Maggie McNamara
American actress (1928-1978) · United States · Actors · Died at 49
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Something wrong?Marguerite McNamara was an American stage, film, and television actress and model. McNamara began her career as a teenage fashion model. She first came to public attention as Patty O'Neill in the 1951 national tour of F. Hugh Herbert's The Moon Is Blue which ran concurrently with the original Broadway production.
A life in dates
The Great AdventureSeries, Laura DrakeThe Greatest Show on EarthSeries
The CardinalFilm, 1963Florrie Fermoyle1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Camilla1961
Ben CaseySeries1959
The Twilight ZoneSeries, Barbara Blake1955
Prince of PlayersFilm, Mary Devlin Booth1954
Three Coins in the FountainFilm, Maria Williams1953
The Girl on The RoofFilm, A tourist
The Moon Is BlueFilm, 1953Patty O'Neill1949The ClockSeries1928Born18 June 1928Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 6
PFPreminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerTCThe CardinalPPPrince of PlayersTFThree Coins in the FountainTBThe Moon Is BlueTRThe Girl on The Roof12 credits on file
Television 6
TAThe Great AdventureTHThe Alfred Hitchcock HourBCBen CaseyTZThe Twilight ZoneIn their orbit
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Marguerite McNamara was an American stage, film, and television actress and model. McNamara began her career as a teenage fashion model. She first came to public attention as Patty O'Neill in the 1951 national tour of F. Hugh Herbert's The Moon Is Blue which ran concurrently with the original Broadway production. In 1952 she succeeded Barbara Bel Geddes in that role in the Broadway production. Both productions were directed by Otto Preminger, and Preminger also directed McNamara in that role in the controversial 1953 film adaptation of that work. She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film.
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