Arlene Farber, a ravishing brunette actress, captivated audiences with her appearances in a select few exploitation films primarily produced in the New York state area during the 1960s and 1970s.
Born on March 13, 1947, in New York, Arlene attended South Grove Elementary School in Syosset, New York, and Floral Park Junior High in Floral Park, New York. She then graduated from Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village, New York, in 1965.
Farber made her film debut as Nellie in "Girl on a Chain Gang," directed by her close friend Jerry Gross. She went on to play lead roles in two other movies directed by Gross: Arlene Taylor, a cute high school adolescent, in "Teenage Mother," and Angelique, a very sexy and impressive peasant girl, in the racy "Female Animal."
Her other notable roles include vivacious fame-hungry ballerina Toni in the lurid "Two Girls for a Madman," very funny as Tony Lo Bianco's whiny girlfriend Angie Boca in "The French Connection," and sassy backwoods hick chick Martha in the offbeat made-for-TV movie "All the Kind Strangers."
Farber also made guest appearances on episodes of the TV shows "Room 222," "Mannix," "Kung Fu," and "Baretta." In her final role, she played a small part as a high school gym teacher in the amusing lowbrow comedy romp "Slumber Party '57" before retiring from acting.
Today, Farber is married and resides in California.
