Farrah Fawcett, of TV’s 'Charlie's Angels,' Dies at 62 | Playbill By Robert Simonson Jun 25, 2009 Farrah Fawcett, who became an instant celebrity and a cultural icon of the late 1970s as one of the original stars of the television phenomenon "Charlie's Angels," died June 25 after a long battle with cancer. She was 62. Farrah Fawcett Ms. Fawcett had a brief brush with theatre, appearing in Off-Broadway's Extremities. Few predicted the widespread appeal of "Charlie's Angels," a 1976 Aaron Spelling-produced action drama with a fairly preposterous premise. After graduating from the police academy, three tall, beautiful women (originally Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors and Jaclyn Smith), dissatisfied by the menial work they're given by the police force, go to work for the Charles Townsend Agency as private investigators.

They never see their mysterious boss, Charlie (voiced with stately timber by John Forsythe), who calls them his Angels, and communicated only through speakerphone and by way of his eunuch-like factotum (played by David Doyle). With each episode, they're given a new assignment, many of which caused them to go undercover in skimpy, sexy costumes, such as a beauty pageant contestant or roller derby girl. Critics called the series "Jiggle TV." The show's impact was instant. The three actresses appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1976. Much of the series' instant success could be credited to Ms. Fawcett (then called Farrah Fawcett-Majors, owing to her marriage to actor Lee Majors). She played Jill Munroe. In her sunny, tan, California-style good looks and wavy mane of blond hair, men found a new sex symbol and women a new style. Thousands of women emulated her hair style, asking their hairdressers for a "Farrah Do." Her fame was further boosted by a popular poster at the time, in which she appeared in a red bikini. It sold 12 million copies — a record that still stands.

As a late-'70s-style sex symbol, she was rivaled perhaps only by model Cheryl Tiegs, with whom she shared feathered blonde hair and a dazzling, wide smile. Unhappy with her salary, Ms. Fawcett left the series after only one season. A lawsuit ensued, causing her to appear three times during the third and fourth years of the show. She was replaced by Cheryl Ladd. Little respected by critics for her acting work in "Charlie's Angels," Ms. Fawcett had a tough time gaining credibility in the years to come. She acted in the Off-Broadway stage production, and later the movie version (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), of the play Extremities, in which she played a rape victim who turns the tables on her attacker. A turning point came with her applauded performance as a battered wife in the 1984 television movie "The Burning Bed." The high-profile TV film became her forte, in which she gravitated toward portrayals of women in troubling circumstances.

She acted in "Two Women" with Colleen Dewhurst, played Nazi-hunter Beate Klarsfeld in "Nazi Hunter," unhappy heiress Barbara Hutton in "Poor Little Rich Girl," and Life Magazine photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White. She won an Emmy nomination for playing a killer in the 1989 miniseries "Small Sacrifices." Following less-than-challenging early film roles in "Saturn 3" and "The Cannonball Run," she won parts in Robert Altman's "Dr. T. & the Women" and the Robert Duvall feature "The Apostle." She was to make her debut on Broadway in the 2003 Nancy Hasty comedy Bobbi Boland, but the production was bedeviled, and became one of the few plays in recent Broadway history to close during previews (the Playbills are coveted by collectors and fans). Ferrah Leni Fawcett was born Feb. 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi, TX. She was voted "Beautiful Woman" by her high school, and, while studying microbiology at the University of Texas in Austin, won a campus beauty contest that got her noticed by an agent.

She moved to Los Angeles after graduating. From the beginning, he career was focused on a clean, fresh, wholesome, yet sexy, American beauty that she seemed to exemplify. She appeared in commercials for Ultra-Brite toothpaste and Wella Balsam shampoo, making the most of her compelling teeth and follicles. Soon, she started making guest appearances on such series as "I Dream of Jeannie," "Harry O" and "The Six Million Dollar Man." She is survived by her son, Redmond O'Neal, the product of a long relationship with actor Ryan O'Neal, with whom she lived for 17 years. Today’s Most Popular News: Farrah Fawcett, iconic 'Charlie's Angels' actress, 62 - The Boston Globe Farrah Fawcett, iconic 'Charlie's Angels' actress, 62 | Text size – + WASHINGTON - Farrah Fawcett, whose cascading blond mane, provocative pinup poster, and starring role in the television detective program “Charlie’s Angels’’ made her one of the biggest stars of the 1970s, has died. She was 62. Ms. Fawcett died yesterday at St.

