Claim: Farrah Fawcett was in the cast of Myra Breckinridge.

Myra Breckinridge is a 1970 American comedy film based on Gore Vidal 's 1968 novel of the same name . The film was directed by Michael Sarne , and featured Raquel Welch in the title role . It also starred John Huston as Buck Loner , Mae West as Leticia Van Allen , Farrah Fawcett , Rex Reed , Roger Herren , and Roger C. Carmel . Tom Selleck made his film debut in a small role as one of Leticia 's `` studs '' . Theadora Van Runkle was costume designer for the film , though Edith Head designed West 's costumes .   Like the novel , the picture follows the exploits of Myron Breckinridge , a gay man who has a sex change and becomes Myra Breckinridge . She goes to Hollywood to turn it inside out .   The picture was controversial for its sexual explicitness -LRB- including acts like pegging -RRB- , but unlike the novel , Myra Breckinridge received little to no critical praise and has been cited as one of the worst films ever made .