Introduction
Theresa Magdalena "Tisa" Farrow (born July 22, 1951) is a retired American actress.
Early life
Farrow, one of seven children, was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Irish-born actress Maureen O'Sullivan and Australian-born film director John Farrow.
She is the youngest of four girls and three boys; her siblings are Mia (born 1945), Prudence (born 1948), Stephanie (born 1949), Michael Damien (1939–1958), Patrick Joseph (1942–2009), and John Charles (born 1946).
Acting career
She took up acting shortly after her older sister Mia Farrow rose to stardom. Farrow's first film appearance was in Homer (1970), directed By John Trent.
She has spent some of her career in lower-rung horror films, while also pursuing higher profile projects with some of the better known American directors.
Farrow is perhaps most known for starring in the 1979 horror film Zombi 2, but she also appeared in acclaimed filmmaker René Clément's And Hope to Die, in James Toback's first feature production Fingers (1978), in Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979), and in Antonio Margheriti's The Last Hunter (1980). She also appeared in Antropophagus (1980), another "video nasty".
Modeling
Farrow was featured semi-nude in a photo article in the July 1973 issue of Playboy, photographed by Mario Casilli.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Homer | Laurie Grainger | filmed Fall 1969 |
| 1972 | And Hope to Die | Pepper | Original title: La Course du Lièvre à Travers les Champs |
| 1973 | Some Call It Loving | Jennifer | Other title: Sleeping Beauty |
| 1974 | Only God Knows | Terry Sullivan | |
| 1976 | Strange Shadows in an Empty Room | Julie Foster | Original title: Una magnum special per Tony Saitta, UK title: Blazing Magnum |
| 1978 | The Initiation of Sarah | Alberta 'Mouse' | Television film |
| Fingers | Carol | ||
| 1979 | Search and Destroy | Kate Barchel | |
| The Ordeal of Patty Hearst | Gabi | Television film | |
| Manhattan | Party Guest | ||
| Winter Kills | Nurse Two | ||
| Zombi 2 | Anne Bowles | Other titles: Zombie, Zombie Flesh Eaters | |
| 1980 | Anthropophagus | Julie | Other titles: Anthropophagus: The Grim Reaper, The Anthropophagous Beast (Voice dubbed by Carolyn De Fonseca) |
| The Last Hunter | Jane Foster | Italian title: L'Ultimo Cacciatore, other title: Hunter of the Apocalypse (Voice dubbed by Pat Starke) |