Farrah Fawcett, Sunset Boulevard

 
Farrah Fawcett illustrated one of the film industry’s contradictions – someone who became a huge popular star, even an icon, but whose talent was unexceptional.

She made people dream and kept on doing so.  For many she was a classic sexual fantasy of the 1970s but also a feminine ideal.  How many posters of her, including the famous one of her in a red bathing suit, were sold over the past 30 years ?  Almost as many as the ones of “Che,” Bob Marley and Marilyn Monroe.

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What do you remember about Farrah Fawcett ?

Farrah Fawcett, when she was making Charlie's Angels (1976)

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Front-page of the New York Times website, 25 June 2009

25/06/09