John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. A resident of Beverly Hills, she had recently returned to St. John’s for treatment of complications of anal cancer. Actor Ryan O’Neal - her longtime partner, who was at her side during her final days - said in a statement that her family and friends “take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world.’’ Ms. Fawcett was diagnosed with the rare form of cancer in September 2006. She joyfully declared herself cancer-free in February 2007, only to experience a recurrence three months later. In January 2008, she started alternative treatments in Germany and began filming her cancer battle for a television special, “Farrah’s Story.’’ By the time the special aired, on NBC on May 15, the cancer had spread to Ms. Fawcett’s liver. “I do not want to die of this disease,’’ she said on the show, “so I say to God, ‘It is seriously time for a miracle.’ ’’ For countless Americans, Ms.

Fawcett is frozen in time as the tanned, smiling 29-year-old beauty with feathered blond hair, clad in a revealing red bathing suit, in a 1976 poster that became a fixture in dorm rooms and gym lockers. Among those who had the poster in their bedroom: Tony Manero, John Travolta’s character in the 1977 film “Saturday Night Fever.’’ The poster’s maker, Pro-Arts Inc. of Medina, Ohio, said it sold several hundred thousand copies each month at its peak popularity. Estimates of total copies sold range from 5 million to 12 million. Ms. Fawcett was on the cusp of celebrity when she posed for the poster, known mostly for appearing in commercials for products including Wella Balsam shampoo and for marrying Lee Majors, star of the television show “The Six Million Dollar Man.’’ Ms. Fawcett consented to the photo shoot at their Bel Air, Calif., home, but she set some limits. “They wanted me in a bikini,’’ Ms. Fawcett recalled in a 1977 interview with The Washington Post . “I said no.

Then they wanted me looking out from behind a tree, you know, acting seductive. I said, ‘No, that’s not me.’ I wanted to be smiling, happy.’’ The photographer, Bruce McBroom, recalled in a 2006 interview with The Baltimore Sun: “She was just this sweet, innocent, beautiful young girl. This was before Hollywood took her.’’ Hollywood was already knocking, however. The famed television producer Aaron Spelling had given Ms. Fawcett a part in a 1975 television movie, “Murder on Flight 502,’’ as a favor to Majors. Impressed, Spelling decided to add her to a planned series starring Kate Jackson about three lovely, deadly female detectives. “We were looking for the California beach-girl type, and Farrah was perfect for that,’’ Spelling wrote in “A Prime-Time Life,’’ his 1996 memoir. “She was drop-dead gorgeous and the living image of the beautiful L.A. blonde in tennis shorts or a bathing suit.’’ “Charlie’s Angels’’ premiered on ABC in September 1976, starring Ms.

Fawcett, Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith, and ran through 1981. Though critics panned the show, it quickly became a ratings hit. Spelling said much of the credit went to Ms. Fawcett, who played agent Jill Munroe, especially her flowing, flipped-back blond tresses. “We thought about changing it for a moment in the beginning, and had we been doing a traditional cop show, we would have,’’ Spelling wrote. “But her hair helped make the show. It became one of our signatures.’’ Ms. Fawcett’s hairdo was imitated in salons worldwide, making it as much an emblem of 1970s grooming as long sideburns on men. Ms. Fawcett, unhappy with the production’s long hours and the scripts’ light fare, shocked the industry by declaring her contract invalid and leaving “Charlie’s Angels’’ after one season. Spelling and coproducer Leonard Goldberg took her to court, alleging breach of contract, and replaced her with Cheryl Ladd. In a settlement, Ms. Fawcett agreed to return for six more episodes over the show’s remaining run.

