Prudence Farrow

About

The child of screen actress Maureen O'Sullivan and director John Farrow and the sibling of actress Mia Farrow, she became a movie producer and is also famous for having inspired the hit Beatles song "Dear Prudence."

Before Fame

She earned a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and a doctorate in Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and worked as both a meditation leader and a school teacher.

Trivia

In the mid 1990s, she co-produced Widows' Peak, a film in which her famous older sister is prominently featured.

Family Life

Her marriage to Albert Bruns produced three children.

Associated With

John Lennon wrote "Dear Prudence" while he and Farrow were both attending a Transcendental Meditation instructor training program in India in the late 1960s.