Farrow was raised inBeverly Hills, California, in a strictCatholic household.[13][14] She was described by her family as an eccentric and imaginative child,[12] and would occasionally put on performances with "toy daggers and fake blood" for passing celebrity tour buses.[15] Aged two, she made her film debut in a short documentary,Unusual Occupations: Film Tot Holiday (1947).[16] Farrow attended Catholicparochial schools in Los Angeles for her primary education.[12] At nine years old, she contractedpolio during an outbreak inLos Angeles County reportedly affecting 500 people.[17] She was placed in an isolation ward for three weeks[18] and later said the experience "marked the end of [her] childhood."[15]
In 1958, the Farrow family temporarily relocated to Spain, where her father was filmingJohn Paul Jones (1959). Farrow, then age 13, made a brief uncredited appearance in the film.[12] In September 1958, Farrow and her sister Prudence were sent to attend aconvent-operated boarding school inSurrey, England[12][15][19] while her father completed post-production onJohn Paul Jones in London.[20]
On October 28, 1958, Farrow's eldest brother Michael died in a plane crash nearPacoima, California while a member of theUnited States Marine Corps Reserve.[12][21] After his burial, Farrow returned to boarding school in Surrey. Her family temporarily lived in theLondon Park Lane Hotel before renting a home inChelsea.[22] Farrow's father began drinking heavily, which strained the marriage.[23] In her memoir, Farrow recalls witnessing violent arguments between her parents while visiting their Chelsea residence.[24]
When Farrow was 16, she returned with her family to the United States and continued her education at an all-girls Catholic school in Los Angeles,Marymount High School. (She is among its most famous alumnae.)[25][12] Farrow subsequently studied atBard College.[26]
During this time, her parents were struggling financially and her mother relocated to New York City to act inBroadway productions.[27] Farrow's father remained in California, where he died the following year of a heart attack. Farrow was 17 years old.[28]
The family was left with little money after her father's death, prompting Farrow to begin working to help support herself and her siblings. She initially found work as a fashion model[29] before being cast as a replacement in a New York stage production ofThe Importance of Being Earnest.[30]
Farrow screen-tested for the role of Liesl von Trapp inThe Sound of Music (1965), but did not get the part.[31] The footage has been preserved, and appears on the fortieth Anniversary Edition DVD ofThe Sound of Music.[32] She began her acting career in movies by appearing in supporting roles in several 1960s films, making her first credited appearance inGuns at Batasi (1964).
Farrow photographed in 1965
The same year, she achieved stardom on the successfulprimetime soap operaPeyton Place, playing naive, waif-likeAllison MacKenzie.[33] Farrow left the series in 1966 at the urging ofFrank Sinatra, whom she married on July 19, 1966, when she was 21 and he was 50 years old.[34][35] She subsequently appeared in her first featured role in the Britishspy filmA Dandy in Aspic (1968).[36]
Farrow's first leading film role was in the psychological horror filmRosemary's Baby (1968), which was a critical and commercial success. It is highly regarded as a classic of the horror genre, and named the second-best horror film of all time (afterPsycho) byThe Guardian in 2010.[37] She won numerous awards, including theGolden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress,[38] and became established as a leading actress. Film critic and author Stephen Farber described her performance as having an "electrifying impact... one of the rare instances of actor and character achieving a miraculous, almost mythical match". Film criticRoger Ebert called the film "brilliant", and noted, "A great deal of the credit for this achievement must go to Mia Farrow, as Rosemary."[39]
FollowingRosemary's Baby, Farrow was to be cast as Mattie inTrue Grit and was keen on the role. But, prior to filming she madeSecret Ceremony in England withElizabeth Taylor andRobert Mitchum. While filming, Mitchum told her thatTrue Grit directorHenry Hathaway had a reputation for being rude to actresses. Farrow asked producerHal Wallis to replace Hathaway. Wallis refused; Farrow quit the role, which was then given toKim Darby.[40]
Beginning in the early 1970s, Farrow appeared onstage in numerous classical plays in London, beginning with theRoyal Shakespeare Company's 1971 production ofJeanne d'Arc au bûcher—in which she portrayedJoan of Arc—at theRoyal Albert Hall.[failed verification][42] Farrow made history as the first American actress to join the Royal Shakespeare Company.[unreliable source?][3] The same year, she appeared in the British horror filmSee No Evil, portraying a blind woman whose family is stalked by a killer.[43] Though he gave the film a mixed review, Roger Greenspun ofThe New York Times wrote that Farrow "plays her blind patrician with exactly the right small depth of pathos and vulnerable nobility."[43] Farrow also starred in the television filmGoodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971), playing an unstable Hollywood starlet.[44] In 1972, Farrow starred in the Frenchblack comedy filmDr. Popaul, oppositeJean-Paul Belmondo, as a secretary who marries a womanizer,[45] and inCarol Reed'sFollow Me! as a woman suspected of having an affair by her wealthy husband.[46] Onstage, she starred as the lead in a 1972 stage production ofMary Rose,[47] followed by the role of Irina inThe Three Sisters,[48] and a dual role inThe House of Bernarda Alba (both 1973).[49]
