Farrow, Previn divorce

Press, 3 February 1979, Page 7

Farrow, Previn divorce

NZPA-Reuter London The actress, Mia Farrow, has applied for a “quickie” divorce in the Dominican Republic from the conductor, Andre Previn, her second husband, the London “Daily Mirror” reports. The paper says that the 32-year-old actress left Britain in June for the Pacific, where she was making a movie, and has not returned. The couple lived in a converted farmhouse near London for nine years. The “Daily Mirror” says she took the couple’s three children — eight-year-old twins, Sacha and Matthew, and Fletcher, aged four — and three adopted Vietnamese children, with her. Previn’s whereabouts were not immediately known. Under Dominican law, marriages can be dissolved within a week even if only one of the parties is present.

The couple married in London in September. 1970.

seven months after the twins were born. Miss Farrow. who achieved stardom in the television saga. “Peyton Place,” and acclaim for her role in "Rosemary’s Baby,” was previously married to Frank Sinatra. They married in Las Vegas, in July, 1966. Three years later the elfin-faced actress flew to Juarez. Mexico, for a quickie divorce, i charging Sinatra with crudity and incompatibility. Previn, aged 48. a four'time Oscar winner for his movie music. is music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He announced last y»ar (that he would relinquish his Inine-year po«t as principal conductor of the London ! Symphony Orchestra next ‘August.