Charlie’s Angels Movie
Farrah Fawcett received the offer to have a cameo in the movie of Charlie’s Angels. She really liked the offer, but she would only agree if she could be the new Charlie’s voice.
Charlie’s Angels Movie
Love At First Sight
When Ryan O’Neal saw Farrah Fawcett for the first time, he explained that he instantly fell in love. The first time they met they were at a friend’s birthday party and Ryan saw Farrah in the driveway. Love can really pop up anywhere at anytime.
Love At First Sight
Love Of Her Life
Even though Farrah and Ryan split up in 1997, they got back together in 2001 and they stayed together until Fawcett’s death in 2009. Farrah called Ryan the love of her life.
Love Of Her Life
High On Nerves
We all know that a juicy story is a good story, but it should be true first. On the Late Show with David Letterman, Farrah seemed to be giggly and had a hard time keeping eye contact with the host. The audience noticed this strange behavior too and many speculated that she was under the influence of drugs. But she defended herself and said that she was just nervous and unprepared.
High On Nerves
Explaining Herself
Two years after the incident on the Late Show with David Letterman, Farrah Fawcett had her opportunity to defend herself on the stage. She claimed that the whole thing was actually a performance, but nevertheless many people are still skeptical.
Explaining Herself
Fox Not Bunny
Supposedly after the incident in 1997 with David Letterman, Farrah called her Ryan O’Neal in tears and explained what she had intended to do. She claimed that she was trying to act the part of a “Playboy Bunny”, ditsy and silly because of her Playboy shoot. O’Neal reassured her that she was no bunny, but a fox.
Fox Not Bunny
She Broke Her Contract
We all know that Farrah Fawcett was part of the original Charlie’s Angels, but she left after the first season. This was actually against the terms of her contract, so her settlement was that she would make guest appearances during the show. Cheryl Ladd would eventually be her replacement, and the two would act alongside each-other.
She Broke Her Contract
Her Husband Got A Surprise
Farrah’s husband, Ryan O’Neal, apparently got quite a surprise before Farrah passed away. It is alleged that she kept calling him ‘Steve’ and that ticked him off. The main reason being that was the name of her alleged dealer.
Her Husband Got A Surprise
She Defended The Angels
On the Howard Stern Show, Howard tried to get Farrah to talk badly about her Charlie’s Angels co-stars but she refused. There was no way she was going to badmouth Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith.
She Defended The Angels
Farrah’s Hair Had A Name
There’s no doubting that Farrah Fawcett was one of the most beautiful women of Hollywood. Her hair was also a celebrity in its own right and even coined itself some cute nicknames like, the “Farrah-do” and the “Farrah-flip.”
Farrah’s Hair Had A Name
Farrah’s Baby Name
When Charlie’s Angels debuted, the name ‘Farrah’ became one of the most popular names for babies born in the United States. She was more influential than she could imagine.
Farrah’s Baby Name
Tori Spelling And Farrah Fawcett
Tori Spelling used to be Farrah Fawcett’s neighbor and Spelling claims that they had a very special connection. That special connection even extended as far as communication with Fawcett after she passed away… or at least that’s what she said.
Tori Spelling And Farrah
Appearing In Playboy
Like many celebrities, Farrah loved being the center of attention. She was more than happy to appear in magazines, both on the cover and within the pages. Fawcett claimed that appearing in Playboy was a highlight in her life.
Appearing In Playboy
She Passed On The Same Day As MJ
It wasn’t just a sad day in Hollywood when Farrah Fawcett passed away. June 25th, 2009 was also the day that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson passed away. The world mourned them both.
She Passed On The Same Day As MJ
She Was Also A Model
Is it surprising that Farrah Fawcett also worked as a model as she was making her way up in the movie business? She was making appearances in TV shows all throughout the 1960’s, but she was also dolling it up in front of the stills camera.
She Was Also A Model
The Pretty Coed
When she was in her freshman year in college, she made it onto the list of the “ten most beautiful coeds on campus.” She made a record for herself, seeing as she was the first freshman to ever be chosen for that title.
The Pretty Coed
Noticed For Her Beauty
When Farrah was in her sophomore year in college, Cashbox magazine published the picture of the most beautiful coeds, and someone noticed her. The Hollywood publicist contacted Farrah and encouraged her to try in Hollywood, which she did.
Noticed For Her Beauty
That Poster
If you thought that iconic poster of Farrah Fawcett was your favorite, then you should know it wasn’t only yours. In fact, that poster is the best-selling poster of all time! Talk about making an impression.
That Poster
Making Millions
Fawcett was a smart woman and she knew her way around business. She made sure to keep ownership rights of her swimsuit image, and as a result she guaranteed herself millions of dollars just from sales of the poster.
Making Millions
Her Name Is Made Up
We can all agree that before Farrah Fawcett came into the spotlight, the name “Farrah” was not so common. But most people don’t know that it was Farrah’s mom who made up this name, and she did so because she felt it had a nice ring to it with their last name.