Farrow was cast asDaisy Buchanan in the 1974Paramount Pictures film adaptation ofThe Great Gatsby, directed byJack Clayton.[50] The film was a commercial success, grossing over $25 million in the United States,[51] whileVariety deemed it "the most concerted attempt to probe the peculiar ethos of the Beautiful People of the 1920s."[50] In 1975, Farrow was cast as the lead in a stage production ofThe Marrying of Ann Leete, followed byThe Zykovs (1976), both of which were staged at theAldwych Theatre.[52][53] She again appeared at the Aldwych in the 1976 production ofIvanov, portraying Sasha.[54] She also appeared onscreen, portrayingPeter Pan in the television musical filmPeter Pan (1976), and as a woman haunted by the ghost of a deceased girl in the horror filmFull Circle (1977).[55]
Beginning in the 1980s, Farrow had a decade-long relationship with directorWoody Allen; they collaborated on many of his films. Her first film with Allen was the comedyA Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), in a role originally intended forDiane Keaton.[61] She next appeared in Allen'sZelig (1983), portraying a psychiatrist whose patient, Leonard Zelig (Allen), takes on characteristics of those around him in an effort to be liked.[62]
InBroadway Danny Rose (1984), Farrow starred as the mistress of a washed-up lounge musician who becomes involved with themob. Both her character, and the film, were inspired by a woman she and Allen had frequently encountered while dining atRao's, an Italian restaurant inEast Harlem.[63] Farrow gained weight for the role and adopted a thick Italian-American accent; Allen biographer John Bailey described her as "unrecognizable" in the role.[63] Farrow gained critical notice for this role, and she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical.[38] Allen subsequently reflected that her performance was a "very, very brave thing for her to do," as the majority of her scenes required her to wear sunglasses that block view of her eyes.[64] Farrow also voiced the title role in the animated filmThe Last Unicorn (1982). AfterBroadway Danny Rose, Farrow had a supporting role inJeannot Szwarc's superhero filmSupergirl (1984), playingAlura In-Ze, the mother ofSupergirl.[65] The film was considered abox office bomb, earning $13 million against its $35 million budget.[66][67]
Farrow reunited with Allen for hisThe Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), which follows a film character (portrayed byJeff Daniels) who emerges from the screen and enters the real world. He falls in love with a waitress (Farrow).[68] Farrow earned aBAFTA nomination forBest Actress[69] and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical.[38] Allen next cast Farrow as the lead in his dramaHannah and Her Sisters (1986), which follows a New York City family over a period of two years between twoThanksgivings.[70] In the film, Farrow starred as the titular Hannah oppositeBarbara Hershey andDianne Wiest (who portray her sisters), andMichael Caine as her husband.[70] Released in February 1986,Hannah and Her Sisters was a box-office hit, grossing $35 million in the United States during its original theatrical release.[71] The film was praised by criticRoger Ebert, who felt it was Allen's best work to date.[72] Farrow earned her third BAFTA nomination, again in the category of Best Leading Actress.[73]
In 1987, Farrow appeared in two films directed by Allen: the comedyRadio Days, in which she had a supporting role as an aspiring radio star;[74] and the dramaSeptember, in which she played a woman haunted by her killing of her mother's abusive lover.[75] Farrow shot the latter film twice, originally with her own mother Maureen O'Sullivan playing her character's mother in the film.[75] Displeased with the final cut, Allen decided to recast several roles and reshoot the film entirely. The second and final version featuredElaine Stritch as Farrow's mother in the film.[76] Farrow was subsequently cast oppositeGena Rowlands in Allen's dramaAnother Woman (1988), which follows a philosophy professor (Rowlands) who becomes acquainted with a troubled woman undergoing an existential crisis (Farrow).[77] While the film earned praise from critics such as Roger Ebert,[78] its screenplay and dialogue were criticized byVincent Canby inThe New York Times. He described it as "full of an earnest teen-age writer's superfluous words."[79] In 1989, Farrow starred in a segment of Allen's anthology filmNew York Stories, playing theshiksa fiancée of a Jewish man (Allen). She appeared in a supporting role in his filmCrimes and Misdemeanors (1989), portraying a producer who falls in love with a documentary filmmaker.[80]
