Farrah Fawcett Filmography

Intimate Portrait: Farrah Fawcett

Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives: The New Generation

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Melissa Gilbert, Robin Givens, Jack Scalia, Greg Lawson

Synopsis: Adapted from Jackie Collins' best-selling novel of the same name, this glittery made-for-TV movie stars three veteran small-screen divas as the "newest" generation of Tinseltown spouses. Farrah Fawcett heads the cast as film favorite and top recording artist Lissa Roman, who hires handsome private Read More

Jewel

Synopsis: Based on fact, the made-for-TV drama Jewel begins in 1945, a time when children afflicted with Down Syndrome were casually and cruelly dismissed as "Mongoloid Idiots." Already a mother with four healthy, normal children, 40-year-old Mississippi woman Jewel Hilburn (Farrah Fawcett) gives birth to Read More

Dr. T & The Women

Actors: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long

Synopsis: Director Robert Altman reteams with Cookie's Fortune scribe Anne Rapp for this tale of a Dallas gynecologist and the parade of anxious patients, haggard family members, and potential love interests who come his way. Richard Gere plays the titular role of Dr. Sullivan Travis, a calm, successful Read More

Baby

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Keith Carradine, Jean Stapleton, Alison Pill, Vincent Berry

Synopsis: Written by the author of Sarah, Plain and Tall, Baby was produced for the TNT cable service. Set in New England, this is the story of the Malones, a family nearly torn apart by the death of an infant son. While trying to cope with this tragedy, Lily and John Malone are surprised by the arrival of Read More

Silk Hope

Synopsis: The will-o'-the-wisp black sheep of a North Carolina farming family, Frannie Vaughan (Farrah Fawcett) reacts to the news that her mother has only six months to live in her usual quirky fashion -- she dashes off to parts unknown, intending to return home in exactly six months so that she may be at Read More

Ally McBeal: Changes

Actors: Calista Flockhart, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Gil Bellows, Greg Germann, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jane Krakowski, Peter MacNicol, Lucy Liu, Portia de Rossi

The Apostle

Actors: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Miranda Richardson, Todd Allen, John Beasley

Synopsis: Devout Pentecostal preacher Eulis "Sonny" Dewey (Robert Duvall) of New Boston, Texas, has a lovely wife (Farrah Fawcett) and two children. But not only has Jessie been cheating on him with a younger minister, Horace (Todd Allen), she has pulled a few strings to gain control of his church. Sonny Read More

The Lovemaster

Actors: Craig Shoemaker, Farrah Fawcett, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Harley Jane Kozak, Esther Auerbach

Synopsis: Craig (Craig Shoemaker) is a comic who is fond of saying "my act is my life," and in this film we watch him as he jumps back and forth between performing stand-up at a comedy club, discussing his multiple personalities (and even more numerous anxieties) with his analyst (George Wendt), and Read More

Dalva

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Powers Boothe, Carroll Baker, Rod Steiger, Jesse Borrego

Synopsis: Farrah Fawcett delivers a dramatic tour de force in the title role of the made-for-TV Dalva. As a teenager, Dalva had fallen in love with Native American Duane Stonehorse (Jesse Borrego). Unbeknownst to her, Duane was her half brother -- a fact that came to light when she delivered Duane's Read More

A Good Day To Die

Synopsis: A Native American struggles to find himself and maintain his cultural identity growing up with a White family in the Old West in this drama, originally produced as a TV miniseries. Gypsy Smith (Sidney Poitier), an African-American bounty hunter, helps lead a platoon of U.S. Cavalry soldiers on a Read More

Man of the House

Actors: Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, George Wendt, David Shiner

Synopsis: A young boy attempts to sabotage his single mother's relationship with her new fiancé in this family-oriented comedy. Ben Archer (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) has become protective of his attractive mother Sandra (Farrah Fawcett) since they were abandoned by his father, and he resents the intrusion of Read More

Children of the Dust

Actors: Sidney Poitier, Michael Moriarty, Joanna Going, Robert Guillaume, Regina Taylor

Synopsis: Friendship and racism in 1880s America is explored in this made-for-television drama. Sidney Poitier stars as Gypsy Smith, a bounty hunter who, much to the chagrin of the local white population, leads a group of black settlers to Oklahoma to form their own free community. The film shows how racial Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: Eight

Synopsis: The Larry Sanders Show is celebrating its eighth anniversary, and guests k.d. lang, Pat O'Brien, Rosie O'Donnell, Mandy Patinkin, and Noah Wyle are booked for the big show. It seems that Murphy's Law is in full effect for the anniversary show, however, and in addition to O'Donnell's limo failing Read More

The Substitute Wife

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Lea Thompson, Peter Weller, Karis Bryant, Cory Lloyd

Synopsis: A dying wife and mother makes plans for her family in this made-for-television drama. Lea Thompson stars as Amy Hightower, a frontier wife and mother of four who is ill and expected to die. In an unusual move to make sure her family is cared for, she finds a prostitute named Pearl (Farrah Fawcett) Read More

