Farrah Fawcettedit
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| Farrah Fawcett (-Majors) | ||
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| Born | 2 February 1946 | |
| Died | 25 June 2009 | |
| Roles | ||
| SMDM | Kelly Woods in "The Rescue of Athena One" Victoria Webster in "The Peeping Blonde" Trish Hollander in "The Golden Pharaoh" Kelly Woods in "Nightmare in the Sky" | |
| BW | none | |
| Reunion | none | |
| External Links | ||
| Farrah Fawcett (-Majors) at IMDb | ||
| Farrah Fawcett at Wikipedia | ||
Farrah Fawcett-Majors — later known simply as Farrah Fawcett — was married to Lee Majors during the period that The Six Million Dollar Man was in production (1973-78) and featured as a guest star in four episodes of the series. Her first and final appearances were as popular character Major Kelly Woods, America's first woman in Space (in the fictitious Bionic Universe; in reality Sally Ride would have this honor nine years later).
She went on to achieve great success as one of the original three Charlie's Angels and had a small role in the 1976 film Logan's Run as "Holly". After leaving Charlie's Angels in 1979, Fawcett made a string of unsuccessful films such as the science fiction film Saturn 3 before gaining critical approval for her role in the groundbreaking TV movie The Burning Bed in 1984 for which she was nominated for an Emmy. Additional nominations would follow for her work in Small Sacrifices (1990) and The Guardian (2003). Fawcett continued to work throughout the 1990's, and sporadically thereafter.
In 1979 Fawcett seperated from Lee Majors, and began a relationship with Ryan O'Neal, with whom she had a son Redmond. She divorced Lee Majors in 1982.
Her personal life also made headlines; a bizarre 1993 appearance on Late Night with David Letterman raised questions about her well-being. Fawcett appeared in two Playboy pictorials, one in 1995, and another in 1997 which was accompanied by a controversial pay-per-view television special. In 1998, following an argument with then boyfriend, Hollywood producer, James Orr, Fawcett confronted him at his home brandishing a baseball bat. Orr responded by attacking Fawcett, and was convicted of battery and sentenced to three years' probation. In 2006 it was reported that Fawcett was suffering from anal cancer, to which she finally succumbed in 2009 after a long struggle - chronicled in the 2009 documentary Farrah's Story
Fawcett was portrayed by Tricia Helfer in the 2004 telefilm Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' which followed her rise to fame, and its affect on her marriage to Lee Majors (played by Ben Browder).