She was next cast by Allen in his fantasy filmAlice (1990), marking the couple's 11th collaboration.[81] InAlice, Farrow portrays the title character, an upper-class Manhattan woman who becomes enamored with a jazz musician. Her attraction results in feelings ofCatholic guilt that manifest as physical ailments which she attempts to treat withherbal medicine.[82] Vincent Canby praised her portrayal as career-defining, writing: "Miss Farrow gives a performance that sums up and then tops all of the performances that have preceded it."[81] She was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical,[38] and won aNational Board of Review award forBest Actress.[83] The next year, Farrow appeared as a circus performer in Allen's black-and-white comedyShadows and Fog.[84]
Farrow had a lead role in Allen's dramaHusbands and Wives (1992), in which she portrayed the wife of a writer and professor (Allen) having an affair with one of his students.[85]Husbands and Wives marked Farrow's final collaboration with Allen. It was released shortly after the couple's highly publicized separation.[85]Todd McCarthy ofVariety noted in his review of the film that much of its audience would watch it "for the titillation of seeing Allen make out with a 21-year-old and go through a wrenching split from Farrow onscreen. Even those who enter in this frame of mind, however, probably will put these thoughts aside for the most part as they become involved in the romantic longings and verbal crossfire of a host of interesting, difficult, intersecting characters."[86]
Citing the need to devote herself to raising her young children, Farrow worked less frequently during the 1990s. But she appeared in leading roles in several films, including the Irish filmWidows' Peak (1994), in which she starred as "Miss O'Hare", the mysterious victim of a vengeful, matriarchal figure in a small Irish village.[87] She also appeared in the comedyMiami Rhapsody (1995), playing the mother of a single woman in her thirties (played bySarah Jessica Parker).[88]
That year Farrow also had a lead role in the film adaptation ofCraig Lucas'Off-Broadway playReckless (1995), a dark comedy in which she portrayed a woman whose husband arranges acontract killing against her.[89] CriticStephen Holden praised her performance, writing: "Ms. Farrow is so perfectly cast as Rachel that the character seems a distillation of nearly every role she has played since she was a teen-ager inPeyton Place."[89] In the spring of 1996, Farrow had an uncredited voice role in the Broadway playGetting Away with Murder, appearing in a pre-recorded voice message.[90]
In 1997, Farrow published her autobiography,What Falls Away.[91] She had acameo appearance as herself inHoward Stern's biographical comedy,Private Parts.[92] She appeared on television in the 1998The Wonderful World of Disney segmentMiracle at Midnight, a dramatization of theRescue of the Danish Jews during theHolocaust.[93] Will Joyner ofThe New York Times credited Farrow's performance in the segment as "crucial to the production's success."[93] Farrow was next cast as a woman sufferingAlzheimer's disease in the television filmForget Me Never.[94] Critic Steven Linan of theLos Angeles Times praised Farrow, writing that she "convincingly conveys the fear and insecurity that accompany such a downward spiral."[94] Her portrayal earned her her seventh Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, in the category ofMiniseries or Television Film.[38] Also in 1999, Farrow appeared in the comedyComing Soon, playing the hippie mother of a high school student.[95]
In November 1999, Farrow returned to Broadway portraying Honey in a staged reading of theEdward Albee playWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, oppositeMatthew Broderick,Jonathan Pryce, andUta Hagen.[96]Vincent Canby praised the production inThe New York Times, writing that "as performed by Mr. Broderick and Ms. Farrow, Nick and Honey took on dimensions I have never seen before."[96] The reading was subsequently staged in Los Angeles in the spring of 2000.[97]
Farrow made her first feature film appearance in several years as Mrs. Baylock, aSatanic nanny, in the remake ofThe Omen (2006). Although the film received a lukewarm critical reception, Farrow's performance was widely praised. TheAssociated Press declared "thank heaven for Mia Farrow" and said her performance was "a rare instance of the newOmen improving on the old one."[104] TheSeattle Post-Intelligencer also praised her performance, describing it as "a truly delicious comeback role... Farrow [is] chillingly believable as a sweet-talking nanny from hell."[105]
Farrow subsequently appeared as the mother of a Manhattan attorney (played byAmanda Peet) in the romantic comedyThe Ex (2007), also starring oppositeJason Bateman andZach Braff.[106] The film was poorly received by critics, with several writing that the cast's talents were underserved by the material.[107][108] Farrow next voiced Daisy Suchot inLuc Besson's animated fantasy filmArthur and the Invisibles (2007).[109]