Her Name Is Made Up
Catholic Roots
Farrah attended a parish school of the church her family attended, St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Corpus Christi because her family was devout Roman Catholic. In 1965 she graduated from from W. B. Ray High School in Corpus Christi.
Catholic Roots
Getting Exposure
Like many celebrities, Farrah Fawcett had her first television appearances in the form of TV commercials. In the 60’s and 70’s, she promoted products like Noxzema shaving cream, Ultra Brite toothpaste, Wella Balsam shampoo & the 1975 Mercury Cougar.
Getting Exposure
Her Own Product
It was in 1978 that Fawcett got her own name out there, and not just her image. She launched her own hair care product range that went by the name Fabergé. It was her face that appeared in the television commercials and print advertisements.
Her Own Product
Her TV Debut
Farrah Fawcett appeared in many television series, but her first was her cameo on I dream of Jeannie back in 1968. After that she made a few more guest appearances in Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Dating Game and a number of episodes of Harry O with David Janssen.
Her TV Debut
Making It In The Movies
It was in the 80’s and 90’s that Farrah really made her movie career. Most will remember her Emmy Award nomination for The Burning Bed in 1984. She received another Emmy nomination for her work in Small Sacrifices, as well as her sixth Golden globe nomination.
Making It In The Movies
Farrah In Playboy
At the age of fifty, Farrah appeared in a Playboy movie titled Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me. The movie included Fawcett being nude (a lot) and painting a canvas with her body… which was apparently something she had always wanted to do. It’s not a great storyline, but most people didn’t care about the storyline.
Farrah In Playboy
Hefner On Fawcett
When Playboy creator, Hugh Hefner was asked about Farrah Fawcett, this is what he said: “Farrah was one of the iconic beauties of our time. Her girl-next-door charm combined with stunning looks made her a star on film, TV & the printed page.”
Hefner On Fawcett
Cancer’s First Strike
It was in 2006 that Farrah Fawcett discovered that she had cancer. She immediately started treatment, underwent surgery and chemotherapy. In 2007, on her 60th birthday, it was announced that she was officially cancer-free.
Cancer’s First Strike
Last Battle With Cancer
Later in the year her cancer returned. She and a close friend of hers, Alana Stewart, made a documentary that documented her battle with the awful disease and it was watched by approximately 9 million people.
Last Battle With Cancer
First Marriage
Farrah Fawcett was married to famous Hollywood actor, Lee Majors. Majors is famously known for his roles in The Six Million Dollar Man, The Big Valley, and The Fall Guy. Fawcett and Majors got married in 1973, but they got divorced in 1982, but not without Farrah being credited as Farrah Fawcett-Majors during that time.
First Marriage
Her Athletic Body
During a regular tennis game with her husband, Fawcett drew the attention of a certain Aaron Spelling. Spelling was a Hollywood producer, and when he saw Farrah he knew immediately that he wanted her to try out for the role of Jill Munroe in Charlies’ Angels.
Her Athletic Body
Straining Their Marriage
Being two people of the same profession doesn’t necessarily mean your relationship will be smooth sailing. Majors was busy with his movie, The Six Million Dollar Man, while Fawcett was busy with Charlie’s Angels, so their relationship took a backseat and eventually it wouldn’t hold up any longer.
Straining Their Marriage
The Final Straw
Fans were completely shocked and heartbroken when the couple decided to eventually call it quits. They were a perfect Hollywood couple, and it really upset fans to see them mutually agree on a divorce. But as the years went on, Majors would claim that it was he who broke up with Fawcett.
The Final Straw
Tainted Reputation
After causing a stir with her breach in contract, Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg were very angry with her. After all, it was basically the two of them who made her famous. Farrah found it difficult to find work in other studios for a while following the contract story. Nobody wanted to hire an actress who couldn’t honor her contract.
Tainted Reputation
Private Bodyguard
It was public knowledge that Farrah Fawcett always had a bodyguard with her at all times. When she started dating Ryan O’Neal, he told her that she didn’t need a bodyguard and that he was capable of protecting her. But after they were mobbed by excited fans, O’Neal quickly got her bodyguard back.
Private Bodyguard
Looking For Love
Prior to Farrah Fawcett’s fame, she participated in a dating game show called “The Dating Game”. She had to choose between three bachelors whose faces she couldn’t see until she chose her suitor. She didn’t walk away with a relationship, but she did make a few lasting impressions.
Looking For Love
Farrah Fawcett The Barbie
No, we’re not suggesting that Farrah was a Barbie by any means, but there were Barbie dolls made in her image. When Mattel decided that it wanted to create a Farrah Fawcett look-alike Barbie, fans went crazy for it.
Farrah Fawcett The Barbie
Their Song
This might come as a surprise to some, but the song called “Midnight Train to Georgia” was actually inspired by Farrah and her ex-husband. Singer and songwriter, Jim Weatherly, who was a close friend of Lee Majors created the song after hearing that they were off to visit Farrah’s mother in Houston. She said that they were going on the “midnight plane to Houston.”
