# Felicia Farr > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Felicia_Farr > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Felicia_Farr.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Farr > Source revision: 1356822348 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American actress (born 1932)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2011}} {{Use American English|date=May 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Felicia Farr | image = Cliff Robertson Felicia Farr 1958 (cropped).jpg | caption = Farr in the ''[Playhouse 90](/source/Playhouse_90)'' presentation of "''Natchez''", 1958 | imagesize = | birth_name = Olive Dines | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|10|04}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|[Westchester County, New York](/source/Westchester_County%2C_New_York), U.S.}} | other_names = Randy Farr, Olive Farr | occupation = Actress, model | years_active = 1947–2014 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|[Lee Farr](/source/Lee_Farr)
|1949|1955|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|[Jack Lemmon](/source/Jack_Lemmon)
|1962|2001|end=d.}} }} | children = 2{{cite web |url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/87/Felicia+Farr/index.html |title=Felicia Farr – The Private Life and Times of Felicia Farr. Felicia Farr Pictures |publisher=Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen |access-date=December 7, 2012}} }} '''Felicia Farr''' (born '''Olive Dines'''; October 4, 1932) is an American former actress and model.{{cite book |last=Eyles |first=Allen |title=The Western |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZmXkmE8RDsC |access-date=August 24, 2011 |year=1975 |publisher=A. S. Barnes |isbn=978-0-498-01323-2 |page=62}} ==Early years== Farr was born in [Westchester County, New York](/source/Westchester_County%2C_New_York).{{cite news |title=Felicia Farr, a New Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21549569/felicia_farr/ |work=The Jackson Hole Guide |date=August 18, 1955 |location=Wyoming, Jackson |page=11|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|access-date = July 4, 2018}} {{Open access}} She attended [Erasmus Hall High School](/source/Erasmus_Hall_High_School){{cite news |title=Blonde Model on Her Way to Stardom |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21551117/felicia_farr/ |work=The Star Press |agency=United Press |date=September 4, 1955 |location=Indiana, Muncie |page=19|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|access-date = July 4, 2018}} {{Open access}} and studied sociology at [Pennsylvania State University](/source/Pennsylvania_State_University).{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Harold V. |title=The Drama Desk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21549088/pittsburgh_postgazette/ |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=September 19, 1957 |location=Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh |page=14|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|access-date = July 4, 2018}} {{Open access}} == Career == Farr began modeling lingerie at age 15. In 1955, she told a wire-service reporter: "I was under age and over-developed ... The agency claimed I was 19 because a state law required underage lingerie models to be chaperoned".{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Vernon |title=New Actress Snaps At Girdle Wearing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21550257/felicia_farr/ |work=Arizona Republic |agency=United Press |date=September 3, 1955 |location=Arizona, Phoenix |page=13}} [[File:Cliff Robertson Felicia Farr 1958.jpg|thumb|right|[Cliff Robertson](/source/Cliff_Robertson) and Farr in the ''[Playhouse 90](/source/Playhouse_90)'' presentation of "''Natchez''", 1958]] She appeared in several modeling photo shoots and advertisements during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1955, she signed a seven-year contract with [Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures).{{cite news |title=Starlet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21550660/felicia_farr/ |work=Star Tribune |agency=United Press |date=September 4, 1955 |location=Minnesota, Minneapolis |page=7|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|access-date = July 4, 2018}} {{Open access}} Her earliest screen appearances date from the mid-1950s. They include three westerns directed by [Delmer Daves](/source/Delmer_Daves): ''[Jubal](/source/Jubal_(film))'' (1956){{cite news |title=2 New Beauties in 'Jubal Troop' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21550847/fort_lauderdale_news/ |work=Ford Lauderdale News |date=September 4, 1955 |location=Florida, Fort Lauderdale |page=33 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |access-date=July 4, 2018}} {{Open access}} and ''[3:10 to Yuma](/source/3%3A10_to_Yuma_(1957_film))'' (1957), both starring [Glenn Ford](/source/Glenn_Ford), and ''[The Last Wagon](/source/The_Last_Wagon_(1956_film))'' (1956), starring [Richard Widmark](/source/Richard_Widmark). Farr's later film appearances include the bawdy [Billy Wilder](/source/Billy_Wilder) farce ''[Kiss Me, Stupid](/source/Kiss_Me%2C_Stupid)'' (1964) with [Dean Martin](/source/Dean_Martin) and [Ray