She was a star of the 1970s, she was the Six Million Dollar Man's wife, she was one of Charlie's original Angels. And ex-shampoo commercial staar Farrah Fawcett - still all body and bounce - has been greeting film-goers most recently as part of director Robert Altman's Dr. T & The Women.
Fawcett was born on February 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi, Texas - a place her family had settled due to her father's work as an oil-field contractor.
By the time she reached the local WB Ray High School, Fawcett was already known for her stunning looks and would later be named the school's 'Beautiful Woman'.
She went on to study art at the University of Texas in Austin but offers for shampoo commercials lured her away from her booiks and, eventually, brought small roles in hit TV series such as I Dream Of Jeanie and The Partridge Family.
In 1968, she met up with young actor Lee Majors and, by the early 1970s had made her way into the world of TV movies, featuring in such wonderfulo productions as the frighteningly titled The Feminist And The Fuzz (1970). By 1973, she had married Majors, who was soon to hit pay dirt with the starring role in TV's The Six Million Dollar Man. It was then that Fawcett had a breakthrough of her own - a poster was produced of her posing in a red swimsuit. That poster caught the attention of many - eight million copies were sold - including producer Aaron Spelling, who cast Fawcett in his crime-busting series Charlie's Angels in 1976.
It was an overnight sensation and Fawcett was its shining light. She appeared on magazine covers, posters, and there was even a Farrah Fawcett doll (rumours that a pun-loving plumber produced a 'Farrah faucet' can not, however, be confirmed). But Fawcett decided to jump ship after the first series, returning only as a special guest to honour her contract. And despite roles in gems such as Logan's Run (1976) and Cannonball Run (1981), Fawcett never regained her former queen-of-the-small-screen status.