<P> In 1949, another film was made, starring Alan Ladd as Gatsby and Betty Field as Daisy . </P> <P> Phyllis Kirk portrayed Daisy in a 1955 episode of the television series Robert Montgomery Presents adapting The Great Gatsby . </P> <P> Jeanne Crain played Daisy in a 1958 episode of the television series Playhouse 90 . </P> <P> In the 1974 film adaptation, Daisy is portrayed by Mia Farrow . A photo of Farrow portraying Daisy appeared on the cover of the first issue of People magazine in promotion of the then - upcoming film . In the photo, Farrow holds a string of pearls in her hand while the pearls are also in her mouth . It was later emulated in 2014 by Taylor Swift . Farrow's performance as Daisy was met with mixed reception, Bruce Handy of Vanity Fair praising Farrow as being "full of vain flutter and the seductive instant intimacy of the careless rich" while Leigh Paatsch of News.com.au thought Farrow missed Daisy "by a country mile ." While Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote favorably of Farrow as Daisy, he added that Daisy "may be an impossible role, one that is much more easily accepted on the page than on the screen ." </P>

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