The daughter of film director John Farrow and actress Maureen O'Sullivan, Maria "Mia" de Lourdes Villiers Farrow was born Feb. 9, 1945. After suffering from polio as a young child and spending a year in an iron lung, Farrow got her big break as a willowy teenager while acting off-Broadway, thanks in large part to the influence of family friend Vivien Leigh.She landed a plum role as a troubled teen on the prime-time drama "Peyton Place" and soon found herself starring in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968) and married to famed crooner Frank Sinatra, whom she later divorced.
But it was Farrow's longtime collaboration and romance with writer, director and actor Woody Allen for which she is most often remembered, starring in 13 of his films, among them: A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), Zelig (1983), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986).
Widows' PeakWhen attractive British widow Edwina (Natasha Richardson) moves to a quiet Irish community, the local ladies are immediately suspicious of the sultry outsider, so much so that they spearhead an elaborate investigation to prove she's up to no good. But that doesn't stop Edwina from charming Mrs.... Read More
The Purple Rose of CairoStuck in a dead-end job and saddled with an abusive husband, Cecilia (Mia Farrow) depends on the movies for her escape. She sees one picture, The Purple Rose of Cairo, so often that the film's star (Jeff Daniels) walks off the screen and into her life … and promptly falls in love with her.... Read More
Husbands and WivesDirector Woody Allen stars with Mia Farrow as a long-married couple whose relationship starts to crumble when their best friends announce they're separating. Festering resentments and jealousies soon rise to the surface, erupting in savage humor. Read More
Radio DaysDirector Woody Allen's Oscar-nominated comedy set in 1940s Brooklyn draws heavily on his youth -- a time when radio was king. Through vignettes woven together by music from the era, the film focuses on young Joe (Seth Green) and his houseful of relatives. His father (Michael Tucker) craves news from... Read More
Zelig"Human chameleon" Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen) soars to celebrity with his unexplained ability to transform himself into anyone he meets. Zelig finds himself in the unlikeliest of places -- from the intensity of the Yankees dugout to the frenzy of a Nazi rally. But his doctor, brainy psychiatrist Dr.... Read More
Dark Horse (2011) | NR | |
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Be Kind Rewind (2008) | PG-13 | |
PG | ||
The Omen 666 (2006) | R | |
UR | ||
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Sarah and the Squirrel (2004) | NR | |
Purpose (2002) | R | |
A Girl Thing (2001) | UR | |
Coming Soon (2000) | UR | |
On Cukor (2000) | NR | |
Hollywood Screen Tests (2000) | NR | |
Miracle at Midnight (1998) | NR | |
Miami Rhapsody (1995) | PG-13 | |
Widows' Peak (1994) | PG | |
Shadows and Fog (1992) | PG-13 | |
Husbands and Wives (1992) | R | |
Alice (1990) | PG-13 | |
New York Stories (1989) | PG | |
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Another Woman (1988) | PG | |
Radio Days (1987) | PG | |
September (1987) | PG | |
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | PG-13 | |
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) | PG | |
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) | PG | |
Zelig (1983) | PG | |
The Last Unicorn (1982) | G | |
PG | ||
Hurricane (1979) | PG | |
A Wedding (1978) | PG | |
Death on the Nile (1978) | PG | |
Avalanche (1978) | PG | |
The Great Gatsby (1974) | PG | |
G | ||
See No Evil (1971) | PG | |
John and Mary (1969) | PG | |
Rosemary's Baby (1968) | R | |
Peyton Place (1964) | NR | |
Guns at Batasi (1964) | NR | |
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