Updated June 25, 2009
FAST FACTS: Highlights of Farrah Fawcett's Career
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-Began modeling career as an undergraduate
1967 - Moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting career Appeared as a contestant on "The Dating Game"
1969 - First TV appearances in "I Dream of Jeannie" (NBC)
1969 - Made feature acting debut in "Love Is a Funny Thing"
1970 - Played a small role in the outrageous sex farce, "Myra Breckinridge"
1971 - Had featured role in the ABC movie, "The Feminist and the Fuzz"
1973 - Co-starred in the ABC TV-movie, "The Great American Beauty Contest"
1974 - Guest-starred in four episodes of "The Six Million Dollar Man" (ABC)
1976 -1977 - Debuted as series regular Jill Munroe on the ABC series, "Charlie's Angels"; left after one season and replaced by Cheryl Ladd (who portrayed Jill's younger sister Kris)
1976 - Released best-selling swimsuit poster that went on to sell a still-unrivaled 12 million copies
1978 - Played first leading role in a feature film in "Somebody Killed Her Husband"
1983 - Made Off-Broadway debut in "Extremities"
1984 - Earned critical praise as a battered wife in "The Burning Bed" (NBC); garnered first Emmy nomination
1986 - Played the title role in "Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story" (ABC)
1989 - Returned to feature films to appear in "See You in the Morning"
1989 - Had lead in the ABC miniseries, "Small Sacrifices"; received second Emmy nomination
1989 - Played lead in biopic "Margaret Bourke-White" (TNT)
1991 - Starred opposite Ryan O'Neal in the short-lived CBS sitcom, "Good Sports"
1994 - Co-starred in the above average TV-movie, "The Substitute Wife" (NBC)
1995 - Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
1995 - Returned to features after a six-year absence, co-starring with Chevy Chase in "Man of the House"
1995 - Posed for Playboy magazine
1996 - Had lead role in the Western "Dalva" (ABC)
1997 - Appeared in the pay-per-view special, "Farrah Fawcett: All of Me"; later released on video
1997 - Received critical praise for her role as Robert Duvall's straying spouse in "The Apostle"
1997 - Posed for a second time in Playboy magazine at age 50
2000 - Cast as Richard Gere's disturbed wife in "Dr. T & the Women"
2000 - Starred opposite Sam Shepard as a middle-aged married couple in the TNT movie, "Baby"
2001 - Had leading role as the mother of a Downs Syndrome child in "Jewel" (CBS)
2001 - Played the recurring role of Judge Simmons in the ABC sitcom, "Spin City"
2002 - Had a recurring role on the CBS series, "The Guardian"; earned an Emmy nomination for her Guest-Starring role
2004 - Cast in the comedy "The Cookout"; scripted by and co-starring Queen Latifah
2005 - Appeared as herself in the reality series, "Chasing Farrah," (TV Land)
2009 - Will appear in the documentary, "A Wing & a Prayer: Farrah's Fight for Life"
[Source: Studio System]
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