Walston](/source/Ray_Walston) as her husband (a role originally intended for Jack Lemmon); [Walter Matthau](/source/Walter_Matthau)'s daughter-in-law in ''[Kotch](/source/Kotch)'' (1971) (Lemmon's only film as director); and the [Don Siegel](/source/Don_Siegel) bank-heist caper ''[Charley Varrick](/source/Charley_Varrick)'' (1973) with Matthau. She had more than 30 TV appearances on ''[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock)'', ''[Wagon Train](/source/Wagon_Train)'', ''[Bonanza](/source/Bonanza)'', ''[Ben Casey](/source/Ben_Casey)'', ''[Burke's Law](/source/Burke's_Law_(1963_TV_series))'', ''[Harry O](/source/Harry_O)'', and many others. == Personal life == On September 2, 1949, she married actor [Lee Farr](/source/Lee_Farr),{{cite news |last1=Cohn |first1=Herb |title=Cupid Tangles Wedding Knot Four Times Before It's Tied |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21532268/felicia_farr/ |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=September 3, 1949 |location=New York, Brooklyn |page=1|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|access-date = July 3, 2018}} {{Open access}} a marriage which produced a daughter, Denise Farr, who later became the wife of actor [Don Gordon](/source/Don_Gordon_(actor)). Farr's second husband was actor [Jack Lemmon](/source/Jack_Lemmon); they married in 1962 while Lemmon was filming the comedy ''[Irma La Douce](/source/Irma_La_Douce)'' in Paris. They remained married until his death in 2001. During her marriage to Jack Lemmon, Farr gave birth to a daughter, Courtney, in 1966. She is also the stepmother of Lemmon's son, actor and author [Chris Lemmon](/source/Chris_Lemmon), from his first marriage. ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- |1955 || ''[Big House, U.S.A.](/source/Big_House%2C_U.S.A.)'' ||Emily Evans |- |rowspan=5|1956 || ''[Jubal](/source/Jubal_(film))'' ||Naomi Hoktor |- | ''[Time Table](/source/Time_Table_(film))'' ||Linda Brucker |- | ''[The Last Wagon](/source/The_Last_Wagon_(1956_film))'' ||Jenny |- | ''[Reprisal!](/source/Reprisal!)'' ||Catherine Cantrell |- | ''[The First Texan](/source/The_First_Texan)'' ||Katherine Delaney |- |1957 || ''[3:10 to Yuma](/source/3%3A10_to_Yuma_(1957_film))'' ||Emmy |- |1958 || ''[Onionhead](/source/Onionhead)'' ||Stella Papparonis |- |1960 || ''[Hell Bent for Leather](/source/Hell_Bent_for_Leather_(film))'' ||Janet Gifford |- |1964 || ''[Kiss Me, Stupid](/source/Kiss_Me%2C_Stupid)'' ||Zelda |- |1967 || ''[The Venetian Affair](/source/The_Venetian_Affair_(film))'' ||Claire Connor |- |1971 || ''[Kotch](/source/Kotch)'' ||Wilma Kotcher |- |1973 || ''[Charley Varrick](/source/Charley_Varrick)'' ||Sybil Fort |- |1986 || ''[That's Life!](/source/That's_Life!_(film))''|| Madame Carrie |- |1992 || ''[The Player](/source/The_Player_(1992_film))'' || Herself |- |2014 || ''Loser's Crown'' ||Mrs. Phelps |} ==Selected television appearances== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Wayfarers'' (1960) * ''[Naked City](/source/Naked_City_(TV_series))'' (1960) (Season 2 Episode 3: "A Succession of Heartbeats") as June Waldon * ''[Wagon Train](/source/Wagon_Train)'' (1961) (Season 4 Episode 33: "The Eleanor Culhane Story") as Eleanor Culhane * ''[Target: The Corruptors!](/source/Target%3A_The_Corruptors!)'' (1961) (Season 1 Episode 4: "The Invisible Government") as Ronnie Dale (uncredited) * ''[Ben Casey](/source/Ben_Casey)'' (1962) (Season 2 Episode 3: "In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption") as Rowena Dirkson * ''[The Defenders](/source/The_Defenders_(1961_TV_series))'' (1962) (Season 2 Episode 8: "The Bigamist") as Mildred Janos * ''[Bonanza](/source/Bonanza)'' (1963) (Season 4 Episode 20: "Marie, My Love") as Marie DeMarigny * ''[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour](/source/The_Alfred_Hitchcock_Hour)'' (1964) (Season 2 Episode 15: "Night Caller") as Marcia Fowler * ''[Burke's Law](/source/Burke's_Law_(1963_TV_series))'' (1964) (Season 1 Episode 23: "Who Killed Avery Lord?") as Whitney Kelly * ''[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre](/source/Bob_Hope_Presents_the_Chrysler_Theatre)'' (1965) (Season 2 Episodes 20 and 21: "Memorandum for a Spy" parts 1 and 2) as Jemy * ''[Run for Your Life](/source/Run_for_Your_Life_(TV_series))'' (1967) (Season 3 Episode 15: "Fly by Night") as Alita Greenley * ''[It Takes a Thief](/source/It_Takes_a_Thief_(1968_TV_series))'' (1970) (Season 3 Episode 16: "The Steal-Driving Man") as Corey Laughton * ''[Awake and Sing!](/source/Awake_and_Sing!)'' (1972) (TV movie) as Hennie {{div col end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Portal|Biography|New York (state)|Film}} * {{IMDb name|0268012}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Farr, Felicia}} Category:1932 births Category:Living people Category:American film actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Jewish American actresses Category:Actresses from Westchester County, New York Category:21st-century American Jews Category:21st-century American women Category:Lemmon family --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Felicia Farr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Farr) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Farr?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.