Mimsy Farmer (born February 28, 1945) is an American actress. Her nickname came from a line in Lewis Carroll 's Jabberwocky ; "All mimsy were the borogoves".
She was born Merle Farmer in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was a newsman and a writer for radio. She attended Hollywood High School . Her early experience as an entertainer came in her role of handling rabbits for a magician who performed at children's birthday parties.
Farmer played in Spencer's Mountain (1963) and More (1969). After a brief film career in the United States, mostly portraying "party-girl" types in films such as Hot Rods to Hell (1967), Riot on Sunset Strip (1967), and The Wild Racers (1968), Farmer moved to Italy . Most of her career has been spent in Europe, including a giallo movie with Dario Argento .
In 1962 and 1963, respectively, Farmer guest starred as Laurie in "The Swingin' Set" and as Joanne Wells in "Boys and Girls" on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom The Donna Reed Show .
She made two guest appearances on Perry Mason in 1964, including the role of defendant Kathy Anders in "The Case of the Tragic Trophy". She appeared on My Three Sons , Honey West , The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet , The Outer Limits (March 2, 1964 episode "Second Chance") and The F.B.I. . In 1966, she appeared as Lorrie Thatcher in the episode "The Calico Kid" and as Antonia in the episode "A Prince of a Ranger" on the NBC western Laredo .
Since 1992 she has worked as a sculptor for theatre and opera in France and Italy, and for films (Art Department) such as Oceans , Troy , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Marie Antoinette , Five Children and It , and The Golden Compass .
She also creates personal sculptures and paintings.
Actress
1991
Safari (TV Movie) as
Ingrid
1990
Il segreto dell'uomo solitario as
Sara
1989
Ceux de la soif (TV Movie) as
Comtesse Von Kleber
1988
Black Sequence (TV Series) as
Liliane
- La louve (1988) - Liliane
1988
Sei delitti per padre Brown (TV Mini Series) - La sposa bugiarda (1988)
1987
Her Fragrant Emulsion (Short) as
Billie
1986
Atelier (TV Mini Series) as
Dr. Serena Corte
- Business Game (1987) - Dr. Serena Corte
- Scampato pericolo (1986) - Dr. Serena Corte
- L'atelier di Anastasia (1986) - Dr. Serena Corte
1986
Body Count as
Julia Ritchie
1986
La ragazza dei lillà as
Leonora
1986
Quando arriva il giudice (TV Mini Series) as
Clara
- Le notte delle stelle (1986) - Clara
- Morto per morto (1986) - Clara
- Siamo a cavallo (1986) - Clara
- Addio maschio crudele (1986) - Clara
- L'uomo che sapeva troppo poco (1986) - Clara
1984
Mio figlio non sa leggere (TV Movie) as
Carole
1984
Code Name: Wild Geese as
Kathy
1984
La bella Otero (TV Mini Series) as
Valentina de Bruges
- Episode #1.4 (1984) - Valentina de Bruges
- Episode #1.3 (1984) - Valentina de Bruges
- Episode #1.2 (1984) - Valentina de Bruges
- Episode #1.1 (1984) - Valentina de Bruges (credit only)
1984
The World of Don Camillo as
Jo Magro
1983
Arabesque (TV Mini Series) - Episode #1.2 (1983)
- Episode #1.3 (1983)
- Episode #1.1 (1983)
1983
Un foro nel parabrezza as
Daniza
1983
The Death of Mario Ricci as
Cathy Burns
1982
The Girl from Trieste as
Valeria
1982
La déchirure (TV Movie) as
Elia
1982
Il quartetto Basileus as
Miss Permamint
1980
Il treno per Istanbul (TV Mini Series) as
Coral Musker
- Episode #1.4 (1981) - Coral Musker
- Episode #1.3 (1981) - Coral Musker
- Episode #1.2 (1981) - Coral Musker
- Episode #1.1 (1980) - Coral Musker
1981
The Black Cat as
Jill Trevers
1980
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme as
Charlotte
1980
Operation Leopard as
Annie
1980
Orient-Express (TV Mini Series) as
Woman
- Maria (1980) - Woman (uncredited)
1979
Martin Eden (TV Mini Series) as
Lizzie Connolly
- Episode #1.5 (1979) - Lizzie Connolly
