milestones
Year
Milestone
1954 
Contracted polio at age nine
1957 
Sent to convent school in London after expressing interest in becoming an actress
1959 
Film acting debut in a bit role in "John Paul Jones", directed by father John Farrow
1963 
Appeared in short, "The Age of Curiosity", for SEVENTEEN Magazine
1963 
Stage acting debut as Cecily in an Off-Broadway production of "The Importance of Being Earnest"
1964 
First major film role, "Guns at Batasi"
1964 
TV acting debut as Alison MacKenzie in the ABC primetime serial drama, "Peyton Place"; became an "overnight" star
1967 
Became involved with the transcendental meditation movement
1967 
Played title role in the ABC TV remake of "Johnny Belinda"
1968 
Delivered a stellar turn as an unsuspecting wife and mother whose husband and neighbors are Satanists in Roman Polanski's now-classic chiller "Rosemary's Baby"
1969 
Acted opposite Dustin Hoffman in "John and Mary"
1974 
Portrayed Daisy Buchanan in the feature remake of "The Great Gatsby", starring Robert Redford
1976 
Played title role in the NBC musical adaptation of "Peter Pan"
1978 
Had supporting turn as a murder suspect in the Agatha Christie adaptation "Death on the Nile"
1979 
Appeared on Broadway opposite Anthony Perkins in "Romantic Comedy"
1982 
First film collaboration with Woody Allen, "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy"
1984 
Delivered an outstanding turn as a mobster's girlfriend, replete with New Jersey accent, in "Broadway Danny Rose", written and directed by Allen
1985 
Starred as a Depression-era wife who seeks solace in the movies in "The Purple Rose of Cairo", written and directed by Allen
1986 
Provided the luminous center for Allen's acclaimed "Hannah and Her Sisters"
1990 
Received critical kudos for "Alice", Allen's film loosely adapted from "Alice in Wonderland"
1992 
Last film with Allen, "Husbands and Wives"
1992 
Became embroiled in a prolonged and public custody battle with Allen over their three children Moses, Dylan, Satchel; eventually won custody
1994 
Co-starred in the comedy "Widow's Peak"
1995 
Starred in the film version of Craig Lucas' play "Reckless"
1998 
Returned to TV as co-star with Sam Waterston in "Miracle at Midnight" (ABC)
1999 
Starred in the CBS movie "Forget Me Never"
2005 
Starred off-Broadway, as a woman confronting her own mortality in "Fran's Bed," a family drama by James Lapine
2006 
Played the role of 'Mrs. Baylock', the Satanic nanny, in the remake of "The Omen"
2007 
Costarred in Justin Theroux's directing debut, "Dedication," a romantic comedy premiered at Sundance
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