In September 2014, Farrow returned to Broadway in the playLove Letters. The play was well received by critics,[116] with Charles Isherwood ofThe New York Times deeming Farrow's performance "utterly extraordinary... as the flighty, unstable and writing-averse Melissa Gardner."[117] In 2016, Farrow appeared withFaye Dunaway in an episode of theIFCmockumentary seriesDocumentary Now!.[118] In 2022 Farrow appeared inRyan Murphy'sNetflix seriesThe Watcher.[119] It was announced that Farrow would make her return to Broadway in theJen Silverman playThe Roommate starring oppositePatti LuPone at theBooth Theatre in August 2024.[120] Daniel D'Addario ofVariety wrote, "Farrow, in her greatest work on film, runs cool to the touch. Together, they modulate. LuPone will be the bigger star, perhaps, to a Broadway audience (with apologies to the producer who wanted to castAnnette Bening in the role). But it's Farrow audiences will swoon for".[121] For her performance, she received her firstTony Award nomination forBest Actress in a Play.[122]
Farrow became aUNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2000 and is a high-profile advocate forhuman rights in Africa, particularly for children's rights. She has worked to raise funds and awareness for children in conflict-affected regions and to draw attention to the fight toeradicate polio.[3] Farrow has received several awards for her humanitarian work[123][124] including the Leon Sullivan International Service award,[125] the Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award[126] and the Marion Anderson Award.[127] In 2006, Farrow and her son Ronan visitedBerlin in order to participate in a charity auction ofUnited Buddy Bears, which feature designs by artists representing 142 U.N. member states.[128] In 2008,Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world.[129][130]
She has traveled toDarfur several times for humanitarian efforts, first in 2004.[131] Her third trip was in 2007, with a film crew engaged in making the documentaryDarfur: On Our Watch.[132] The same year, she co-founded theOlympic Dream for Darfur campaign, which drew attention to China's support for the government of Sudan. The campaign hoped to change China's policy by embarrassing it in the run-up to the2008 Summer Olympics held inBeijing. In March 2007, China said it would urge Sudan to engage with the international community. The campaign persuadedSteven Spielberg to withdraw as an artistic adviser to the opening ceremony. During the Olympics, Farrow televised via the internet from a Sudanese refugee camp to highlight China's involvement in the region.[133]
Later in 2007, Farrow offered to "trade her freedom" for the freedom of a humanitarian worker for the Sudan Liberation Army who was being treated in a UN hospital while under threat of arrest. She wanted to be taken captive in exchange for his being allowed to leave the country.[134] Farrow is also a board member of the Washington, D.C.–based non-profit Darfur Women Action Group (DWAG).[135]
In 2009, Farrow narrated a documentary,As We Forgive, relating the struggle of many of the survivors of theRwandan genocide to forgive those who murdered family and friends.[136] To show "solidarity with the people of Darfur" Farrow began a water-onlyfast on April 27, 2009.[137] Farrow's goal was to fast for three weeks, but she called a halt after twelve days on the advice of her doctor.[138] In August 2010, she testified in the trial against formerLiberian PresidentCharles Taylor in theSpecial Court for Sierra Leone.[139]
In October 2009, Farrow visitedIsrael and thePalestinian territories for six days. She expressed outrage over the conditions children in theGaza Strip had to live in after Israel'sblockade of the area, and also criticized rocket attacks by Gaza militants on southern Israel, saying that more international aid could be provided if the attacks stopped.[140]
Farrow helped build The Darfur Archives, which document the cultural traditions of the tribes ofDarfur.[141] She has filmed some 40 hours of songs, dances, children's stories, farming methods and accounts of genocide in the region's refugee camps that make up the current archives.[142] Since 2011, the Archives have been housed at theThomas J. Dodd Research Center at theUniversity of Connecticut.[143][144] In 2013, Farrow criticized PresidentBarack Obama for his lack of address regarding theSudanese genocide during aUnited Nations General Assembly.[142] In February 2015, Farrow appeared in an episode ofA Path Appears, aPBS documentary series from the creators of theHalf the Sky movement. In the episode Farrow travels toKibera,Kenya's largest slum, to share stories from organizations providing education to at-risk girls.[145][146]
Farrow has also participated inenvironmental activism. In 2014, she protested againstChevron, accusing the oil company of environmental damage in the South American rainforest.[147]
On July 19, 1966,[167] she married singerFrank Sinatra at the Las Vegas home ofJack Entratter.[168][169] Farrow was 21 years old; Sinatra 50.[33] Sinatra wanted Farrow to give up her acting career, which she initially agreed to do.[168] She accompanied Sinatra while he was shooting several films, but soon grew tired of doing nothing and signed on to star inRoman Polanski's horror filmRosemary's Baby.
