Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009)[1] was anAmerican actress. A multipleGolden Globe andEmmy Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she first appeared as private investigatorJill Munroe in the TV seriesCharlie's Angels in 1976. Fawcett later appearedoff-Broadway to the approval of critics and in highly rated television movies in roles often challenging (The Burning Bed,Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story,Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story,Margaret Bourke-White) and sometimes unsympathetic (Small Sacrifices). Farrah played Marjorie in the movie named Extremities (where Marjorie got abused by the abusive man).
Fawcett was apop culture figure whose hairstyle was emulated by millions of young women and whose poster sales broke records, making her an internationalsex symbol in the 1970s and 1980s. While her impact was particularly strong on the teens of the 1970s, her appeal spreads over multiple generations.
Fawcett marriedLee Majors in 1973. They couple separated in 1979 and divorced in 1982. She had a relationship withRyan O'Neal from 1979 until 1997. She had a relationship withmovie producerJames Orr, who deliberately injured her, for which he wasconvicted ofassault.[2] In 2001, she resumed her relationship with O'Neal. Fawcett's son Redmond O'Neal was born in January 1985. She died ofanal cancer aged 62 in June 2009.
