Today in Photos

Actress Farrah Fawcett died Thursday after a long battle with cancer. Today's photos represent Fawcett in some of her movies and in other activities during her career.

Section:Gallery

Thu., June 25, 2009

In this Jan. 1977 file photo originally released by ABC, actress Farrah Fawcett-Majors from "Charlie's Angels," is shown. Fawcett died, Thursday, June 25, 2009, at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 62.
In this Aug. 8, 1979 file photo, actress Farrah Fawcett Majors appears on NBC's "Today" show in New York. Fawcett died, Thursday, June 25, 2009, at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 62.

Dave Pickoff Associated Press
Actress Farrah Fawcett gestures as she talks about her famous poster image during a question and answer session at the Summer CBS Press tour Monday, July 26, 1999 in Pasadena, Calif. Fawcett is the star of the CBS production "Silk Hope."

Damian Dovarganes Associated Press
In this Aug. 27, 2006 file photo, Kate Jackson, left, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith, right, former stars of the television series "Charlie's Angels," pay tribute to producer Aaron Spelling during the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Fawcett died, Thursday, June 25, 2009, at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 62.

Chris Carlson Associated Press
The July issue of PLAYBOY, which hits newstands Tuesday, June 10, will be published with two different covers- each featuring Fawcett as well as the same revealing 14-page Farrah pictorial within.
In this March 5, 1989 file photo, actors Ryan O'Neal, left, and Farrah Fawcett are shown at the premiere of the film. "Chances Are," in New York. Fawcett died Thursday, June 25, 2009 in a Los Angeles hospital. She was 62.

Ray Stubblebine Associated Press
In this March 6, 1989 file photo, actors Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett arrive at the New York premiere of O'Neal's new movie, "Chances Are." In an interview with Barbara Walters for ABC's "20/20" O'Neal says he plans to marry Fawcett. Walters' interview with O'Neal airs Friday June 26, 2009.

Ray Stubblebine Associated Press
Farrah Fawcett stars as a young mother who was convicted of shooting her three children- possibly in a desperate attempt to win back a former lover - in SMALL SACRIFICES, a powerful two-part dramatization of a true story.

Chris Benge Associated Press
In this Aug. 29, 2004 file photo, Farrah Fawcett arrives for the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami. Fawcett died, Thursday, June 25, 2009, at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 62.

Chris O'Meara Associated Press
Farrah Fawcett stars in SILK HOPE, a poignant new television movie about an irreverent and irresponsible woman who finds a reason to change her life when her mother dies and she tries to save the family farm.

Tony Esparza Associated Press
Farrah Fawcett -- "THE SUBSTITUTE WIFE" -- Set in Nebraska in 1869, the film follows the search of Amy Hightower (Lea Thompson) for a woman to take care of her husband (Peter Weller) and four children when she discovers she's dying. With almost no single women available, she turns to the unlikeliest of places -- the local brothel -- for help.

Paul Drinkwater Associated Press
Actress Farrah Fawcett jokes with David Letterman during a taping of "Late Show with David Letterman," Tuesday, Aug. 31, in New York. Fawcett stars in the new film, "The Cookout," which opens in theaters on Sept. 3.

John Filo Associated Press