Filming ofRosemary's Baby ran over its initial schedule, which angered Sinatra, who had cast Farrow in a role in his filmThe Detective (1968). After Farrow failed to report for filming, Sinatra castJacqueline Bisset in Farrow's role.[170]
In November 1967, while Farrow was filmingRosemary's Baby, Sinatra's lawyer served her with divorce papers.[171] Their divorce was finalized in August 1968.[172]
Farrow later blamed the demise of the marriage on their age difference and said she was an "impossibly immature teenager" when she married Sinatra.[173][174] The two remained friends until Sinatra's death.[171]
On September 10, 1970, Farrow married conductor and composerAndré Previn in London. She was 25, and he was 41.[175]
Farrow had begun a relationship with Previn while he was still married to his second wife, songwriterDory Previn. When Farrow became pregnant, Previn left Dory and filed for divorce. Farrow, with two stepdaughtersClaudia Previn andAlicia Previn,[176] gave birth to twin sons in February 1970,[175] and Previn's divorce from Dory became final in July 1970.[177]
Dory Previn later wrote a scathing song, titled "Beware of Young Girls", about the loss of her husband to Farrow.[178]
Thaddeus Farrow (adopted 1994; b. December 16, 1988; died September 21, 2016)
Kaeli-Shea "Quincy" Farrow (adopted 1994; b. January 19, 1994)
Frankie-Minh Farrow (adopted 1995; b. February 4, 1989)
‡ indicates biological child
Farrow has fourteen children: four biological and ten adopted. She and former husbandAndré Previn have three biological sons: twins Matthew and Sascha (born February 26, 1970),[183] and Fletcher (born March 14, 1974).[184] Sascha is a graduate ofFordham University,[185] while Fletcher, a graduate ofConnecticut College, became thechief information officer ofIBM.[186] Farrow and Previn adoptedVietnamese infants Lark Song Previn and Summer "Daisy" Song Previn, in 1973 and 1976, respectively,[187] followed by the adoption ofSoon-Yi from Korea in 1977. Soon-Yi's precise birth date is not known, but a bone scan estimated her age as from 5 to 7, at the time of her adoption.[181] The Seoul Family Court established a Family Census Register (legal birth document) on her behalf on December 28, 1976, with a presumptive birth date of October 8, 1970.[188][189]
In 1980, following her divorce from Previn, Farrow adopted Moses Farrow, a two-year-old Korean orphan withcerebral palsy.[185] In 1985, Farrow adopted Dylan Farrow (born July 1985, adopted at two weeks old).[190] Dylan was known as "Eliza" for some time and also as "Malone".[191][167] In December 1991, a New York City court allowed Woody Allen to co-adopt Dylan and Moses.[192]
With Allen, Farrow gave birth to her fourth and final biological child, sonSatchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow (later known simply as Ronan Farrow),[2] on December 19, 1987.[193] In a 2013 interview withVanity Fair, Farrow stated Ronan could "possibly" be the biological child of Frank Sinatra, with whom she claimed to have "never really split up."[194] In a 2015CBS Sunday Morning interview, Sinatra's daughterNancy dismissed the idea that her father is also the biological father of Ronan Farrow, calling it "nonsense". She said that her children were affected by the rumor because they were being questioned about it. "I was kind of cranky with Mia for even saying 'possibly,'" she said. "I was cranky with her for saying that because she knew better, you know, she really did. But she was making a joke! And it was taken very serious and was just silly, stupid."[195]
Between 1992 and 1995, Farrow adopted five more children: Tam Farrow; Kaeli-Shea Farrow, later known as Quincy Maureen Farrow; Frankie-Minh; Isaiah Justus; and Gabriel Wilk Farrow, later known as Thaddeus Wilk Farrow[196] and named afterElliott Wilk, the judge who oversaw Farrow's 1993 legal battle with Allen.[197]
