Hilary Labow

Hilary Elizabeth Farr (née Labow) is a British-Canadian designer, businesswoman, television host and former actress. She is known as the former co-host of the HGTV reality television series Love It or List It with David Visentin.

Born in Toronto and raised in London, Farr began her career in Los Angeles working as a home renovator as well as designing film and television sets. During this time, she occasionally worked as an actress, appearing in minor roles in such films as The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), City on Fire (1979), and The Return (1980).

Farr also serves as a contributor to the Huffington Post.

Early life Farr was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 31, 1951 to a British mother and a Canadian father. Her mother was an Anglican and a member of the Church of England, and her father was Jewish. She took an interest in theatre and was introduced to interior design by helping her mother to decorate her childhood home.

Career Acting Farr began her career in Los Angeles, where she began purchasing and renovating homes, as well working as a film and television set designer. In the early 1980s, she had small parts in various television sitcoms while working as a personal assistant for Ted Danson and Arthur Cohn.

In Broadway and Theatre, Farr played the role of Betty Rizzo and the singing role of Marty in the stage performance of Grease in London with actor Richard Gere who played Danny Zucko. In 2016, Farr appeared in Ross Petty's stage version of Sleeping Beauty at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto, in the role of Malignicent. (Although the character is more commonly known as Maleficent, she was renamed "Malignicent" for this production.)

Love It or List It Farr auditioned and was the first to be signed into the role of co-host and designer of Love It or List It with Big Coat Productions (now Big Coat TV). The show was first broadcast on the W Network in Canada in September, 2008. The series became a top performer along with the network's other realty home and design originals and was later picked up by HGTV in 2011.

Farr left Love It or List It in 2023.

In 2017, Farr co-founded Rules of Renovation, a real estate investment seminar series held at locations across North America for aspiring investors.

Personal life Farr married Canadian TV producer Gordon Farr in 1982. She gave birth to their son in 1983. The couple divorced in 2008. She had previously been diagnosed with a precancerous tumour in 2012, which she had surgically removed. A subsequent mammogram revealed Farr had developed malignant breast cancer. She underwent radiation therapy and further surgical intervention, and remains in remission as of 2022.

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