All told, she appeared in 29 of the 115 episodes. In leaving “Charlie’s Angels,’’ Ms. Fawcett hoped to begin making movies with Majors. She starred in “Somebody Killed Her Husband’’ (1978), the first offering by Fawcett-Majors Productions. But the partnership ended a few years later when the couple divorced, and Ms. Fawcett’s movie career never really took off. She later said her contentious departure from “Charlie’s Angels’’ had left her “blackballed in Hollywood.’’ Eventually, performances on stage and in television movies established her as an actress with more than looks to offer. Farrah Leni Fawcett was born on Feb. 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi, Texas, the second of two daughters of James Fawcett, an oil field contractor, and Pauline Evans. She attended the University of Texas in Austin and studied microbiology before becoming an arts major. Ms. Fawcett moved to Hollywood in 1969 at the behest of agent David Mirisch, who had noticed her in a photo spread of University of Texas coeds.

She appeared in television commercials and small roles in series including “I Dream of Jeannie’’ and “The Partridge Family.’’ Majors, whom she met in 1968 and married in 1973, helped her work up to bigger roles in “Myra Breckinridge’’ (1970), based on the Gore Vidal novel, and the science-fiction film “Logan’s Run’’ (1976). After “Charlie’s Angels’’ and the end of her marriage and partnership with Majors, Ms. Fawcett found occasional success in movies. She played a battered wife who strikes back in the television movie “The Burning Bed’’ (1984), earning nominations for Golden Globe and Emmy awards. Her portrayal of the victim of a rape attack in “Extremities’’ (1986), the film version of a William Mastrosimone play, brought another Golden Globe nomination. Moving from victim to victimizer, Ms.

Fawcett starred in the television movie “Small Sacrifices’’ (1989) as Diane Downs, the true story of an Oregon woman convicted of shooting her children in a bid to win a man uninterested in becoming a father. Ms. Fawcett was nominated again for an Emmy and a Golden Globe. She played the neglected wife of a preacher (Robert Duvall) in “The Apostle’’ (1997). She earned her third Emmy nomination in 2003 for a guest role in the television series “The Guardian.’’ Almost 20 years after her famous poster, Ms. Fawcett posed as the cover girl for Playboy magazine in December 1995, then did so again in July 1997. Also in 1997, she earned unwanted headlines with a rambling, spaced-out appearance on the “Late Show with David Letterman’’ that raised questions about whether she was under the influence of drugs. Ms. Fawcett said she was just trying to be playful and denied ever using drugs. After splitting from Majors, Ms.

Fawcett entered a long relationship with actor O’Neal, and they had a son, Redmond, in 1985. The couple never married and broke up in 1997. They resumed a close friendship by 2003, and O’Neal was her caretaker and confidant during her battle with cancer. “I fell in love with her all over again because of how she handled this,’’ O’Neal told People magazine. O’Neal told People yesterday that he and Ms. Fawcett did not marry in her final days, as they had discussed doing. © Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. Charlie's Angels pin-up actress Farrah Fawcett dies with Ryan O'Neal at her side after losing her battle with rectal cancer | Daily Mail Online comments Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett yesterday lost her two-year battle with cancer. The 62-year-old actress, who became an icon to millions during the 1970s, died in a hospital in Los Angeles surrounded by her family and friends. A devout Catholic, the Charlie's Angels star was read the last rites this morning.

It had been her last wish to marry actor Ryan O'Neal, who she had a son with during a stormy relationship that lasted for 27 years. Enlarge Brave fight: Farrah undergoes more tests in her battle against cancer in May A dazed and exhausted Ryan O'Neal prepares to leave the St. John Medical Center in Santa Monica after Farrah's death But the wedding was not believed to have taken place due to the amount of medical care she needed. O'Neal, 68, was at her side throughout her final days and was seen leaving the hospital after her death in tears. In a statement O'Neal said: 'After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away. 'Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world.' O'Neal said they planned to honour Fawcett with a funeral service at the Catholic cathedral in Los Angeles within the next few days. Throughout Ms Fawcett's cancer battle - which was chronicled in a recent TV documentary Farrah's Story - the pair have been inseparable.

