Mary Louise Farrell Palmer (November 27, 1942 – October 20, 2011), known professionally as Aniko Farrell, was a
Canadian
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singer, actress and
Miss Dominion of Canada
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.
Farrell was one of nine children born to Arthur and Elizabeth Farrell in
St. John's,
Newfoundland
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.
She was educated at Holy Heart of Mary Regional High School and started to sing at an early age. She won several awards at the
Kiwanis Music Festival The Kiwanis Music Festival movement consists of regional music competitions.
These festivals are named after the Kiwanis
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. In 1964 Farrell was voted Miss Newfoundland and won
Miss Dominion of Canada
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later that same year. She went on to enter the
Miss World
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contest where she was the runner-up.
Farrell made guest appearances on ''
The Lawrence Welk Show
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'' and was offered a contract to appear regularly on the show.
['']Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
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'' () She used her stage name Aniko when performing in
Broadway
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musicals. It was there in 1966 where she met
Peter Palmer, whom she married later that year in Los Angeles.
[''California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985''] The couple had a daughter, Farrell Beth, and lived in Florida until her death in 2011.
See also
*
List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
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* List (surname)
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References
External links
Mary Louise Farrell - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, v. 2, p. 18
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1942 births
2011 deaths
Actresses from Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian beauty pageant winners
Canadian musical theatre actresses
Canadian stage actresses
Miss World 1964 delegates
Musicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian people of Irish descent
Canadian emigrants to the United States
20th-century Canadian women singers
Miss Universe 1964 contestants