Happy Birthday: Mia Farrow

On her life as a “Rat Pack Wife” during her marriage to Frank Sinatra: “The women, who didn’t seem to mind being referred to as ‘broads’, sat up straight with their legs crossed and little expectant smiles on their oh-so-carefully made-up faces They sipped white wine, smoked, and eyed the men, laughing at every joke…A long time would pass before any of the women dared to speak then, under the main male table conversation, they talked about their cats, or where they had bought their clothes; but more than half an ear was always with the men, just in case. As hours passed, the women, neglected in their chairs, drooped; no longer listening, no longer laughing”.