Biography
María de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow (born February 9, 1945) is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. Farrow has appeared in more than 50 films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe Award and three BAFTA Award nominations. Farrow is also known for her extensive work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, which includes humanitarian activities in Darfur, Chad, and the Central African Republic. In 2008, Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the wo...
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Complete Filmography

Mia Farrow: Between Fiction and Reality
2025
as Self
Muse, mother, saint, victim, demon, fury... She's been cast in every role in film and in life. From the innocent and mischievous to the humanitarian ...

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
2025
as Self
Rich with archival gems and Liza Minnelli’s own point of view, Bruce David Klein's luminous documentary celebrates a young entertainer full of boundle...

By the Way, Woody Allen Is Innocent (Updated)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Cartoonist Rick Worley's in-depth and unapologetic analysis of the 1992 Woody Allen / Mia Farrow custody hearing and its (factually muddled) online re...

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The amazing story of the animograph, a machine created in France in the sixties by the cartoonist and self-taught inventor Jean Dejoux (1922-2015), wh...

Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...

By the Way, Woody Allen is Innocent
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Cartoonist Rick Worley's in-depth and unapologetic analysis of the 1992 Woody Allen / Mia Farrow custody hearing and its (factually muddled) online re...

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020
as Self
Explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have often been overshadowed by her premature death.

A Path Appears
2015
as Self
The film follows intrepid reporters Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn and actor/advocates Malin Akerman, Mia Farrow, Ronan Farrow, Jennifer Garner, R...

Philip Roth: Unmasked
2013
as Self
Philip Roth, arguably America’s greatest living novelist, turns 80 on March 19. In 1959, his collection of short stories, Goodbye, Columbus, put him o...

Dark Horse
2012
as Phyllis
Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. A...

Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'
2012
as Self
Retrospective documentary on the making of 'Rosemary's Baby' (1968).

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2010
as Granny
With Maltazard now seven feet tall and Arthur still two inches small, our hero must find a way to grow back to his normal size and stop the Evil M onc...

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
2009
as Granny
Arthur answers a distress call from Princess Selenia, who is menaced by the nefarious Maltazard.

André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds
2009
as Self
Sir André Previn, born in Berlin in 1929, figures among the most prominent musicians of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He won four Academy Awards ...

Reporter
2009
as Self
Reporter is the documentary film about Nicholas Kristof. The film tracks him on a harrowing reporting trip through the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Be Kind Rewind
2008
as Ms. Kimberley
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal rente...

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
as Self
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.

Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
as Daisy Suchot
Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who liv...

The Ex
2006
as Amelia Kowalski
When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to ad...

The Omen
2006
as Mrs. Baylock
A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror film of the same name from 1976.

Samantha: An American Girl Holiday
2004
as Grandmary Edwards
Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters h...

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
From Disturbing Discoveries to Astonishing Arressts, and Tragic Endings. In this tv-special, E! countdowns the greatest moments in the entertainment i...

Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence
2002
as Self
Sharon Tate is a rising young star before her life ends in a shocking murder.

The Secret Life of Zoey
2002
as Marcia
Marcia always thought her overachieving daughter Zoey was the dream child. But then she discovers that her perfect teen has a not-so-perfect drug addi...

The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.

Heart of the Festival
2002
A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history.

Purpose
2002
as Anna Simmons
A software developer becomes a billionaire and is distracted by fame, greed and power, then must save his invention and company from a hostile takeove...

I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
2002
This story of a woman who travels to China to adopt a baby girl, based on the author's own experiences, is a celebration of the love and joy a baby br...

A Girl Thing
2001
as Betty McCarthy
A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to on...

On Cukor
2000
as Self
Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and interviews with his friends...

Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the ...

Forget Me Never
1999
as Diane McGowin
Diane McGowin was employed as an administrative assistant for a group of attorneys in private practice. She found herself forgetting things, especiall...

Coming Soon
1999
as Judy Hodsell
Privileged teenage friends Jenny, Nell and Stream spend their senior year on a quest to rid Stream of her virginity. However, Stream wants more than j...

Junket Whore
1998
as Self
A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood.

