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Profile of John Farrow
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John Farrow |
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10th February 1904 |
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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John Farrow was a movie director and screenwriter. He's also remembered for being married to Maureen O'Sullivan and being the father of Mia Farrow. John Farrow began writing while working as a sailor in the 1920s. He came to Hollywood working in films as a marine technical advisor and stayed on as a screenwriter.
Farrow, born John N.B. Villiers-Farrow on February 10, 1904 in Sydney, Australia; Australian-American convert to Roman Catholicism, who married the Irish movie actress Maureen O'Sullivan, and fathered 7 children, including actresses Mia Farrow and Prudence Farrow. He died of a heart attack on January 28, 1963 in Beverly Hills, California.
He wrote for films between 1927 and 1959, and directed them as well between 1934 and 1959. Farrow was also a writer of short stories and plays.
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