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  1. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she played a starring role in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels. Fawcett began her career in the 1960s appearing in commercials and guest roles on television.

  2. Farrah Fawcett is a true Hollywood success story. Born in Texas, she was the daughter of Pauline Fawcett (Pauline Alice Evans), a homemaker, and James Fawcett, an oil field contractor.

    • February 2, 1947
    • June 25, 2009
  3. Apr 2, 2014 · In the fall of 1965, Fawcett enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin, where she planned to major in microbiology and joined the Delta Delta Delta sorority. The following year, a...

  4. Sep 9, 2024 · Fawcett’s career began when she was named one of the 10 most beautiful girls on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, and a publicist encouraged the photogenic ingénue to travel to Hollywood.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    • When she was young, Farrah Fawcett considered being a nun. It's hard to imagine Farrah Fawcett ever wanting to do anything other than perform and create art.
    • Farrah Fawcett was voted most beautiful by her high school class ... three times. Farrah Fawcett was, without a doubt, a beautiful woman at the height of her fame.
    • She was pursued by a Hollywood publicist for years. Thanks to Farrah Fawcett's already growing fame in college, she was pursued by an A-list Hollywood agent from a relatively young age.
    • She appeared on the reality show The Dating Game. Before Farrah Fawcett was a household name, she made a memorable appearance on the reality show "The Dating Game."
  5. About Farrah. Born Mary Ferrah Leni Fawcett, on February 2, 1947, in the coastal city of Corpus Christi, Texas, she was the second daughter of Pauline, a homemaker, and Jim Fawcett, an oil field contractor. She later changed her name to Farrah.

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  7. She attended the University of Texas in Austin, graduating with a degree in Microbiology, but only wanted to be an actress. Winning a campus beauty contest got her noticed by an agent, who encouraged her to pursue acting. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles and her healthy, all-American blond beauty was immediately noticed.