Criminal Behavior

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, A. Martinez, Dakin Matthews, John Hancock, Andrew Robinson

Synopsis: Farrah Fawcett stars as a struggling defense lawyer in the made-for-TV Criminal Behavior. Defending a nurse on theft charge, Farrah ends up ferreting out clues in a ticklish LA murder case. The path to the truth is labyrinthine, and no one can be trusted. A. Martinez, Andy Robinson and Cliff DeYoung Read More

Strictly Business

Actors: Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips, Anne-Marie Johnson, David Marshall Grant, Halle Berry

Synopsis: In this lively comedy, an African American yuppie rethinks life on the corporate fast-track after he falls in love with an ultra hip club promoter. Knowing that she finds him a total square, he seeks the advice of a swinging young mail boy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

See You in the Morning

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah Fawcett, Drew Barrymore, Lukas Haas

Synopsis: This film is a somewhat contrived pairing of two divorcees who are giving it a second go. They're up against considerable odds, however, because the children of each are not too pleased with their new "parent." Jeff Bridges stars as the husband and Alice Krige plays his second wife. ~ All Movie Read More

Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Frederic Forrest

Synopsis: This made-for-cable biopic originally went out under the simpler title Margaret Bourke-White. Farrah Fawcett stars as the famed photojournalist, whose work for Life magazine from 1936 onward gained her worldwide celebrity. The best scenes, showing the dauntless Bourke-White (Fawcett) at work in Read More

Small Sacrifices

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, John Shea

Synopsis: Based on the factual book by Ann Rule, Small Sacrifices was original telecast in two parts. Farrah Fawcett continues to successfully obliterate the Charlie's Angels onus in the role of real-life US postal worker Diane Downs. Part One of the film was set in Willamete Valley, Oregon, in 1983. Mrs. Read More

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, James Read, Bruce Davison, Anne Francis, Tony J. Peck

Synopsis: Originally shown in two parts, this massive TV movie adaptation of C. David Heymann's biography stars Farrah Fawcett as Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. With two failed marriages to her credit, 29-year-old Barbara marries film idol Cary Grant (James Read), the first man who loves her for herself Read More

Extremities

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, James Russo, Diana Scarwid, Alfre Woodard, Sandy Martin

Synopsis: Attacked by a masked assailant, Marjorie (Farrah Fawcett) lives in mortal fear that the unidentified man will strike again -- especially since he knows her address. Sure enough, Joe the attacker (James Russo) breaks into Marjorie's home and subjects her to a night of terror and sexual humiliation. Read More

Between Two Women

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Colleen Dewhurst, Michael Nouri, Bridgette Andersen, Daniel Bryan Corkill

Synopsis: The old reliable movie title Between Two Women was activated once more for this made-for-TV film. Farrah Fawcett and Colleen Dewhurst star as, respectively, a domineering ex-opera star and a shy schoolteacher. The ads for the film suggested that Michael Nouri played the apex of a romantic triangle Read More

Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story

Synopsis: Even allowing for her in-and-out Austrian accent, Farrah Fawcett delivers one of her best ever TV-movie performances in Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story. This fact-based film begins in 1960, when Beate's last name is still Kunzel. A sheltered young miss, Beate has no concept of what went on Read More

The Burning Bed

Actors: Farrah Fawcett

Synopsis: Farrah Fawcett earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of Francine Hughes in the television movie The Burning Bed. The film is structured as a series of flashbacks while Francine's character endures a murder trial after she poured gasoline on her sleeping spouse and burned him Read More

The Red Light Sting

Synopsis: Originally and imprudently titled The Whorehouse Sting, this fact-based, made-for-TV melodrama casts Beau Bridges as federal agent Frank Powell, who makes it his mission to bring slick but deadly racketeer Oliver Sully (Harold Gould) to justice. This undertaking requires Powell and his fellow Read More

Murder in Texas

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV docudrama, Sam Elliott stars as John Hill, a Houston plastic surgeon accused of the murder of his socialite wife Joan, the daughter of oil baron Ash Robinson. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Cannonball Run

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin

Synopsis: Burt Reynolds and director Hal Needham team up for the fourth time, this time bringing an all-star cast of characters on a cross-country car race in the vein of 1976 release The Gumball Rally. The police are the least of the Cannonballers' worries as they push the pedal to the metal in a race from Read More

Saturn 3

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel, Ed Bishop, Douglas Lambert

Synopsis: In a futuristic setting, two research scientists (a guy and a gal) are set up in an orbiting space station. The guy is Kirk Douglas, and the gal is Farah Fawcett. They are doing just fine until a run-away scientist comes to visit, lusts for Fawcett, and builds a robot that also lusts for her. Mr. Douglas Read More

An Almost Perfect Affair

Actors: Keith Carradine, Monica Vitti, Raf Vallone, Christian de Sica, Dick Anthony Williams

Synopsis: Inside jokes about the film industry dominate this slight tale of ambition and romance at the Cannes Film Festival. Keith Carradine plays a first-time director who has sunk two years and all his money into a movie about the execution of murderer Gary Gilmore. With his last bit of cash, he flies Read More