The actress's Charlie's Angel co-star Jaclyn Smith said: 'Farrah had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. And now she has peace as she rests with the real angels.' She died just an hour after her troubled son Redmond, 24, was due in court to face a judge over his ongoing drug case. He failed to turn up at court for his 9am hearing because of his mother's worsening condition and his case was put back to 1.30pm. It is not known whether he will be granted special leave to attend his mother's funeral from prison. Fawcett was first diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2006 and had surgery to remove a tumour that year. But a year later the cancer had returned and had spread to her liver.

FARRAH THE FALLEN ANGEL: HOW DRUGS, ALCOHOL, BOTCHED SURGERY AND AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH RYAN O'NEAL DESTROYED THE 70S ICON, BY GEOFFREY WANSELL Beauty: Farrah as a young actress That wholesome, toothy grin atop a breast-revealing red bathing suit beamed down from an astonishing 30 million posters around the world for a decade or more after 1976 - and transformed its owner from an aspiring shampoo model into one of the most admired and lusted after women of her generation. Yet, as the years passed, and long before her final battle with cancer began, the strikingly beautiful face of Farrah Fawcett, who died in Los Angeles yesterday aged 62, was ravaged by drugs and alcohol - as well as less than successful plastic surgery - and saw her descent from a modern goddess into a dreadful parody of a once stunning woman.

By the time of her death, Fawcett was barely recognisable as the all-American beauty who once claimed the hearts of Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, George Clooney and, most famously of all, the star of the film Love Story, Ryan O'Neal. Indeed, as the years sped by, Fawcett became as famous for her tumultuous personal life as for her talents as an actress or a poster girl. That was less than just. For Fawcett - who married her fellow 1970s television star Lee Majors, forever known as the bionic Six Million Dollar Man, in July 1973 - was an accomplished actress who might have made her name in the first series of Charlie's Angels, as a female private eye, but went on to demonstrate her considerable range. In particular, she was to prove that she could display agonising emotion in a string of acclaimed performances in dramas such as The Burning Bed, in 1984, in which she played a battered and bewildered wife and - shortly afterwards - in Extremities on both stage and television as a rape victim who turned the tables on her attacker.

Bionic bride: Farrah marries her co-star Lee Majors in 1973 Yet, tragically, her personal life, with its domestic violence, drug use, addiction to alcohol and a desperate desire to retain her youth by cosmetic surgery, came to overshadow her true abilities. Indeed, by the end, Fawcett's life had descended into soap opera - not least in her relationships with men, and notably O'Neal, who was at her bedside when she died, together with their 24-year-old son, Redmond. Texan youth: Schoolgirl Farrah The truth is that her years were fraught with drama - and domestic violence. O'Neal's actress daughter Tatum maintained that her 6ft 1in tall father beat Fawcett repeatedly during their turbulent relationship. 'Farrah was innocent,' she maintained. 'Dad was a Svengali for her. He took over her life, but there was a price. He had a terrible temper and was very violent.' For her part, Fawcett would only admit: 'Ryan was a physical person. He was a bully, but I was never afraid of him.' Drugs were another of the demons that haunted Fawcett's life.

Though she liked to maintain she never touched them - a claim that was hard to sustain - what is not in doubt is that Redmond has had serious drug problems. In 2004, Fawcett broke down in tears in a Texas courtroom when she admitted that her son was 'still addicted to heroin'. A year earlier, prosecutors had agreed to dismiss a cheque forgery charge against him on condition that he complete a drug treatment programme. But he failed to do so and was taken back to court. These personal dramas were to take their toll on the emotionally demanding actress. In 1997, when she finally split from the overweight O'Neal after a 17-year affair punctuated with ferocious rows, she descended into despair - drowning her sorrows with tequila and cannabis, locking herself in her bedroom for hours at a time and staying in bed until mid-afternoon. Till death us do part: Fawcett with her long-time partner Ryan O'Neal The couple were together for 17 years before they split As she spiralled out of control, she turned to reality television, making a toe-curling, six-episode show about herself called Chasing Farrah for an obscure cable channel.

