Mia Farrow and five of her children. | Source: Getty Images
Actress Mia Farrow was married to iconic singer Frank Sinatra, renowned pianist Andrè Previn, and a longtime partner to director Woody Allen. She had fourteen children, three of whom died young.
Actress Mia Farrow is unforgettable for her roles in "Rosemary's Baby," "Hannah and Her Sisters," and "The Great Gatsby." Still, her real life is as full of drama, joy, and tragedy as anything Hollywood could have dreamed up.
Married to three men who made an indelible mark in the entertainment world, Mia became the mother of fourteen children. Motherhood was to bring her fulfillment but also the pain of loss and betrayal.
Andre Previn, Mia Farrow, and their twin sons, Matthew and Sascha in 1971. | Source: Getty Images
Mia married her first husband, crooner Frank Sinatra, when she was very young, She was 19, and he was 51. The marriage lasted two years and was childless, but they remained friends for the rest of Sinatra's life.
Two years after her divorce from Sinatra, Mia married composer, pianist, and conductor André Previn. She shared three biological children with Previn, and the couple adopted three children together before divorcing in 1979.
In 1980, a year after divorcing Previn, Mia began a relationship with director Woody Allen and starred in many of his films. Allen and Mia welcomed a biological child together and co-adopted two more.
The relationship with Allen ended in 1992 with a scandal that rocked New York and made headlines worldwide. After her split from Allen, Mia adopted five more children, for a total of 14: six daughters and eight sons, most of whom have chosen to stay out of the limelight.
Mia Farrow and five of her children at Liza Minnelli and David Gest in 2002, in New York City. | Source: Getty Images
Matthew Previn
Mia and her husband, Andrè Previn, welcomed their son Matthew on February 26, 1970, one of a set of twins. Matthew studied at Ivy League bastion Yale before attending and graduating from Georgetown Law.
Matthew worked in New York City and married fellow lawyer Téa Graves Previn in 2003, and the couple has since welcomed two children together. Matthew is very close to his mother and siblings but stays out of the public eye in New York City.
Andre Previn, Mia Farrow and their children Fletcher and Matthew during the 1998 Kennedy Center Honors in 1998 in Washington, DC. | Source: Getty Images
Sascha Previn
Sascha Previn was born a few minutes after his brother Matthew on February 26, 1970. He graduated from Fordham University, briefly became a teacher, and worked as an accountant in New York. Sascha's first marriage to Carrie Englander in 1995 ended in divorce.
Mia Farrow has lost three children to death and two -- Soon Yi and Moses -- to estrangement.
Sascha got married a second time to a pediatric cardiologist, and the two share a daughter. He is now a stay-at-home dad, giving all his attention to his daughter and focusing on his family. Like his twin, Sascha likes to keep his life private.
Andre Previn and Mia Farrow with their adopted daughter, Lark Previn, in 1973. | Source: Getty Images
Lark Song Previn
When their twin sons were three years old, Andrè and Mia adopted a Vietnamese baby girl born on February 15, 1973, whom they named Lark Song Previn. Lark gave Mia a few headaches as a teen and was arrested for shoplifting lingerie from a shop in Connecticut.
Lark later settled down happily and welcomed two little girls of her own, Sara and Christine. Unfortunately, Lark had contracted HIV from a previous partner, and she passed away on December 25, 2008, at the age of 35 from AIDS-related complications.
Mia Farrow and son Fletcher Previn at the 34th Annual Tony Awards Supper Ball in 1980, in New York City. | Source: Getty Images
Fletcher Previn
A year after Lark joined the Previn family, Mia gave birth to Fletcher Previn on March 14, 1974. Like his older brothers, Fletcher attended college and graduated in 2000. He works for IBM and is married to a graphic designer.
Fletcher is the proud dad of two girls and is very protective of his mother. He lives next door to Mia in Connecticut and is rumored not to get along with his mother's former partner Woody Allen or his sister, Soon Yi.
Mia Farrow and daughters Lark Song Previn and Summer Song Previn at the 62nd Annual National Board of Review Awards in 1991, in New York City. | Source: Getty Images
Summer "Daisy" Song Previn
Summer Song Previn was Andrè and Mia's second adopted daughter. She was born in Vietnam in 1976 and is known to her friends and family as Daisy. Like Lark, Daisy went through a rebellious teen phase and dropped out of Wheaton College.
She became pregnant and had a son. Daisy is now settled and happily married to a musician and works as a construction manager for a Brooklyn company. Her days of shoplifting with her sister Lark are far behind her.
Soon-Yi Previn and Mia Farrow outside the actress' apartment in New York City, in 1991. | Source: Getty Images
Soon-Yi Previn
Soon Yi Previn was to be the last child the composer and the actress adopted together. The little girl was born in South Korea and was six years old when she was adopted. A year after her adoption, Mia and Andrè divorced, and not long after, the actress brought Allen into the family.
In 1991, Mia discovered that her longtime partner was cheating on her with her daughter, Soon Yi. At that time, Soon Yi was 21, and Allen was in his fifties and had been the father figure in the family for a decade. The relationship became public, and Soon Yi and Allen married in 1996.
She graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree in special education. Soon Yi and Allen adopted two daughters. She has defended Allen and accused Mia of physical abuse. She was estranged from her father, Andrè Previn, before his death in 2019 and most of her siblings.
Moses Amadeus Farrow in 1992. | Source: Getty Images
Moses Farrow
At the beginning of their relationship, Allen and Mia struggled to conceive, and he co-adopted the actress' son, Moses Farrow. Mia adopted Moses, a special needs two-year-old South Korean child with cerebral palsy, in 1980.
Moses studied at the University of Connecticut and became a licensed family therapist. He lives in Connecticut, like Mia and Fletcher, and has an ex-wife and children. He has accused Mia of being abusive to him and Soon Yi, poisoning his mind against Allen.
Dylan Farrow and Mia Farrow at the 2016 Time 100 Gala,in 2016, in New York City. | Source: Getty Images
Dylan Farrow
Like Moses, Mia adopted Dylan Farrow as a newborn after her divorce from Andrè in 1985 and was later co-adopted by Woody Allen in 1991. At the time of the acrimonious split between Mia and Allen, Dylan was seven years old.
Dylan has claimed that Allen molested her, and many accused Mia of using her daughter to get back at Allen. Dylan has become a writer of young adult novels and is the mother of a baby girl, Evangeline. She believes she was molested and stated:
"I consider myself lucky. I am happily married. I have the support of my amazing brothers and sisters. I have a mother who found within herself a well of fortitude that saved us from the chaos a predator brought into our home."
Mia Farrow and Ronan Farrow at ELLE's 25th Annual Women In Hollywood Celebration in 2018, in Los Angeles. | Source: Getty Images
Satchel "Ronan" O'Sullivan Farrow
Mia and Allen welcomed their biological son Satchel O'Sullivan Farrow on July 11, 1985. The then-couple had tried to conceive for five years before he was born. Years later, in 2013, Mia was to hint that Satchel was possibly Frank Sinatra's child.
Satchel was a brilliant child who graduated from Bard's college at 16. He was a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Yale Law School in 2009. Now known as Ronan Farrow, he had become an influential investigative reporter and was instrumental in the exposé of Harvey Weinstein's career as a predator. He has stated:
"I cannot have a relationship with my father and be morally consistent."
Mia Farrow and daughter Tam in New York City, in 1995. | Source: Getty Images
Tam Farrow
Mia adopted Vietnamese Tam Farrow in 1992, just weeks after her relationship with Allen ended disastrously. Tam was blind and was adopted at the age of 12. Sadly, Tam was to pass away in 2000. Mia declared:
"My beloved daughter Tam passed away at 17 from an accidental prescription overdose related to the agonizing migraines she suffered, and her heart ailment."
Mia Farrow and Isaiah Farrow attend the TIME 100 Gala in 2012, in New York City. | Source: Getty Images
Isaiah Farrow
At the same time, as she adopted Tam in 1992, Mia welcomed another child, a boy, Isaiah Farrow. Isaiah was born on February 3, 1992, and was a baby when he became a part of the family.
Isaiah had kept a low profile, but it is known that he attended the University of Connecticut. He was seen in public in 2012 when he accompanied his mother to the TIME 100 Gala in New York City.
Mia Farrow and daughter Quincy Farrow at the 2011 Marian Anderson Award Gala honoring Mia Farrow in 2011 in Philadelphia. | Source: Getty Images
Quincy Farrow
In 1994, Mia again opened her heart and her family to an at-risk child, one-year-old Kaeli-Shea. She was the child of a drug-addicted mother and found a safe home with the Farrows.
Kaeli-Shea chose to change her name and became Quincy Farrow. She attended college in Connecticut and had been seen with her mother at a few red-carpet events, but little else is known about her life. Like many of her siblings, Quincy prefers to fly under the radar.
Mia Farrow and son Thaddeus, who suffers from polio, with media mogul Ted Turner at a United Nations conference on the eradication of polio in New York, in 2000. | Source: Getty Images
Thaddeus Wilk Farrow
The same year she adopted Quincy, Mia welcomed a paraplegic boy named Thaddeus Wilk Farrow into the family. Thaddeus was from India, and he was six years old. He had been left with paraplegia by polio, a disease Mia had also suffered from as a child.
Mia gave Thaddeus his middle name in honor of the judge, Elliott Wilk, who helped her win custody of Moses, Dylan, and Satchel from Woody Allen. Sadly, Thaddeus was to pass away in 2016 as a victim of suicide after a failed romance. It was another harsh blow for the actress.
Frankie-Minh Farrow
In 1995, Mia adopted her last child. She adopted Frankie-Minh Farrow at the age of six. Frankie-Minh is blind, like Tam, and she is believed to have been named after the love of Mia's life, Frank Sinatra.
Mia Farrow has lost three children to death and two -- Soon Yi and Moses -- to estrangement. As it has been announced, the actress has fifteen grandchildren, six of whom she shared with the late Andrè Previn.
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