Annie Fargé

Who was Annie Fargé?

Annie Fargé was a French actress named "most promising new star in a situation comedy" in 1961 when she played the title role in CBS's Angel.

Born in Belgium as Henriette Goldfarb, she escaped the country with her family before the Nazi occupation. She wanted to become an actress; her mother opposed the idea, but relented when Fargé was accepted at the Conservatoire National.

Fargé traveled to New York and later married dancer Dirk Sanders. The couple had a daughter, Leslie, born shortly before Angel began filming in April 1960. Broadway producer Joshua Logan is said to have discovered Fargé and had her take English lessons. At the time of casting for the television series, Fargé was an understudy in the Broadway production of The World of Suzie Wong.

She was signed for the Angel role by producer Jess Oppenheimer on the basis of CBS executive Robert Lewine's recommendation. Oppenheimer did not elect to do a screen test.

The Angel pilot did not impress the network, but when Lewine screened it for sponsors S. C.