That did nothing to help her reclaim her fame or popularity. Only a few years ago, Movieline magazine asked ironically: 'Try this multiplechoice question: Farrah Fawcett is (a) a Seventies icon who's an underrated actress; (b) a celebrity shoplifter and drug addict; or (c) a nut top pure and simple.' Tragically, it wasn't entirely a joke. Her reputation had been shot to pieces by a notorious appearance on the David Letterman show shortly after her break-up from O'Neal, during which she mumbled incoherently for almost 20 minutes. The American tabloid press insisted that she had both drug and alcohol dependency problems. But the 5ft 6in Texas-born star firmly denied it, maintaining that she didn't even drink - 'except for champagne and tequila'. Every bit as depressing was Fawcett's refusal to acknowledge that she could grow old gracefully, a decision that led her into ever more disastrous cosmetic surgery. One internet site, Awful Plastic Surgery.Com, even dubbed her 'the new bride of Wildenstein' - a reference to the grotesque cosmetic surgery undertaken by American heiress Jocelyn Wildenstein.

'In 1998,' the site said acidly, 'she looked older, but still nice. By 2003, with cheek implants and a nose job, she looked deformed.' Enlarge The all-American beauty whose poster, left, graced bedroom walls around the world In addition to full facelifts, as well as eyebrow and eye lifts, the star also had the tip of her nose raised, 'leaving her nostrils gaping', in the words of one leading plastic surgeon. 'The tragedy for Farrah is that it didn't save what might have been a wonderful career,' one Hollywood insider explained. But then Fawcett was never actually very interested in becoming an actress. The girl christened Mary Ferrah Leni Fawcett, born in the small oil town of Corpus Christi, Texas, in February 1947, was the daughter of an oil field contractor. She had started out so innocently, all but unaware of her striking beauty when she reached the University of Texas in 1966 to read microbiology.

Gregg Lott, an American footballer who was her boyfriend at university, described her at the time as 'gorgeous - like a frisky palomino, all legs, teeth and spirit'. Modelling and casting agencies started to call on account of her staggering looks, and Fawcett dropped out of university after a year to try her luck in Hollywood, where she changed her first name to Farrah. 'I never had a burning desire to be an actress,' she said later. 'I came to Hollywood as a lark.' Lark or not, her looks rapidly started winning her small roles on seriessuch as The Flying Nun and The Partridge Family. Mother and son: Farrah and Redmond O'Neal, who is currently in rehab following his third drug arrest in as many years Haggard: Former Charlie's Angel Farrah, losing her legendary looks Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, she had her first brush with the law, when she was convicted of stealing a pair of nylons from a department store and placed on probation. Nevertheless, it was her introduction to actor Lee Majors, eight years her senior, in 1968 that changed her life.

The couple rapidly became a Hollywood legend, and shortly after their marriage he got the part of Colonel Steve Austin, the bionic Six Million Dollar man, blessed with apparently superhuman powers in the eponymous television series. Majors became a star overnight, and Fawcett - who renamed herself Fawcett-Majors - appeared as a guest in four of her husband's early episodes. Those shows, together with that poster of her wearing a swimsuit, created a sensation. She attracted the attention of producers Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, who cast her as Jill Munroe, one of three Charlie's Angels in the 1976 television series. As one producer put it: 'Farrah is the one everyone remembers. She epitomised the freedom of women in the Seventies. She was a free spirit.' Fame was to transform Fawcett - inflating her already headstrong nature into 'one giant ego' - but it also brought problems to her marriage. Majors hated his wife's sudden success and started to insist that she should be home every evening at 6.30 to put his supper on the table.

