Farrah Fawcett was born to James and Pauline Fawcett on February 2nd, 1947. Farrah Fawcett began her modeling career as an undergraduate at the Univeristy of Texas. She attended the University of Texas but left in her Junior year for Hollywod, the year was 1967. Farrah moved to L.A. to pursue an acting career. She ppeared as a contestant on "The Dating Game" and Tom Selleck was one of the bachelors. Some of her early TV appearances include "I Dream of Jeannie" and "The Partridge Family". In 1969 Fawcett's film acting debut was in "Love Is a Funny Thing". She played small roles in feature films ranging from the outrageous sex farce, "Myra Breckinridge" (1970) to the sci-fi fest, "Logan's Run" (1976).

In 1971 she had a featured role in the ABC movie "The Feminist and the Fuzz" in addition she appeared on numerous TV shows including "S.W.A.T." and "The Six Million Dollar Man". In 1973 she co-starred in "The Great American Beauty Contest". Her breakout year was in 1976-1977 as a TV series regular on "Charlie's Angels" (ABC), as Jill Munroe. She also Posed for her best-selling poster. In 1978 Fawcett played her first leading role in a feature film: "Somebody Killed Her Husband". Fawcett made her stage debut as Jill in "Butterflies Are Free" at the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater in Jupiter, Florida. She returned to the stage in 1983 in a critical hailed performance in the off-Broadway debut of "Extremities". In 1984 Fawcett earned critical praise as a battered wife in "The Burning Bed" (NBC); garnered her a first Emmy nomination. In 1986 she starred in title role in "Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story" (ABC). Then in 1989 Farrah returned to feature film with "See You in the Morning". A very yound Drew Barrymore and Jeff Bridges were co-stars. In 1989 she had the lead role as Diane Downs in the ABC miniseries "Small Sacrifices"; and received her second Emmy nomination. In 1989 she played lead in biopic "Margaret Bourke-White" (TNT). Fawcett took the cable ACE award for Best Actress for this performance.

In 1991 she starred opposite Ryan O'Neal in short-lived CBS sitcom, "Good Sports". In 1994 she co-starred in the above average TV-movie "The Substitute Wife" (NBC). In 1995 Fawcett received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1995 Farrah returned to features after a six-year absence as co-star of the Jonathan Taylor Thomas-Chevy Chase vehicle "Man of the House". Fawcett, in 1995, posed for Playboy. In 1996 she had the lead role in the Western "Dalva" (ABC). In 1997 Fawcett starred in the pay-per-view special "Farrah Fawcett: All of Me"; later released on video.