Their Song
A Semi-Successful Career
There has been a lot of debate surrounding Fawcett’s movie career. Some believe that she didn’t really make it into the “big-time”, despite receiving four Emmy nominations. Her part in movies like Somebody Killed Her Husband, Sunburn and Saturn 3, all turned out to be flops.
A Semi-Successful Career
It Didn’t Get Better On Broadway
When she tried her talent on Broadway, she managed to win critical acclaim for the play, Extremities. However, after that she had very little success and after several attempts she called it a day. The final attempt that most attribute to her Broadway career was her role in Bobbi Boland that closed after only seven preview audiences.
It Didn’t Get Better On Broadway
Farrah’s Scar
The reason for Farrah choosing her one-piece bathing suit for her famous poster is not public knowledge. She used the outfit to cover up a scar that she had in her midsection. The cause of the scar is supposedly from a childhood bicycle accident.
Farrah’s Scar
An Unhealthy Relationship
Farrah Fawcett had a year-long relationship with Canadian filmmaker, James Orr on the set of Man of the House. Their relationship ended in violence after police arrested Orr for physically hurting Farrah. Later it would come to light that their argument in 1998 started with Fawcett and Orr had his sentence minimized.
An Unhealthy Relationship
A Child Out Of Wedlock
Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal never got married, but that didn’t stop them from having a baby together. They had their son, Redmond O’Neal, on January 30th, 1985. Today he is 33 years old and he works as a voice actor.
A Child Out Of Wedlock
Weird Accusations
Kristen Amber Citron, a fellow actress, accused Farrah of something quite obscene. Her accusations were that Fawcett stole clothes and even nude photos from James Orr’s home. $72,000 worth of goods were stolen according to the actress, but there was never a follow-up in the case.
Weird Accusations
Farrah In Art
In 1980, Ryan O’Neal had a brilliant idea, and that was to have famous artist Andy Warhol paint Farrah Fawcett. Warhol ended up doing two portraits of her, one went to the Andy Warhol Museum on loan. Following Farrah’s death, her will showed that she wanted all her artworks to got to the University of Texas. But after O’Neal fought an acrimonious court case, he was awarded one of the painting which is worth around $12 million.
Farrah In Art
O’Neal’s Infidelity
It’s hard to believe that anyone would want to cheat on Farrah Fawcett, but the truth remains. Ryan O’Neal was unfaithful when they were together, and that caused a major part in their constant fighting. O’Neal cheated with an actress by the name of Leslie Ann Stefanson who was almost 20 years his junior.
O’Neal’s Infidelity
An Old Flame
Gregg Lott was Farrah’s boyfriend when they were in high school, and although they lost contact on a number of occasions, they always found a way back to one-another. When she was dying in the hospital, O’Neal prevented Lott from coming to see her.
An Old Flame
Breaking His Heart
Lott didn’t know what to do with himself, and he was completely heartbroken. In an interview, he described what happened, “He kept me from seeing the love of my life before she died. Photos don’t make a relationship. I know what I had with her. He didn’t have that. He blew it.”
Breaking His Heart
A Surprising Will
Even though Ryan O’Neal was at her deathbed, he was not mentioned in Farrah’s will. But to everyone’s surprise, Gregg Lott was and he received $80,000 as per Farrah’s will.
A Surprising Will
Proving Their Love
When Lott went to claim the money left to him from Farrah’s will, he had to prove that they were indeed together. He did this by presenting a collection of letters that they had passed between them. This particular letter read, “I miss you so much, and sometimes the loneliness makes me cry. But this is a daunting journey one must take oneself, and there is very little anyone else can do to help.”
Proving Their Love
Family Tragedy
Farrah Fawcett lost her older sister, Diane Fawcett to cancer in 2001. Her sister suffered from lung cancer and she passed away not long before her 63rd birthday. She then lost her mother, who was 91 years old, in 2005.
Family Tragedy
Trying In Germany
When the cancerous tumors returned to her body, Farrah decided to go to experts in Germany. Not everyone was supportive of the idea, but she wanted to try alternative methods to ridding her body of the poisonous cells. Despite all the treatments she went through with, the cancer kept coming back.
Trying In Germany
A Last Ditch Wedding
In Ryan O’Neal’s book, he claims that he and Farrah planned to get married on the day that she died. According to him he had asked for her hand one last time to which answered yes. A priest from the hospital was called in to do the ceremony, but it turned out that he would be administering her last rites instead.
A Last Ditch Wedding
Fighting For Money
It seems that greed sometimes takes over humanity. Following Farrah’s passing, family members fought for the money that she left behind. Rumors are that the $5 million she left went to her and Ryan’s son, Redmond, but this fact is still disputed.
Fighting For Money
A Piece Of History
Many people have wondered where her one-piece swimsuit is today, and the answer is the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. It was only in 2011 that it entered the museum.
Piece Of History
