Sharon Farrell
Biography
Sharon Farrell was an American actress and dancer who started out as a ballerina and toured with the American Ballet Theatre before moving to the screen. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, she made her acting debut at 18 in Kiss Her Goodbye in 1959. Through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s she worked steadily in film and television, appearing in Marlowe (1969), The Reivers (1969), A Lovely Way to Die (1968), the horror film It's Alive (1974), The Stunt Man (1980), Out of the Blue (1981), Night of the Comet (1984) and the teen comedy Can't Buy Me Love (1987). She also had recurring roles on the series Saints and Sinners, Dr. Kildare and Hawaii Five-O, and from 1991 to 1997 she was part of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, with her last television role coming in a 1999 episode of JAG. She died in 2023.
82years old at death
- Born Sioux City
- Died Orange County
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Sharon Forsmoe (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 25 years1968 to 1993
First and latest
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A change of course
Before acting, Farrell toured as a dancer with the American Ballet Theatre company, which brought her to New York City.
A first
Farrell's return to the screen came in the web series Broken at Love, which she appeared in between 2013 and 2014 after 14 years away.
Sharon Farrell movies on Netflix
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