- Episode #1.4 (1979) - Lizzie Connolly
- Episode #1.3 (1979) - Lizzie Connolly
- Episode #1.2 (1979) - Lizzie Connolly
- Episode #1.1 (1979) - Lizzie Connolly
1979
Concorde Affaire '79 as
Jean Beneyton
1978
Les pieds poussent en novembre (TV Movie) as
Betsy
1978
Bye Bye Monkey as
Feminist Actress
1978
The Pocket Lover as
Héléna
1977
Antonio Gramsci: i giorni del carcere as
Giulia
1974
The Suspects as
Candice Strasberg
1974
The Perfume of the Lady in Black as
Silvia Hacherman
1973
Les mille et une mains as
Nadine
1973
Corpo d'amore as
The Woman
1972
The Master and Margaret as
Margareta Nikolajevna
1971
Four Flies on Grey Velvet as
Nina Tobias
1970
The Road to Salina as
Billie
1968
The Wild Racers as
Katherine Pearson
1967
Devil's Angels as
Marianne
1967
Riot on Sunset Strip as
Andrea Dollier
1966
Laredo (TV Series) as
Antonia / Lorrie Thatcher
- A Prince of a Ranger (1966) - Antonia
- The Calico Kid (1966) - Lorrie Thatcher
1966
Hot Rods to Hell as
Gloria
1966
The F.B.I. (TV Series) as
Sue Wallace / Jody Conners
- The Price of Death (1966) - Sue Wallace
- The Animal (1966) - Jody Conners
1966
Mister Roberts (TV Series) as
Peachy Keane
- Damn the Torpedoes (1966) - Peachy Keane
1966
Honey West (TV Series) as
Tina
- Like Visions and Omens and All That Jazz (1966) - Tina
1965
Hank (TV Series) as
Barbara
- My Fair Co-Ed (1965) - Barbara
1965
Bus Riley's Back in Town as
Paula
1964
Lassie (TV Series) as
Jetta
- Lassie Works a Miracle (1964) - Jetta
1964
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Kathy Anders / Sande Lukins
- The Case of the Tragic Trophy (1964) - Kathy Anders
- The Case of the Careless Kidnapper (1964) - Sande Lukins
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) as
Joan
- A Lion Amongst Men (1964) - Joan
1964
The Outer Limits (TV Series) as
Denise Ward
- Second Chance (1964) - Denise Ward
1963
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (TV Series) as
Virginia
- Rick's Wedding Ring (1963) - Virginia
1963
Spencer's Mountain as
Claris Coleman
1962
The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) as
Joanne Wells / Laurie Lessing / Laurie
- Boys and Girls (1963) - Joanne Wells
- To Be a Boy (1962) - Joanne Wells
- The Father Image (1962) - Laurie Lessing
- The Swingin' Set (1962) - Laurie
1962
My Three Sons (TV Series) as
Janee Holmes
- Steve Gets an A (1962) - Janee Holmes
1961
Gidget Goes Hawaiian as
Blond Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
Art Department
2017
Beauty and the Beast (sculptor)
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy (sculptor)
2012
Wrath of the Titans (sculptor)
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (sculptor)
2009
Oceans (Documentary) (sculptor)
2007
The Golden Compass (sculptor)
2006
Marie Antoinette (sculptor)
2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (sculptor)
2004
Five Children and It (hod sculptor)
Writer
1969
More (collaborator: final version of the dialogue)
Self
2018
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show (TV Special documentary) as
Self
2007
Linee d'ombra (Documentary) as
Self
1980
Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 20 January 1980 (1980) - Self
1975
Midi-Première (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 10 May 1975 (1975) - Self
1969
Pour le cinéma (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 April 1975 (1975) - Self
- Episode dated 22 May 1969 (1969) - Self
1963
The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) as
Self - 1963 Deb Star
- Frank Sinatra, Edie Adams, Robert Goulet, Brenda Lee, 1963 Hollywood Deb Stars (1963) - Self - 1963 Deb Star
Archive Footage
2019
Deodato Holocaust (Documentary) as
Julia Ritchie
2016
FantastiCozzi (Documentary)
2012
Der Fall der vier Fliegen (Video documentary) as
Nina Tobias (uncredited)
1985
Dario Argento's World of Horror (Documentary) as
Nina Tobias (uncredited)