LOS ANGELES — The executive director of the film academy says Farrah Fawcett wasn’t included in the Academy Awards In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star.
Fawcett died in June at the age of 62.
Bruce Davis said it was a difficult decision for the committee that assembles the segment to omit Fawcett and that he’s not surprised that some are upset.
The montage also included Michael Jackson, whose predominant medium certainly wasn’t theatrically released movies.
Davis said he and his colleagues thought the two were best known for their “remarkable television work” and would be more appropriately honored at the Emmy Awards.
Fawcett was predominantly a TV actress and starred in “Charlie’s Angels” and numerous made-for-TV movies. But she also appeared in theatrically released films, including 1976’s “Logan’s Run,” 1986’s “Extremities” and 1997’s “The Apostle.”
On Oscar night on Sunday, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences spokeswoman Leslie Unger said, “Every year it’s an unfortunate reality that we can’t include everybody.”
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