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Profile of Margaret O'Brien
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Margaret O'Brien |
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15th January 1937 |
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San Diego, California, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Margaret O'Brien (born January 15, 1937 in San Diego, California) is an American film actress, and although her career was brief, was one of the most highly regarded child actors in cinema history.
Born Angela Maxine O'Brien, she made her first film appearance in Babes on Broadway (1941) at the age of four, but it was the following year that her first major role brought her widespread attention. As a five year old in Journey for Margaret (1942), O'Brien won wide praise for her convincing acting style.
She played a young French girl, and spoke and sang all her dialogue with a French accent, in Jane Eyre (1944). Arguably her most memorable role was as "Tootie" in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), opposite Judy Garland. O'Brien had by this time, added singing and dancing to her achievements and was rewarded with an Academy Juvenile Award the following year. Her other successes included The Canterville Ghost (1944) and Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945), but she was unable to make the transition to adult roles.
A 1946 Looney Tunes short, Book Revue, placed a caricature of O'Brien in the role of Little Red Riding Hood.
O'Brien's acting roles as an adult have been rare, but mostly in independent films. However, she does do occasional interviews, mostly for the Turner Classic Movies cable network.
She has been married twice, to Harold Allen, Jr. (from 1959 to 1968), and later to Roy Thorsen (that marriage produced her only child, Mara Tolene Thorsen, born in 1977.
O'Brien has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard, and for television at 1620 Vine St.
Filmography
- Amy 1981
- Heller in Pink Tights 1960
- Glory 1956
- Her First Romance 1951
- Little Women 1949
- The Secret Garden 1949
- Tenth Avenue Angel 1948
- Big City 1948
- The Unfinished Dance 1947
- Bad Bascomb 1946
- Three Wise Fools 1946
- Our Vines Have Tender Grapes 1945
- Meet Me in St. Louis 1944
- Jane Eyre 1944
- The Canterville Ghost 1944
- Music for Millions 1944
- Lost Angel 1944
- Journey for Margaret 1942
- Babes on Broadway 1941
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