Career

Born as Sharon Forsmoe in Sioux City, Iowa, she made her acting debut at age 18 in the 1959 film Kiss Her Goodbye. Throughout the 1960s to the 1980s, Farrell appeared in such films as The Reivers (1969), Marlowe (1969), It's Alive (1974), The Stunt Man (1980), Out of the Blue (1980), Night of the Comet (1984) and Can't Buy Me Love (1987). She took her stage name combining her father's name Darrel, with "F" for Forsmoe and two "L"s.

In addition to film work, Farrell also appeared in guest roles on various television shows including Death Valley Days, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, The Beverly Hillbillies and Hawaii Five-O. In 1991, she joined the cast of the long-running soap opera The Young and the Restless. She remained with the show until 1996. Farrell's most recent role was on a 1999 episode of JAG.

Personal life

Farrell's first marriage was to actor Andrew Prine. The couple married in 1962. They later divorced reportedly after only living together for one month and ten days.

Farrell has one son, Chance Boyer. After Chance's birth, Farrell suffered an embolism which caused her heart to stop beating for four minutes. She ended up with serious brain damage that resulted in memory loss and physical impairments. With the help of colleagues, Farrell worked to regain her abilities, including her memory, and resumed her acting career yet she kept her illness a secret under the advice of friend and actor Steve McQueen who warned her that if word of her illness came out, her career would be over. Keeping her illness under wraps, Farrell worked steadily for decades.

She later married director Dale Trevillian. In December 2013, Farrell self-published her autobiography Hollywood Princess from Sioux City, Iowa.

Filmography

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