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My Take
Mia Farrow interests me less as a movie star than as a study in reinvention. She had every excuse to remain a fixture of Hollywood glamour after her early television fame and that 1965 Golden Globe, yet the first word attached to her name today is activist. I admire people who spend their celebrity rather than hoard it, and Farrow has spent hers on human rights work for decades, earning recognition like the Marian Anderson Award along the way. Her life has been turbulent and intensely public, but the through-line, a refusal to look away from suffering, strikes me as genuinely rare in her industry.
Overview
Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow ( mə-REE-ə dee LOORDZ VIL-yərz FARR-oh; born February 9, 1945) is an American actress and activist. She first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the prime-time television soap opera Peyton Place and gained further recognition for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mia Farrow
- Name (Japanese)
- ミア・ファロー
- Reading
- みあ・ふぁろー
- Born
- February 9, 1945 (age 81)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rooster
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- human rights defender / stage actor / film actor / television actor / model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2011 Marian Anderson Award
- 1965 Golden Globe Awards
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor
- Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.