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She was one of seven children herself, and is known for raising at least twice that many. But Mia Farrow has also fascinated the public with her famous liaisons and respected film career. Family tragedy pitched her into an acting career alongside her mother, Maureen O'Sullivan (Jane of the
Tarzan movies). Farrow, Nancy Sinatra, and Roman Polanski candidly discuss her one-year union with Frank Sinatra, which began when she was 19, and her career-making, marriage-ending role in
Rosemary's Baby. Second husband Andre Previn makes a graceful appearance, as do two of their six children; her adopted daughter Soon Yi and her husband (and Mia's former flame), Woody Allen, understandably do not. While Farrow and friends discuss the scandal, it is not belabored, and anyone who picked up a newspaper in 1991 will learn nothing new. This 44-minute Lifetime
Intimate Portrait includes a Farrow-narrated home movie of her children, as well as tape of her family playing, praying, and eating in their country home. Her film career and single-parent adoption of a large number of multiracial and physically challenged children are discussed by friends ranging from a childhood pal to Carly Simon and Natasha Richardson.
--Kimberly Heinrichs