Tam Farrow died in 2000 at the age of 21. Farrow's spokeswoman Judy Hofflund stated that she died ofcardiac arrest.[198] In May 2018, Moses Farrow made claims on his personal blog that Tam had actually died from a prescription medication overdose following a lifelong battle with depression, and after a fight with her mother.[199] In 2021, Mia Farrow confirmed Moses' claim that Tam had died after an overdose of a prescription medication.[200] On December 25, 2008, Lark Previn died at the age of 35 from complications of HIV/AIDS.[201] On September 21, 2016, Thaddeus Farrow was found dead in his car in Connecticut at the age of 27.[202] It was ruled that he had committedsuicide by shooting himself in the torso while inside his car.[203]
Farrow has six biological granddaughters from her and Previn's sons (three by Matthew, one by Sascha, and two by Fletcher). She has nine grandchildren from her adopted children.[204][205][206]
Following the revelation that Soon Yi and Allen had been together romantically, Farrow and Allen were in the process of separating. According to court testimony, on August 4, 1992, Allen visited the Farrow farm inBridgewater, Connecticut to see his children while she was out shopping.[181] During his visit it was alleged by that Allen molested the couple's then-seven-year-old adopted daughter, Dylan.[181]Allegedly Farrow asked Dylan about the incident in question with Dylan responding that Allen had touched her "private part" while the two were alone in the attic of the home.[181][207] Farrow reported the incident to the family's pediatrician, who in turn reported the allegations to authorities.[181] Allen was informed of the accusations on August 6 and vigorously denied the allegation citing it as being "totally false" and stated that he was "sickened" by it.[208] A week later, on August 13, Allen sued for full custody of his biological son, Satchel, and two of Farrow's adopted children, Dylan and Moses, with whom Allen had assumed a parental role.[209][210]
In March 1993, the lead doctor ofYale New Haven Hospital Child Sexual Abuse Clinic, John Leventhal, gave sworn testimony via a deposition that,[211] in his opinion, Dylan "either invented the story under the stress of living in a volatile and unhealthy home or that it was planted in her mind by her mother" because of the "inconsistent" presentation of the story by Dylan.[212] Leventhal did not meet with Dylan prior to giving his testimony, and instead delivered his findings based on interviews conducted by others.[209] The Yale New Haven Hospital team's findings were criticized by the presiding judge.[213][214] Justice Elliott Wilk stated that the investigating team's behavior was "less credible" and that its recommendations and statements had "exceed[ed] its mandate." He concluded, "I am less certain, however, than is the Yale-New Haven team, that the evidence proves conclusively that there was no sexual abuse."[210]
In his final decision, in June 1993, Justice Wilk stated that he found "no credible evidence to support Mr. Allen's contention that Ms. Farrow coached Dylan."[209] He rejected Allen's bid for full custody and denied him visitation rights with Dylan, stating that even though the full truth of the allegations may never be known, "that measures must be taken to protect her."[210] In September 1993, the state's attorney, Frank Maco, announced he would not pursue Allen in court for the molestation allegations, despite having "probable cause" citing his and Farrow's desire not to traumatize Dylan further.[215] Marco also stated that there is evidence which points to the existence of a reasonable doubt as to the accusation.[216] Farrow has later commented that she would no longer bring dates or significant others into her home in the years following the allegation.[217]
In February 2014, Dylan publicly renewed her claims of sexual abuse against Allen, in an open letter published byNicholas Kristof, a friend of Farrow, in hisNew York Times blog.[218][219][220] Allen has strongly denied the allegations and repeated his denial in his 2020 memoir,Apropos of Nothing.[221]Soon Yi Previn and Moses Farrow have defended Allen against the abuse allegations.[222] In 2013, Moses Farrow publicly asserted that Mia had coached her children into believing stories she made up about Allen.[223][224] In 2018, Moses published a lengthy blog post arguing for Allen's innocence. Moses also recounted a series of incidents in which he and his siblings were physically abused by Farrow.[c]
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