Posted on 07/31/2025 10:12:22 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1947, Farrah Leni Fawcett captured the world’s attention in 1976 with two epoch-defining acts: her breakout role in Charlie’s Angels and posing for the now legendary “red swimsuit” poster. At its peak, Charlie’s Angels was one of America’s most watched television shows, while Farrah’s poster remains an all-time best-seller, with over 12 million copies sold and counting. In the days when people absorbed their media from TV, movies, newspapers, and magazines, Farrah was omnipresent in American homes.
The UMLAUF is honored to be sharing troves of never-before-seen material from Charles and Angie Umlauf’s archives, the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, and documents graciously lent by Farrah’s nephew. Beyond the Bombshell reintroduces visitors to one of the country’s most famous actresses. Cover shots, Playboy magazines, TV commercials, movie posters, and memorabilia offer glimpses into Farrah’s international fame.
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Stay strong Sydney, keep the leftist fascists seething.
Those who study ancient Egyptian rulers and plumbing are pharaoh faucet majors.
Thanks. Interesting. I did not know this.
“An accomplished sculptor who studied with Professor Charles Umlauf at UT Austin.”
The correct wording would be that Farrah studied under Charles Umlauf.
Does she have great jeans?
I remember that time. Her image was everywhere.
Funny thing is, yes, Farrah had a nice face and figure. Yes her big hair was “perfect” for that era, but she wasn’t even the most attractive of Charlie’s Angels. Farrah had simply been declared as The “It Girl” by most of the media. To own and display that particular Farrah poster became something of a status symbol. She and a few other women, like Raquel Welch were known firstly as Sex Symbols, and secondly as Actresses. They filled the spot held by Jane Mansfield and Sophia Loren.
Steve Martin joke.
When I was a teenager I wrote to Farrah Fawcett but she never even answered me.
That’s ungrateful.
After all my hours in bed of holding her poster up with one hand.
Sophia won an Oscar several golden globes and Cannes awards. She was knighted in two countries and has several life time achievement awards including one from The Academy. She acted in three different languages. And while she was very hot, she was also a singer, winning a Grammy. And she has been one of the most popular women in Italy for most of her very long life. She was also attacked by her government spending time in jail. She is quite a lady.
yup Jacklyn Smith was way hotter
Agreed
Her poster was popular on the guy’s dorm room walls in the late 1970’s.
Maybe not ungrateful but thoughtful just think of all the arm wrestling events you could have won?.
Well, that’s something.
Midget fortune teller broke out of prison, paper headlines red "Small Medium at Large".
Ah ha ha! I just got it! During the time that she was married to Lee Majors she was Farrah Fawcett Majors!
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