Rosemary's Baby (novel) of dialogue counts." In 1968, the novel was adapted into a movie starring Mia Farrow, with John Cassavetes as Guy. Ruth Gordon, who played Minnie Castevet, won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Roman Polanski, who wrote and directed the film, was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. The exterior shots of the fictional Bramford apartment were filmed at The Dakota off Central Park West in New York City. In 2014, the novel was adapted as an NBC television mini-series with Zoe Saldana as Rosemary. The two-part miniseries aired on Mother's Day of that
Rosemary's Baby (film) bigger name was needed for the lead. Mia Farrow – with only a supporting role in "Guns at Batasi" (1964) and the then-unreleased "A Dandy in Aspic" (1968) as her only feature film credits – had an unproven box office track record, but her role as Allison MacKenzie in the popular television series "Peyton Place" and her unexpected marriage to Frank Sinatra had made her a household name. Patty Duke auditioned for the role of Rosemary Woodhouse but lost out to Mia Farrow. Despite her waif-like appearance (which would ultimately prove beneficial, as Rosemary became more frail as her pregnancy