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Maggie McNamara is a Actor American born on 18 june 1928 at New York City (USA)
Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara (June 18, 1927 – February 18, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actress and model.
McNamara began her career as a teenage fashion model. She came to public attention in the controversial film The Moon Is Blue directed by Otto Preminger, reprising the role she played in the Chicago production of the play. She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film.
By the mid-1950s, McNamara's career began to decline. She appeared in two films after The Moon Is Blue and made her final film in 1963. After five guest-starring roles in television series in early 1960s, she retired from acting. For the remainder of her life, she worked as a typist in New York City. In February 1978, McNamara died of a barbiturate overdose at the age of 50.
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Birth name Marguerite McNamara
Nationality USA
Birth 18 june 1928 at New York City (USA)
Death 18 february 1978 (at 49 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 18 june 1928 at New York City (USA)
Death 18 february 1978 (at 49 years) at New York City (USA)
McNamara began her career as a teenage fashion model. She came to public attention in the controversial film The Moon Is Blue directed by Otto Preminger, reprising the role she played in the Chicago production of the play. She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film.
By the mid-1950s, McNamara's career began to decline. She appeared in two films after The Moon Is Blue and made her final film in 1963. After five guest-starring roles in television series in early 1960s, she retired from acting. For the remainder of her life, she worked as a typist in New York City. In February 1978, McNamara died of a barbiturate overdose at the age of 50.
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In March 1951, McNamara married actor/director David Swift. The couple had no children and they later divorced. McNamara never remarried. After her divorce, she had a relationship with screenwriter Walter Bernstein.Best films
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The Cardinal (1963)
, 2h55Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion
Actors Tom Tryon, Raf Vallone, Jill Haworth, John Saxon, Romy Schneider, Carol Lynley
Roles Florrie Fermoyle
Rating66%
A newly ordained Irish Catholic priest, Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon) returns home to Boston in 1917. He discovers that his parents are upset about daughter Mona (Carol Lynley) having become engaged to marry a Jewish boy, Benny Rampell (John Saxon). Mona seeks Stephen's counsel as a priest.
Prince of Players (1955)
, 1h42Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television, Children's films
Actors Richard Burton, Maggie McNamara, John Derek, Raymond Massey, Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Sellars
Roles Mary Devlin Booth
Rating66%
Edwin "Ned" Booth (Richard Burton) is the son of the noted thespian Junius Brutus Booth and the older brother of another actor, John Wilkes Booth. Beginning In 1848, as a boy, and into early manhood, he travels with and assists Junius, who is often drunk and seems at times on the brink of madness.
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
, 1h42Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Rossano Brazzi, Maggie McNamara
Roles Maria Williams
Rating61%
A young American secretary, Maria Williams (Maggie McNamara), arrives in Rome and is greeted by Anita Hutchins (Jean Peters), the woman she is replacing at the United States Distribution Agency. They drive to the "Villa Eden" