Sharon Farrell was an American ballet dancer, born in 1940 in Sioux City, who died in 2023.
Biography
Sharon Farrell (born Sharon Forsmoe, December 24, 1940 – May 15, 2023) was an American actress and dancer. Originally beginning her career as a ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre company, Farrell made her film debut in 1959 in Kiss Her Goodbye, followed by roles in 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962), and the neo-noirs A Lovely Way to Die (1968) and Marlowe (1969). She worked prolifically in television, including recurring parts in the series Saints and Sinners (1962), Dr. Kildare (1965), and Hawaii Five-O (1980).
Farrell's other roles include Larry Cohen's horror film It's Alive (1974), Dennis Hopper's drama film Out of the Blue (1980), and the teen comedy Can't Buy Me Love (1987). She continued to appear in television and film until 1999. In 2013, she reappeared in a minor role in the web series Broken at Love. Until her death in 2023, she was the last living Hawaii Five-O cast member.
Contemporaries
Sara Leland
American ballet dancer (1941-2020)
Suki Schorer
American ballet dancer, ballet mistress, teacher, and writer
Diane Varsi
American actress (1938-1992)
Patricia McBride
American ballet dancer
Alan Bergman
ballet dancer and photographer (1943–2010)
Eric Emerson
Musician, actor, dancer (1945–1975)
Suzanne Farrell
American ballerina
Bené Arnold
ballet dancer, educator
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