Monday 9 February 2009

Monday, 9th February: "Farrow, Mr Taxi Driver!"

Monday, 9th February

"1945 - The birth of American film actress, Mia Farrow"

http://www.mindspring.com/~boba4/images/Mia.jpg

Mia Farrow! Some facts & figures:

2 Marriages!! (Frank Sinatra, 1966-68 & Andre Previn, 1970-79)

http://www.mattmonro.com/bitmapmurph/sinatra/farrow.jpg http://mia-farrow.com/Mia_and_Andre_1971_with_twins.jpg

15 Children!!! (full list here)

http://mia-farrow.com/hello4.jpg
(not all pictured here)

Perfect Pitch!!! (no really, check it out)

Went to visit the Maharishi with the Beatles!!! (just after divorcing Sinatra)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h260/frandra/Maharishirishikesh.jpg
(l-r: Cynthia Lennon, John Lennon, Mike Love, The Maharishi, George Harrison, Mia Farrow, Donovan, Paul Mccartney, Jane Asher)

One long-term relationship with Woody Allen!!!


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Allen with Mia Farrow

Which ended really, really badly!!!

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/070824/allen_l.jpg
(Allen with Soon-Yi Farrow, Mia Farrow's adopted
daughter, pictured here with their 35-year age gap)


Oh, and 56 screen credits!!! check out her imdb listing here

http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/Rosemarys-baby-movie-poster.jpg

...And is a big old activist!!! Sometimes with creepy consequences!!!!



AND THE QUOTE:

"A critic is a person who knows the way, but can't drive the car" - Kenneth Tynan

Here's Tynan in action interviewing Richard Burton:



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