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century, Arena explores the rise of the legendary crooner Frank Sinatra from his early fa...

Miracle at Midnight
1998
as Doris Koster
Gripping historical drama presents a triumphant celebration of the human spirit. The true-life story of how one Danish family risked their lives in a ...

Redux Riding Hood
1997
as Doris / Mrs. Wolf (voice)
Years after failing to catch Little Red Riding Hood, the obsessed Wolf tries again.

Angela Mooney Dies Again
1997
as Angela Mooney
Americans want to take over the Irish creamery Angela Mooney's husband built up. Everybody in town is delighted, with the exception of Mrs Mooney, who...

Private Parts
1997
as Mia Farrow (uncredited)
The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be a...

Reckless
1995
as Rachel
On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.

Miami Rhapsody
1995
as Nina
Even though Gwyn Marcus is engaged to her boyfriend, Matt, she is still afraid of commitment. While she admires her parents' loving relationship, she ...

Widows' Peak
1994
as Katherine O'Hare / Clancy
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals...

Husbands and Wives
1992
as Judy Roth
When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are ...

Shadows and Fog
1991
as Irmy
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Stories to Remember - Pegasus the Flying Horse
1991
Stories to Remember was a compilation of 6 animated stories made in the early 1990s.

Alice
1990
as Alice Tate
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults h...

Stories to Remember: Beauty and the Beast
1990
as Narrator (voice)
The tale as old as time follows a young woman who exchanges places with her imprisoned father under the watch of an unhappy creature.

Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Halley Reed
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an ...

New York Stories
1989
as Lisa
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories feature...

Another Woman
1988
as Hope
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acousti...

September
1987
as Lane
After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's ...

Radio Days
1987
as Sally White
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944,...

Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Hannah
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her ...

The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Cecilia
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. ...

Supergirl
1984
as Alura
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

Broadway Danny Rose
1984
as Tina Vitale
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, a...
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
1984
as Self / Alura
A documentary filmed during production of the film "Supergirl" showing the world how and who made it. This interesting featurette includes interviews ...

Zelig
1983
as Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act l...

The Last Unicorn
1982
as Unicorn / Amalthea (voice)
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull...

Sarah
1982
as Narrator (live-action) / Sarah (voice)
During World War II, an orphaned young girl seeks to survive and perhaps even help resistance fighters battle the Nazis.

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982
as Ariel
A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weeken...

Hurricane
1979
as Charlotte Bruckner
The story of the desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and a beautiful American painter, against the will of her father, the powerful gov...

Death on the Nile
1978
as Jacqueline de Bellefort
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime s...

Avalanche
1978
as Caroline Brace
After an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort, a holiday at a winter wonderland turns into a game of survival for a group of vacationers.

A Wedding
1978
as Buffy Brenner
Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as...

Full Circle
1978
as Julia Lofting
After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-star...

Peter Pan
1976
as Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark H...

The Great Gatsby
1974
as Daisy Buchanan
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, t...

Scoundrel in White
1972
as Christine Dupont
Paul, a former womanizer, marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be t...

Follow Me!
1972
as Belinda
A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited American wife, whom he suspects is cheating on him.

Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971
as Brooke Collier
A compassionate Hollywood screenwriter attempts to talk a troubled actress out of taking her own life.

See No Evil
1971
as Sarah
In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton, recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with her uncle's family and gallantly adjusts to her n...

John and Mary
1969
as Mary
John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.

Secret Ceremony
1968
as Cenci
A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.

Mia and Roman
1968
as Herself
Mia and Roman is a 1968 23-minute documentary film which was shot during the making of Rosemary's Baby.

Rosemary's Baby
1968
as Rosemary Woodhouse
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the pur...

A Dandy in Aspic
1968
as Caroline
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is ...

Johnny Belinda
1967
as Belinda MacDonald
In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf and mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scanda...

Guns at Batasi
1964
as Karen Eriksson
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.

The Age of Curiosity
1963
Promotional film for Seventeen intended to show how well the magazine knows and serves its teenage audience. The film observes teenage girls at home, ...