Trapped between her husband and her career - and furious that she was being paid only &pound;5,500 per episode - Fawcett announced she was leaving Charlie's Angels at the end of the first series in 1977. Furious, Spelling and Goldberg sued her for breach of contract and won. As a result, she was forced to appear in a further six episodes during the next two years, though a &pound;3million contract with cosmetics giant Faberge consoled her, as did the &pound;250,000 a day she was capable of earning for television commercials. But she was gaining a reputation for being 'difficult'. In 1979, when Majors left to go on location, he asked his close friend Royal fan: Farrah greets Prince Charles during his 1977 trip to the U.S. Enlarge The role that made her a household name: Farrah (left) with her Charlie's Angels co-stars Kate Jackson and Jacklyn Smith in 1977 After Charlie's Angels, Fawcett wanted to show her range and some of her best work featured characters who were victims or caught in domestic turmoil.

She was a battered wife in The Burning Bed, a rape victim in Extremities, the unfaithful wife of a preacher in The Apostle and a mentally unstable woman in Dr. T and the Women. Fawcett's hair set a fashion trend and was one of the most talked-about styles in Hollywood. The New York Times called it 'a work of art that looked as if it had just come out of the sea and been tossed by the wind into a state of careless perfection' and was 'emblematic of women in the first stage of liberation - strong, confident and joyous.' Fawcett was nominated for three Emmys and six Golden Globes but never won. Before stardom, Fawcett had small roles in 1960s and '70s television shows such as Mayberry, R.F.D., Three's a Crowd, I Dream of Jeannie, Marcus Welby, McCloud, The Flying Nun and The Partridge Family. Celebrated: Farrah receives her star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 1995 Charlie's Angels (TV Series 1976–1981) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title.

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Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own. Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks Accounts of visitors to a unique resort island in the Pacific Ocean that can fulfill literally any fantasy requested, but rarely turn out as expected. Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Christopher Hewett The globe-trotting adventures of amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart. Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers. Stars: Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Robert Pine The adventures of a Hawaii based private investigator. Stars: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley After an astronaut/test pilot is catastrophically mutilated in a test plane crash, he is rebuilt and equipped with nuclear powered bionic limbs and implants. Director: Richard Irving The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.

Stars: Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach The adventures of a film stunt performer who moonlights as a bounty hunter when movie work is slow. Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas Two brothers of disparate tastes and manners run a private detective agency. Stars: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Mary Carver The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess. Stars: Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange Edit Storyline TV series about a wealthy mystery-man who runs a detective agency via a speaker-phone and his personal assistant, Bosley. His detectives are three beautiful women, who end up in a variety of difficult situations. The cast changed substantially over the life of this show, as actresses left for various movie, TV, and modeling deals. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu> 21 March 1976 (USA) See more » Also Known As: The Alley Cats See more » Filming Locations: Kelly was an orphan. See more » Connections (England) – See all my reviews I loved Charlies Angels very much.

Okay, I could ignore the cheezy plots because in front of me each week were three beautiful young ladies working as private detectives. The original girls were Farrah Fawcett-Majors as Jill Monroe, Kate Jackson as Sabrina Duncan and Jaclyn Smith as Kelly Garrett. They were my favourite line up in the show. Their bosses were John Bosley (played by the late David Doyle) and the faceless Charlie Townsend (voiced by John Forsythe). Each week the girls happened to go undercover on a case which required them to strip down in places such as health-spas and holiday camps. They used their seductive (and detective) skills to bring down the bad guys. It was fun throughout even when the line-up changed and there were some really weird and surreal episodes at times. But who cares-when you've got three lovely women on the screen, great plots matter little. 13 of 13 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Farrah Fawcett - TV Celebrities - ShareTV Farrah Fawcett 62 (passed away Jun.

