Farrah Fawcett she appeared in commercials and guest roles on television. During the 1970s, she appeared in numerous television series, including recurring roles on "Harry O" (1974–1976), and "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974–1978) with her first husband, film and television star Lee Majors. Her breakthrough role came in 1976, when she was cast as Jill Munroe in the ABC series "Charlie's Angels", alongside Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith. The show propelled all three to stardom, but especially Fawcett (then billed as "Farrah Fawcett-Majors"). After appearing in only the first season, Fawcett decided to leave the show, which led to legal disputes.
Farrah Fawcett and reacting to fans in the audience. Though the Letterman appearance spawned speculation and several jokes at her expense, she returned to the show in 1999. Several years later in February 2009, Letterman ended an incoherent and largely unresponsive interview with Joaquin Phoenix by saying, "We owe an apology to Farrah Fawcett." Fawcett's elder sister, Diane Fawcett Walls, died of lung cancer just before her 63rd birthday, on October 16, 2001. The fifth episode of her 2005 "Chasing Farrah" series followed the actress home to Texas to visit with her father, James, and mother, Pauline. Pauline Fawcett died on March