Somebody Killed Her Husband

Actors: Jeff Bridges, John Wood, Tammy Grimes, John Glover

Synopsis: In this comic mystery, a department store clerk dreams of becoming a famous writer of children's books. He is also having an affair with a lovely patron of the store. The trouble begins when the lovers find that her husband, a pair of neighbors and a bogus detective have been murdered. The lovers Read More

Logan's Run

Actors: Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett

Synopsis: In a hermetically sealed, post-apocalyptic urban environment several centuries hence, Logan 5 (Michael York) and his friend Francis 7 (Richard Jordan) lead unquestioning lives of hedonism. Entertainment comes in the form of casual sexual liaisons and gladiatorial games in which those who do not Read More

Murder on Flight 502

Synopsis: While bound for London from New York, the occupants of a 747 are terrorized by a mad bomber. The jet's pilot (Robert Stack) and several brave passengers must thwart the plot. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped

Synopsis: This TV movie opens with a Hefner-like magazine publisher (Richard Long), who's just turned forty, answering his doorbell. Into his bachelor pad pops a young, bikini-clad girl (Karen Valentine) with a bow fastened around her waist; she sings "Happy Birthday", then plants a kiss on the startled Read More

The Great American Beauty Contest

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Louis Jourdan, Eleanor Parker, Joanna Cameron

Synopsis: An unsubtle but effective TV-movie satire of the "Miss America" syndrome, Great American Beauty Contest stars Joanna Cameron as a fire-breathing feminist who enters the contest of the title. She plans to win the crown, then utterly destroy the contest by delivering a scathing attack on Read More

The Feminist and the Fuzz

Synopsis: With a title like The Feminist and the Fuzz, the TV-movie comedy could only have been produced in the swinging' seventies. Barbara Eden forsakes her "I Dream of Jeannie" obsequiousness to play dedicated feminist Dr. Jane Bowers. While engaging in a protest rally, Jane comes in contact with Read More

Triple Play 1

Synopsis: This comedy is comprised of three short stories. In the first, a spy leader sends his men on an assignment. In the second, a wealthy couple forsakes their opulent lifestyle to become a butler and a cook. In the final story, a village doctor hires a pretty assistant. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More

The Partridge Family: The Sound of Money

Synopsis: Future M*A*S*H regular Harry Morgan guest stars as angry motorist Willie Larkin, who sues the Partridges for $500,000, claiming to have suffered whiplash in a minor fender-bender. After several failed attempts to prove that Willie isn't injured, the family takes a brand new approach, smothering Read More

Myra Breckinridge

Actors: Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, Farrah Fawcett

Synopsis: Gore Vidal's best-selling satiric novel gets an inarguably unique screen treatment in this off-center psycho-sexual farce. Fussy film buff Myron Breckinridge (Rex Reed) goes to Europe and gets a sex-change operation from a slovenly chain-smoking doctor (John Carradine) and returns to the United Read More

The Flying Nun: Armando and the Pool Table

Synopsis: The nuns try to help a troublesome convent youngster named Armando (George Spell). The plan backfires when Armando turns into a pool shark, who cares about nothing but winning and isn't too particular how he wins. Sr. Bertrille comes up with the solution to the dilemma, but it takes her nearly the Read More

Three's a Crowd

Synopsis: For some reason, the made-for-TV Three's a Crowd was rerun to death in the early 1970s. Perhaps it's because local TV station managers couldn't get ahold of the 1940 theatrical features My Favorite Wife or Too Many Husbands, the plotlines of which are strikingly similar to Three's a Crowd. Larry Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: My Sister, the Home Wrecker

Synopsis: Even though Tony (Larry Hagman) and Jeannie (Barbara Eden) are now husband and wife, Jeannie's wicked lookalike sister (also played by Barbara Eden) hasn't abandoned her efforts to break up the couple. Jeannie II's latest scheme is to pose as the "real" Jeannie while conducting a very public Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: See You in C-U-B-A

Synopsis: While Tony (Larry Hagman) and Roger (Bill Daily) are on an experimental flight to Puerto Rico, Jeannie briefly blinks Tony back to Florida to solidify some wedding plans. Alas, when she returns Tony to the plane, her magic throws the flight pattern way off course. As a result, Tony lands in Read More

The Flying Nun: Marcello's Idol

Synopsis: At the urging of Sr. Bertrille, casino owner Carlos Ramirez agrees to act as surrogate father to convent orphan Marcello (Manuel Padilla). Things take a tricky turn when Marcello, suffering a severe case of hero worship, insists upon being adopted by Carlos-and even offers to pick his own Read More

Un Homme Qui Me Plait

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, Maria Pia Conte, Marcel Bozzuffi

Synopsis: In this romance, a composer and a French film star, both of whom are married to others, meet and fall in love while shooting a film in the United States. The two illicit lovers begin touring the country together and enjoying the sights with particular emphasis on Monument Valley and Las Vegas. The Read More