Annie Fargue
| Annie Fargue | |
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 Fargue as Angel |
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| Born | Henriette Goldfarb april 15,1934 Etterbeck, Belgium |
| Died | 4 March 2011 (aged 76) Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Divorced from Dirk Sanders |
| Children | Leslie Tabuteau |
Annie Fargue (born april 15, 1934 — died 4 March 2011)[2] was a French - actress named "most promising new star in a situation comedy" in 1961[3] when she co-starred with Marshall Thompson, Doris Singleton, and Don Keefer in CBS's Angel.
Born in Belgium as Henriette Goldfarb, her family escaped before the Nazi occupation. She wanted to become an actress, but her mother opposed the idea but relented Fargue was accepted at the Conservatoire Nationale.
She traveled to New York and married dancer Dirk Sanders. The couple had a daughter, Leslie (Mrs. Tabuteau, French TV Producer), born shortly before Angel began filming in April 1960. Broadway producer Joshua Logan is said to have discovered Fargue and had her take English lessons. At the time of casting for the television series, Fargue was an understudy in the Broadway production of The World of Suzie Wong.[citation needed]
She was signed for the Angel role by producer Jess Oppenheimer on the basis of CBS executive Robert Lewine's recommendation. Oppenheimer did not elect to do a screen test.[4]
The Angel pilot did not impress the network, but when Lewine screened it for sponsors S. C. Johnson and General Foods, both sponsors were sufficiently impressed to tell the network executive to put the show on the air or they would cancel their sponsorship of all CBS programs. Fargue played Angelique "Angel" Smith, the scatterbrained French wife of American architect John Smith, played by Marshall Thompson. Singleton was her sympathetic neighbor Susie, and Keefer was Susie's husband George. The show was filmed at Desilu Studios. Jess Oppenheimer and Edward H. Feldman were the producers. The series ran for thirty-three episodes. After Angel folded due to low ratings, Fargue appeared as a guest star in a few other series, including The Rifleman and Adventures in Paradise.
Her last television appearance was in a 1964 episode of Perry Mason.[1][5]
Fargue divorced her husband and returned to France in the mid-1960s. Upon her return to France, Fargue became a theatrical producer (Hair, Godspell, O'calcutta, Jesus Christ Superstar) and movie producer (Victory). She later became the manager of French singer Michel Polnareff.
[edit] Death
She died of cancer in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 76, on 4 March 2011.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Annie Fargue". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267282. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ [1]
- ^ The New Shows - Printout - TIME
- ^ Tucker, David C., ed. (2010). Lost Laughs of '50s and '60s Television: Thirty Sitcoms That Faded Off Screen. McFarland. pp. 210. ISBN 0786444665. http://books.google.com/books?id=kCjT3AvbN5QC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=annie+farg%C3%A9+actress&source=bl&ots=B8NaQRDnGE&sig=p446vIeNr_KnZ6Mc3o4ChIRYE_4&hl=en&ei=u-A5TrHMOKL00gHX5_G8Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=annie%20farg%C3%A9%20actress&f=false. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ TV Guide.com
