From Publishers Weekly
Less a biography than a collection of clippings from various publications, Hollywood film/TV journalists Rubin and Taylor follow the actress from her birth in 1945 through the present. Readers might wish for more about Mia Farrow's parents, director-author John Farrow and screen actress Maureen O'Sullivan ("Jane" in the early Tarzan movies), but the text remains devoted to its subject. Her career is traced from her first acting stint at age 19 to her role in the TV series Peyton Place , the plum lead in Rosemary's Baby , the disastrous celluloid version of The Great Gatsby and her successes in Woody Allen's films. There are reminders of the actress's failed relationships with Sinatra and Andre Previn and her liaison with Allen, as well as critiques of her films. Here the authors go overboard with praise, even higher than their fulsome paeans to Mia Farrow the madonna, unrivaled in her devotion to her children. Photos not seen by PW.
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From Library Journal
In the 1960s and 1970s Farrow gained notoriety through marriage to the much older Frank Sinatra and later, a highly publicized affair with Andre Previn. At the same time she starred in the television series Peyton Place and major films such as Rosemary's Baby and The Great Gatsby. More recently she has had a personal and professional liaison with Woody Allen. In this slim, superficial biography, the authors rely heavily on previously published material, although they do place great emphasis on Farrow's role as mother to eight children. The book also suffers from a repetitious style. A marginal purchase. (Photos not seen.)-- Barbara E. Kemp, Washington State Univ. Lib., Pullman
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