Pin-up model and star of Charlies Angels <br /><br />Farrah Fawcett who died on 25 June, 2009, aged 62 from cancer, was the star of the hugely-popular 1970s television series Charlies Angels. Her long, tousled flicked-back hairstyle was copied by girls and women across the globe throughout the decade. <br /><br />The beautiful actress was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, on 2 February, 1947. She graduated with a degree in Microbiology from the University of Texas, and was also a talented artist but acting was always her real passion. She took her first steps to fame through small appearances in TV shows such as I Dream of Jeannie (1969) and The Partridge Family (1970). <br /><br />She wed actor Lee Majors - then a huge star through his series The Six Million Dollar Man - in 1973 and began to bill herself under a new married name of Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Her stunning good looks helped to catapult her to stardom after she posed in a red bathing suit for an iconic poster which sold some 12 million copies. Around the same time she landed the role as Jill Munroe, one of a trio of female private investigators in Charlies Angels (1976) and became a household name. <br /><br />She left after just one season to pursue other roles on stage and film but did return to the show as a guest star in each of seasons three and four. <br /><br />She separated from Mr Majors in 1979, and from 1982 onwards was romantically involved with the actor Ryan O'Neal. <br /><br />Farrah won critical acclaim for her work in the New York Off-Broadway production of Extremities - in which she played a rape victim who turns the tables on her attacker. A year later she took on the role again in the feature film version of Extremities, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Actress in a Leading Role - Drama.....
