Background
Born into a show business family, she is the daughter of Brian Farnon, a musician and conductor and Rita Oehmen, a singer and actress, and sister of Charmian Carr and Darleen Carr.
Born into a show business family, she is the daughter of Brian Farnon, a musician and conductor and Rita Oehmen, a singer and actress, and sister of Charmian Carr and Darleen Carr.
She is best known as being the first actress to voice Wonder Woman in a Hanna-Barbera production. She was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Farnon, while a teenager, went to theater art classes in Toronto and years later worked on commercial spots.
The actress starred in film, television, commercials and cartoons, however her first role was in 1965 in an uncredited role in Burke"s Law.
She went on to star in supporting roles in multiple other television series, but she was most active in the voice-over field in commercials. From 1973 to 1983, the voice actress portrayed the Amazonian superheroine on Super Friends, Challenge of the Super Friends, The All-New Super Friends Hour, The World"s Greatest Super Friends and the revival of Super Friends.
Farnon did voice several incidental characters, such as Lois Lane and Hawkgirl on some of the series and also played the role of Kim Butler in Valley of the Dinosaurs in 1974, but mainly she did the voice of Wonder Woman. This case has often been given as an example of injustice in the television and animation industry.
Mary McDonald-Lewis voiced the Amazonian superheroine in an episode of Superman.
Shannon Farnon voiced Wonder Woman on many Cartoon Network promos and went on to appear in several films and television series, but since 2005, her acting appearances have been infrequent. Jeremy died from a skiing accident at the age 24.