25th, 2009) Birthday Farrah Fawcett's Main TV Roles Show [Complete List] BIOGRAPHY: Ferrah Leni "Farrah" Fawcett (February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress and artist. A four-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she posed for her iconic red swimsuit poster and starred as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels (1976–77). In 1996, she was ranked No. 26 on TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV stars of All-Time". Fawcett, was a fresh-faced woman from Corpus Christi, Texas. In the early 1960s, she was voted the "Beautiful Woman" by her high school colleagues. In the late 1960s, she had her first break in guest-starring roles in shows such as I Dream of Jeannie (1965), The Flying Nun (1967) and The Partridge Family (1970).

Then, in 1968, she dated actor 'Lee Majors', and the couple were married (July 28, 1973). Shortly after, Majors starred in his series The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and Fawcett guest-starred in four episodes. As her career took off, she posed in her red bathing suit for a poster, and it sold a staggering 8,000,000 plus copies. After the poster was released, producers 'Aaron Spelling' and 'Leonard Goldberg' starred her in the Crime/Drama Megahit show Charlie's Angels (1976). Fawcett received a paycheck for $10,000 an episode, and when it started to take off, Majors wanted her home by 6:30 pm to have dinner on the table. Fawcett felt dissatisfied about the direction of the show. Then, in 1977, after the first season wrapped, she abruptly left the series. Shortly there after, the departure resulted in a lawsuit with the producers of the series.

Finally, she agreed to return to the series in guest spots for six episodes: three in the 1978-79 season, and the other three in the 1979-80 season. In late 1979, Fawcett and Majors had separated, and, since there was no reconciliation in sight, they were divorced in 1980. From 1979 until 1997, Fawcett was involved romantically with actor Ryan O'Neal. The relationship produced a son, Redmond James Fawcett O'Neal (born January 30, 1985), in Los Angeles. In April 2009, on probation for driving under the influence, Redmond was arrested for possession of narcotics while Fawcett was in the hospital. On June 22, 2009, The Los Angeles Times and Reuters reported that Ryan O'Neal had said that Fawcett had agreed to marry him as soon as she felt strong enough.

From 1997 to 1998, Fawcett had a relationship with Canadian filmmaker James Orr writer and producer of the Disney feature film in which she co-starred with 'Chevy Chase' and 'Jonathan Taylor Thomas', Man of the House. The relationship ended when Orr was charged with and later convicted of beating Fawcett during a 1998 fight between the two. In 2006, Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer. After going through countless treatments, her health deteriorated rapidly. Fawcett died at approximately 9:28 a.m. on (June 25, 2009), in the intensive care unit of Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, with O'Neal and friend Alana Stewart by her side. She was 62 years old. A private funeral was held in Los Angeles on (June 30, 2009) for Fawcett. Her son Redmond was permitted to leave his California detention center to attend his mother's funeral, where he gave the first reading.

News of the death was significantly overshadowed by the death of pop culture icon 'Michael Jackson' who died later on the same day. News coverage was heavily focused on Jackson's death, leading to significantly less coverage focused on Fawcett. She is buried at the Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles. TRIVIA: Filmed an episode of _"Chasing Farrah" (2005)_ (qv) at her parents' home in Houston. 3/06: Chosen by Australian mens magazine Zoo weekly as one of the "Top 50 Hottest Babes Ever". She has been battling cancer for three years and recently returned from Germany, where she had experimental stem-cell treatment. Best friend of 'Alana Stewart' (qv). One of the original Charlie's Angels. She broke her contract for the last year of _"Charlie's Angels" (1976)_ (qv) which resulted in a lawsuit. She was replaced by 'Cheryl Ladd' (qv). 2/97: Reported to be splitting from 'Ryan O'Neal' (qv) after 17 years together.

She attended 'Rodney Dangerfield' (qv)'s memorial at which she held a Native American butterfly release ceremony and is sculpting a bronze life-size statue of Rodney to be placed in Pierce Brothers Memorial Park. Hospitalized in a Los Angeles hospital in a critical condition [April 5, 2009]. Related sites for this celeb

Question: Farah Fawcett, who died in 2009, played which character in TV's Charlie's Angels?
Answer: Jill Munroe