Felicia Farr

Felicia Farr, born Olive Dines on October 4, 1932, in Westchester County, New York, is an American former actress and model. She grew up in New York, where she attended Erasmus Hall High School before going on to study sociology at Pennsylvania State University.

Farr began her modeling career at the age of 15, working primarily with lingerie. During the 1950s and 1960s, she appeared in numerous modeling photo shoots and commercial advertisements. In 1955, her performance background led to a seven-year contract with Columbia Pictures, marking her professional transition into feature film acting.

Her early screen appearances began in the mid-1950s, notably including prominent roles in three western films directed by Delmer Daves. These films were Jubal (1956) and 3:10 to Yuma (1957), both co-starring Glenn Ford, as well as The Last Wagon (1956), which starred Richard Widmark.

As her film career progressed into the 1960s and 1970s, Farr appeared in several notable feature productions. She starred in Billy Wilder's 1964 farce Kiss Me, Stupid alongside Dean Martin and Ray Walston. She later played the role of Walter Matthau's daughter-in-law in the 1971 film Kotch, which served as Jack Lemmon's sole directorial project, and co-starred with Matthau again in Don Siegel's 1973 bank-heist film Charley Varrick.

In addition to her film work, Farr built an extensive television career that encompassed more than 30 guest appearances. Her television credits include roles on prominent series such as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Ben Casey, Burke's Law, and Harry O.

Farr has been married twice. She married actor Lee Farr in 1949, with whom she had a daughter, Denise Farr. In 1962, she married actor Jack Lemmon in Paris while he was filming Irma La Douce; the couple had a daughter, Courtney, in 1966, and remained married until Lemmon's death in 2001.