John Farrow

John Farrow
Farrow in 1934
Born
John Villiers Farrow

(1904-02-10)10 February 1904
Died27 January 1963(1963-01-27) (aged 58)
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1927–1962
Spouses
Felice Lewin
(m. 1924; div. 1927)
(m. 1936)
PartnerLila Lee (1928–1933)[1]
Children8, including Patrick, Mia, Prudence, and Tisa Farrow
RelativesRonan Farrow (grandson)

John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS (10 February 1904 – 27 January 1963)[2] was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Spending a considerable amount of his career in the United States, in 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Wake Island, and in 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days. He had seven children by his wife, actress Maureen O'Sullivan, including actress Mia Farrow.[3]

  1. ^ Egan, Sean (December 2011). "Ponies & Rainbows: The Life of James Kirkwood".
  2. ^ According to the State of California. California Death Index, 1940–1997. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/caldeaths
  3. ^ Buckmaster, Luke (8 November 2021). "John Farrow: the star Australian director who Hollywood forgot". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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