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Mia Farrow
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Mia Farrow is an American actress, born in 1945 in Los Angeles, the daughter of the director John Farrow and the actress Maureen O'Sullivan. She became known as Allison MacKenzie in the television series Peyton Place (1965). In 1966 she married Frank Sinatra; they divorced two years later. Her breakthrough as a film actress came with the lead role in Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski.
Music and breakthrough
She appears in pop history through a journey in 1968. That year she studied Transcendental Meditation at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India, where the Beatles were also staying. Donovan and Mike Love of The Beach Boys were there as well. The behaviour of her sister Prudence at the ashram gave John Lennon the idea for Dear Prudence. Lennon's Sexy Sadie is said to have been inspired by alleged advances made by the Maharishi towards Farrow, although others in the Beatles' circle later said that the story was invented. Farrow herself wrote in her memoirs that the Maharishi made her feel uncomfortable.
Influence
From 1980 to 1992 Farrow had a relationship with the director Woody Allen and appeared in more than ten of his films, such as Hannah and Her Sisters. Since 2000 she has been an ambassador for UNICEF and campaigns for children's rights in Africa and for the fight against polio, a disease she herself had as a child.
Listening
Discography
Studio albums
- 2019Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf - Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
In School of Rock
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- Mixtape 3: The BeatlesNL Reader
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader
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He followed Polański to Hollywood for Rosemary's Baby (1968), with a lullaby that Mia Farrow sings herself.