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French actress (1934–2011)

Annie Fargé (15 April 1934 – 4 March 2011)^[2] was a Frenchactress who worked for a few years on U.S. television and was named "most promising new star in a situation comedy" in 1961^[3] when she played the title role in CBS's Angel. Especially in Europe, she was often credited as "Annie Fargue".

Early life

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Born in Belgium as Henriette Goldfarb, she escaped the country with her family before the Nazi occupation. She wanted to become an actress; her mother opposed the idea, but relented when Fargé was accepted at the Conservatoire National.

Career

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Fargé traveled to New York and later married dancer Dirk Sanders. The couple had a daughter, Leslie Tabuteau, who was born shortly before Angel began filming in April 1960 and eventually became a French TV producer.

Broadway producer Joshua Logan is said^{[by whom?]} to have discovered Fargé and had her take English lessons. At the time of casting for the television series, Fargé was an understudy in the Broadway production of The World of Suzie Wong.^{[citation needed]}

She was signed for the Angel role by producer Jess Oppenheimer on the basis of CBS executive Robert Lewine's recommendation. Oppenheimer did not elect t

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