Remembering early Farrah: The Dating Game; Partridge Family; Myra Breckinridge; and shaving Namath

We all know the super-famous Farrah Fawcett from Charlie’s Angels, The Burning Bed and Extremities. But she had already been around Hollywood for several years before becoming a superstar in 1976 doing tons of commercials with the likes of Joe Namath and appearing in guest spots on various popular series of the era.

She sure lit up the screen!

Above is a scene from one of her first movies, 1970’s Myra Breckinridge. Her co-stars? Raquel Welch and Mae West! I guess there’s some kind of lesbian action possibly happening here!

Farrah guest-starred on The Partridge Family and looks stunningly gorgeous in this scene with Danny Partridge and Rueben Kincaid! She was just 23 years old.

Farrah was a lovely bachelorette on The Dating Game in 1969. Can you imagine winning a date with 22-year-old Farrah?

A shampoo commercial with Penny Marshall above and below, one of her most famous commercials: shaving Joe Namath’s face with Noxema during a spot that aired during the 1973 Super Bowl.