Mary Louise Farrell Palmer (November 27, 1942 – October 20, 2011), known professionally as Aniko Farrell, was a Canadian singer, actress and Miss Dominion of Canada.

Farrell was one of nine children born to Arthur and Elizabeth Farrell in St. John's, Newfoundland. 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. In 1964 Farrell was voted Miss Newfoundland and won Miss Dominion of Canada later that same year. She went on to enter the Miss World contest where she was the runner-up.

Mary Lou Farrell

Farrell made guest appearances on The Lawrence Welk Show and was offered a contract to appear regularly on the show. She used her stage name Aniko when performing in Broadway musicals. It was there in 1966 where she met Peter Palmer, whom she married later that year in Los Angeles. The couple had a daughter, Farrell Beth, and lived in Florida until her death in 2011.

Mary Lou Farrell

See also

List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador

References

External links

Mary Louise Farrell - Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, v. 2, p. 18

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

Mary Lou Farrell