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 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. After that Woody Allen wrote many other roles for her.
Mother of Matthew Phineas Previn, Sascha Villiers Previn, Fletcher Farrow Previn, Lark Song Previn (adopted), Soon-Yi Previn (adopted) and Daisy Previn (adopted), from her marriage to André Previn Daughter of John Farrow and Maureen O'Sullivan. Sister of John Charles Farrow, Prudence Farrow, Stephanie Farrow, Tisa Farrow, Patrick Farrow and Michael Farrow Was on the first cover of People Magazine. John Lennon wrote "Dear Prudence" for her younger sister Prudence Farrow. Auditoned for the role of Liesl in The Sound of Music Hit #111 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts with "Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby" in August of 1968. Mia's adopted daughter, Tam Farrow, died March 2000 due to an apparent heart ailment. She was 19. The first American actress to be accepted as a member of London's prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company. Her godparents were gossip columnist Louella Parsons and famed director George Cukor. April 2002 - refused to co-operate with request that clips from some of her performances in Woody Allen films could be used for upcoming Turner Classic Movies tribute to the director, her ex-lover since infamous break-up in 1996. Mia and her family live in huge rent-controlled apartment building right next door to Manhattan's legendary Dakota apartment house, which starred as the devilish locale in Rosemary's Baby. Dakota is also the building where her friend, John Lennon, lived and in front of which he was shot to death. Her mother attended private school with fellow actress Vivien Leigh, and Leigh gave Farrow's career a push when she made her off-Broadway debut playing Cecily in a New York revival of "The Importance of Being Earnest". Leigh put out personal phone calls to make sure that agents and casting directors saw the show. She is a UNICEF Special Representative. Measurements: 32-22-34 (as a 1960s starlet), 33 1/2-24-35 (in 1996), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Daughter Mallone attends Bard College, class of 2007. Turned down the role of Mattie Ross in the 1969 now classic _True Grit (1969)_ opposite John Wayne, a decision she now cites as the worst mistake she has made in her career. Was one of the bridesmaids when Liza Minnelli married David Guest in a lavish ceremony on March 16, 2002. Farrow and Minnelli have been friends since childhood. Is of Irish extraction from her mother's side Was the voice of the Unicorn/Amalthia in the 1982 animated version of The Last Unicorn and will be portraying the Molly Grue character in the up coming live action remake set for 2006. Contracted Polio at the age of nine. Is portrayed by Nina Siemaszko in Sinatra and by Patsy Kensit in Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story She and Woody Allen made 13 movies together: Broadway Danny Rose, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Hannah and Her Sisters, Alice, Another Woman, The Purple Rose of Cairo, September, Husbands and Wives, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, New York Stories, _Radio Days (1987)_ , Shadows and Fog and Zelig Adopted mother of Isaiah Farrow, Tam Farrow, Keili-Shea Farrow and Gabriel Wilk Farrow. Mother of Satchel O'Sullivan Farrow (aka Seamus), Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow (aka Mallone) (adopted), and Moses Farrow (adopted), from her relationship with Woody Allen Former stepmother of Nancy Sinatra, Tina Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr. Returned to the New York stage in September 2005 to appear off-Broadway in the play, "Fran's Bed." Mia Farrow's performance was widely praised by NY critics. Her former stepson, Frank Sinatra Jr. (b. 1944), was older than her. Adopted 10 children. Elder brother Mike died in a plane crash when she was 13. Father died when she was 17. Is, to the day, 2 years younger than Joe Pesci. Friends with Liza Minnelli