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Tisa Farrow

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Tisa Farrow
Farrow in Zombi 2, 1979
Born
Theresa Magdalena Farrow

(1951-07-22)July 22, 1951
DiedJanuary 10, 2024(2024-01-10) (aged 72)
OccupationActress
Years active1970–1980
SpouseTerry Deane (divorced)
Children2[1]
Parents
RelativesPatrick Villiers Farrow (brother)
Mia Farrow (sister)
Prudence Farrow (sister)
Ronan Farrow (nephew)
Moses Farrow (nephew)
Soon-Yi Previn (niece)

Theresa Magdalena "Tisa" Farrow (July 22, 1951 – January 10, 2024) was an American actress and model.[2]

Early life

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Theresa Magdalena Farrow was born in Los Angeles, California, on July 22, 1951,[3] a daughter of Irish-born actress Maureen O'Sullivan and Australian-born film director John Farrow. She was the youngest of their four girls and three boys; her siblings are Mia (b. 1945), Prudence, Stephanie, Michael Damien, Patrick Joseph, and John Charles.[4]

Like most of her siblings, Tisa received a strict and mainly Catholic education. In her high-school freshman year she enrolled at the progressive New Lincoln School in New York City. She left school of her own volition in the middle of the 11th grade.[5] She then worked as a waitress.[5] In her own words, she also "spent a long time going around town trying out for commercials" - with no success: "I would always run into some career woman who disliked me right away because she didn't like my sister Mia."[5]

Career

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Farrow's first film role was in Homer.[6] Farrow then starred in René Clément's And Hope to Die (1972), the drama Some Call It Loving (1973), and the comedy Only God Knows (1974).

Farrow was featured semi-nude in a photo article in the July 1973 issue of Playboy, photographed by Mario Casilli.[7]

In the second half of the 1970s, Farrow acted in the Italian-Canadian action thriller Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976) directed by Alberto de Martino, and starred in the made-for-television horror film The Initiation of Sarah (1978), James Toback's first feature production Fingers (1978) alongside Harvey Keitel, and in the Canadian film Search and Destroy (1979).

In Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979), she has a cameo appearance.

From mid-1979 to 1980, Farrow took leading roles in three Italian genre films: in Lucio Fulci's horror film Zombi 2 (1979), Antonio Margheriti's Vietnam War film The Last Hunter (1980), and Joe D'Amato's horror film Antropophagus (1980).

Death

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Farrow died in her sleep of cardiopulmonary demise,[8] in Rutland, Vermont, on January 10, 2024, at the age of 72.[9]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
1970 Homer Laurie Grainger
1972 La course du lièvre à travers les champs Pepper English title: And Hope to Die
1973 Some Call It Loving Jennifer Alternatively titled: Sleeping Beauty
1974 Only God Knows Terry Sullivan
1976 Una magnum special per Tony Saitta Julie Foster English title: Strange Shadows in an Empty Room
1978 The Initiation of Sarah Alberta 'Mouse' TV movie
1978 Fingers Carol
1979 Search and Destroy Kate Barthel
1979 The Ordeal of Patty Hearst Gabi TV movie
1979 Manhattan Party Guest
1979 Winter Kills Nurse Two
1979 Zombi 2 Anne Bolt English titles: Zombie, Zombie Flesh Eaters
1979 One Who Was There Young Mary Magdalene Short film
1980 Antropophagus Julie English title: The Grim Reaper (commonly known)[a]
1980 L'ultimo cacciatore Jane Foster English titles: The Last Hunter, Hunter of the Apocalypse[b]
Television self-appearances
Year Title Notes
1969 The Generation Gap Contestant (season 1, episode 3)
2021 Allen v. Farrow Documentary miniseries (2 episodes)

Notes

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  1. ^ The film was also titled Anthropophagus: The Grim Reaper and The Anthropophagous Beast, where Farrow's voice was dubbed by Carolyn De Fonseca.
  2. ^ Farrow's voice was dubbed by Pat Starke.

References

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  1. ^ Herald, Gordon Dritschilo Rutland (30 May 2008). "Father recalls his soldier son". Times Argus.
  2. ^ Weiler, A. H. (November 17, 1973). "Some Call It Loving (1973) The Screen:'Some Call It Loving' Is Diffuse Fantasy". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Tisa Farrow". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  4. ^ Ed Wright (2006). Celebrity family trees. Barnes & Noble, 2006. ISBN 0760783128.
  5. ^ a b c Klemesrud, Judy (8 January 1970). "Being Mia's Sister Was Tisa's Burden". The New York Times: 36. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  6. ^ LIFE, 29 May 1970, Vol. 68, No. 20, p.46, ISSN 0024-3019.
  7. ^ "July 01, 1973, p83 - iPlayboy". Retrieved 2012-01-06.(subscription required)
  8. ^ Robinson, Kimi. "Tisa Farrow, Mia Farrow's sister who became a nurse, died of 'cardiopulmonary demise'". USAToday. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  9. ^ Wu, Valerie (12 January 2024). "Tisa Farrow, Actor and Mia Farrow's Sister, Dies at 72". Variety. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
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