Mimsy Farmer
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Mimsy Farmer
Biography
Actress Mimsy Farmer made her motion picture bow as James MacArthur's wealthy girlfriend in 1963's Spencer's Mountain. Farmer's starring appearances in such fare as Hot Rods to Hell (1967) and Riot on Sunset Strip (1967) might well have typed her forever as a "B"-picture actress. Fortunately, the sort of low-budget actioners in which Farmer appeared were highly prized by cinema fans in Europe. As a result, Mimsy Farmer left Hollywood for a healthy career in foreign films, the best of which include Four Flies on Gray Velvet (1971) and Allonsanfan (1973). ~ Hal Erickson, RoviFilmography:
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Mimsy Farmer
Mimsy Farmer (born Merle Farmer February 28, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. Her nickname came from a line in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky; "All mimsy were the borogoves".[1]
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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.[2] Most of her career has been spent in Europe, including some giallo movies with Dario Argento.[3][4]
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.
Personal life
She is divorced from screenwriter Vincenzo Cerami, and has a daughter by him, Italian television actress Aisha Cerami. Currently, Farmer resides in France with her husband, sculptor Francis Poirier.
Selected filmography
- Spencer's Mountain (1963)
- Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
- Devil's Angels (1967)
- More (1969)
- Road to Salina (1970)
- Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
- The Master and Margaret (1972)
- Deux hommes dans la ville (1973)
- Allonsanfàn (1974)
- Autopsy (1974)
- Bye Bye Monkey (1978)
- Operation Leopard (1978)
- Concorde Affaire '79 (1979)
- La Légion saute sur Kolwezi (1980)
- The Black Cat (1981)
- The Girl from Trieste (1982)
- The Death of Mario Ricci (1983)
- The World of Don Camillo (1983)
- Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
- Camping del Terrore (1987)
Notes
- ^ p.75 Warner Bros. Publicity quoted in Reid, John CinemaScope One: Stupendous in 'Scope Lulu.com 2004
- ^ Mimsy Farmer, Danger Girl | Lost In The Grooves
- ^ Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) - Director - Dario Argento
- ^ Moon In The Gutter: A Tribute To Mimsy Farmer in Argento's Four Flies on Grey Velvet
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Mentioned in
La Traque
(1975 Crime Film)
More
(1969 Drama Film)
The Wild Racers
(1968 Drama Film)
L'Amant de Poche
(1978 Film)
Concorde Affaire '79
(1979 Action Film)
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