Mimsy Farmer
Born: February 28, 1945
Age: 79
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mimsy Farmer (born Merle Farmer; February 28, 1945) is an American actress. Her nickname came from a line in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky; "All mimsy were the borogoves".
Career
Farmer played in Spencer's Mountain (1963) and More (1969), the first feature film with a Pink Floyd soundtrack.
After a brief film career in the United States, mostly portraying "party-girl" types in films such as Hot Rods to Hell (1967), Riot on Sunset Strip (1967), and The Wild Racers (1968), Farmer moved to Italy. Most of her career has been spent in Europe, including a giallo movie with Dario Argento.
In 1962 and 1963, respectively, Farmer guest starred as Laurie in "The Swingin' Set" and as Joanne Wells in "Boys and Girls" on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom The Donna Reed Show. She made two guest appearances on Perry Mason in 1964, including the role of defendant Kathy Anders in "The Case of the Tragic Trophy." She also appeared on My Three Sons, Honey West, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Outer Limits (March 2, 1964 episode "Second Chance") and The F.B.I.. In 1966, she appeared as Lorrie Thatcher in "The Calico Kid" and as Antonia in "A Prince of a Ranger" on the NBC western Laredo.
Since 1992 she has worked as a sculptor for theatre and opera in France and Italy, and for films (Art Department) such as Oceans, Troy, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Marie Antoinette, Five Children and It, and The Golden Compass.
She also creates personal sculptures and paintings.
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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1961 | Gidget Goes Hawaiian | Girl in Lobby | Paul Wendkos |
1963 | Spencer's Mountain | Claris Coleman | Delmer Daves |
1965 | Bus Riley's Back in Town | Paula | Harvey Hart |
1967 | Riot on Sunset Strip | Andy | Arthur Dreifuss |
Devil's Angels | Marianne | Daniel Haller | |
1969 | More | Estelle | Barbet Schroeder |
1970 | Road to Salina | Billie | Georges Lautner |
Strogoff | Nadia | Eriprando Visconti | |
1971 | Four Flies on Grey Velvet | Nina Tobias | Dario Argento |
1972 | The Master and Margaret | Margarita | Aleksandar Petrović |
1973 | Two Men in Town | Lucie | José Giovanni |
1974 | Allonsanfàn | Francesca | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani |
The Perfume of the Lady in Black | Silvia | Francesco Barilli | |
1975 | Autopsy | Simona Sana | Armando Crispino |
La Traque (fr) | Helen Wells | Serge Leroy | |
1977 | Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison | Giulia | Lino Del Fra |
1978 | Bye Bye Monkey | Feminist Actress | Marco Ferreri |
Operation Leopard | Annie Devrindt | Raoul Coutard | |
1979 | The Concorde Affair | Jean Beneyton | Ruggero Deodato |
1981 | The Black Cat | Jill Travers | Lucio Fulci |
1982 | The Girl from Trieste | Valeria | Pasquale Festa Campanile |
1983 | The Death of Mario Ricci | Cathy Burns | Claude Goretta |
Quartetto Basileus | Miss Permamint | Fabio Carpi | |
The World of Don Camillo | Jo Magro | Terence Hill | |
1984 | Code Name: Wild Geese | Kathy Robson | Antonio Margheriti |
1986 | Body Count | Julia Ritchie | Ruggero Deodato |
Evil Senses | Nicol | Gabriele Lavia |