strongest role of her long
career. After The Burning Bed, Farrah as an actor was
never questioned. Farrah then when on to do the film version
of Extremities. Soon after, Farrah was graced with her
son, Readmond, by long time lover, Ryan O'Neal. In 1991,
Farrah and Ryan starred together in the short lived series Good
Sports. In December of 1995 Farrah finally gave in and did
a pictorial for Playboy. Farrah's Playboy issue
sold over four million copies making it the biggest issue for Playboy
for the nineties. Farrah was nominated Emmy for her work
on CBS's The Guardian. On March 23, 2005, TVLand's Chasing Farrah
a reality show starring Farrah hit the airwaves.
In 2006 Farrah, Kate &
Jaclyn surprised the world when they reunited for a tribute to
the late Aaron Spelling on the 60th Emmy Awards.
Farrah was diagnosed with
anal cancer in 2006. In February 2007 she was declared
cancer free but the cancer returned. Farrah fought her
cancer until she passed away on June 25, 2009. Farrah was
63.
Series:
Chasing
Farrah (2005)
The Guardian
(2001-2002)
Owen
Marshall Attorney at Law (semi-regular 1971-1974)
Harry O
(semi-regular 1974-1976)
Charlie’s
Angels (1976-1977)
Good Sports
(1991)
Specials:
Farrah
Fawcett: All of Me (pay-for-view) 58 minutes