Farrah Fawcett was born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1947 and got her start as a model and actress in television commercials.  By the late 1960s, she was getting small roles in network series.

Her big break came in 1976, when she was hired to play Jill Munroe – one of three glamorous crime-fighters in the series Charlie’s Angels.   

She stayed with the show for just one season, but with her stunning good looks, she became a Hollywood icon.  A poster of Fawcett posed seductively in a swim suit sold millions of copies.