Felicia Farr (born Olive Dines; October 4, 1932) is an American former actress and model.
Early years Farr was born in Westchester County, New York. She attended Erasmus Hall High School and studied sociology at Pennsylvania State University.
Career Farr began modeling lingerie at age 15. In 1955, she told a wire-service reporter: "I was under age and over-developed...The agency claimed I was 19 because a state law required underage lingerie models to be chaperoned".
She appeared in several modeling photo shoots and advertisements during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1955, she signed a seven-year contract with Columbia Pictures.
Her early screen appearances date from the mid-1950s, including three westerns directed by Delmer Daves: Jubal (1956) and 3:10 to Yuma (1957), both starring Glenn Ford, and The Last Wagon (1956), starring Richard Widmark.
Her later film appearances include the bawdy Billy Wilder farce Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) with Dean Martin and Ray Walston as her husband (a role intended for Jack Lemmon); Walter Matthau's daughter-in-law in Kotch (1971) (Lemmon's only film as director); and the Don Siegel bank-heist caper Charley Varrick (1973) with Matthau.
Farr had more than 30 TV appearances on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Ben Casey, Burke's Law, Harry O, and other series.
Personal life On September 2, 1949, she married actor Lee Farr, a marriage which produced a daughter, Denise Farr, who later became the wife of actor Don Gordon. Farr's second husband was actor Jack Lemmon; they married in 1962 when Lemmon was filming the comedy Irma La Douce in Paris. They remained married until his death in 2001.
During her marriage to Jack Lemmon, Farr gave birth to a daughter, Courtney, in 1966. She is also the stepmother of Lemmon's son, actor and author Chris Lemmon, from his first marriage.
Filmography Year Title Role1955 Big House, U.S.A. Emily Evans 1956 Jubal Naomi Hoktor Time Table Linda Brucker The Last Wagon Jenny Reprisal! Catherine Cantrell The First Texan Katherine Delaney1957 3:10 to Yuma Emmy1958 Onionhead Stella Papparonis1960 Hell Bent for Leather Janet Gifford1964 Kiss Me, Stupid Zelda1967 The Venetian Affair Claire Connor1971 Kotch Wilma Kotcher1973 Charley Varrick Sybil Fort1986 That's Life! Madame Carrie1992 The Player herself2014 Loser's Crown Mrs. Phelps
Selected television appearances
Wayfarers (1960) Naked City (1960, season 2, episode 3: "A Succession of Heartbeats") as June Waldon Wagon Train (1961, season 4, episode 33: "The Eleanor Culhane Story") as Eleanor Culhane Target: The Corruptors! (1961, season 1, episode 4: "The Invisible Government") as Ronnie Dale (uncredited) Ben Casey (1962, season 2, episode 3: "In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption") as Rowena Dirkson The Defenders (1962, season 2, episode 8: "The Bigamist") as Mildred Janos Bonanza (1963, season 4, episode 20: "Marie, My Love") as Marie DeMarigny The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964, season 2, episode 15: "Night Caller") as Marcia Fowler Burke's Law (1964, season 1, episode 23: "Who Killed Avery Lord?") as Whitney Kelly Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965, season 2, episodes 20 and 21: "Memorandum for a Spy" parts 1 and 2) as Jemy Run for Your Life (1967, season 3, episode 15: "Fly by Night") as Alita Greenley It Takes a Thief (1970, season 3, episode 16: "The Steal-Driving Man") as Corey Laughton Awake and Sing! (1972, TV movie) as Hennie
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