Soon-Yi Previn

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Soon-Yi Previn (; born Oh Soon-hee, Korean: 오순희; c. October 8, 1970) is the third wife of filmmaker Woody Allen and the adopted daughter of actress Mia Farrow and musician André Previn. Her romantic relationship with Allen created public controversy when it became known in 1992, when Allen was 56 and Previn was 21; Allen had been the long-term partner of Previn’s adoptive mother, Farrow. Previn married Allen in 1997.

Soon-Yi Previn was born Oh Soon-hee in South Korea. She was reportedly found abandoned in Seoul, South Korea, on February 12, 1976. At that time, she was unable to speak intelligibly. She was temporarily placed in Maria’s House, a local institution. When authorities failed to locate her parents or relatives, they placed her in St. Paul’s Orphanage. The Seoul Family Court established a Family Census Register (legal birth document) on her behalf on December 28, 1976, giving her a birth date of October 8, 1970. Her actual birth date is unknown. Previn has said that as a young child, she lived on the streets and obtained food from trash cans.
In 1978, Mia Farrow and her then-husband, André Previn, adopted Previn and took her to the United…