Farrah Fawcett's Struggle With Cancer And Those Who Exploited Her
The lovely Farrah Fawcett, who was voted "Best Looking" in her high school class, had no idea back then, that she would be later posing for the most popular pin up gal poster in history.
Fawcett was a huge sensation in the early 70's with her golden tresses and pearly whites and wholesome girl-next-door beauty, and before her acting career took off, she made a name for herself starring in TV commercials. Like the sexy one of her and Joe Namath for Noxema cream and also her famous Ulta Brite TV commercials, just to name a very few.
Faberge, even came out with Farrah Fawcett Shampoo commercial. This commercial featured her HUGE hair, which became all the rage in the 1970's and was simply known as "The Farrah".
It wasn't long until Farrah's iconic beauty launched her into major stardom with a very sexy, but tastefully done poster of her in a bathing suit with a Indian blanket backdrop. This poster hung on many teen boys' and college dorm walls world wide and still remains as the most remembered photo of Farrah today and also the top selling "pin up" poster of all time, beating out Betty Grable and the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.
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Farrah's next big shot of stardom, was in 1976, when she landed a part in Aaron Spellings "Charlie's Angels" as Jill Munroe along with Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson. Charlie's Angels action figures were also made and were on every little girl's Christmas list.
Farrah only shot one season with the Angels (she was unhappy with her $10,000 per episode) and was replaced by Cheryl Ladd. But within that short time, Farrah already had oodles of fans. The show had quite an impact its popularity continues today spawning the lucrative remake of a Charlie's Angels big screen action flick starring Drew Barrymore, Lucy Lui and Cameron Diaz.
Today, there are many websites dedicated to the Angels from Charlies Angels Forever to Jack Condon's website who is the holder of the Guinness World Record for the biggest Charlie's Angel memorabilia collection world wide.
Farrah also graced the cover of Playboy back in 1978, with wearing nothing more, than a white buttoned down shirt. Throughout her acting career, Fawcett won three Emmys and one was for her outstanding break out performance in "The Burning Bed," the first movie to ever feature a live 800 hot line for abused women.
Her first marriage was to fellow 70's star, Lee Majors who played the Six Million Dollar man, and that union lasted from 1973 to 1982. Farrah then went on to a VERY rocky 27 year on again/off again relationship with actor Ryan O'Neal that ended in 1997, only to be revisited later. O'Neal is best remembered for his Academy-nominated performance in the heart-wrenching film, "Love Story" and for playing opposite his young daughter Tatum, who won a Best Supporting Oscar in the film.
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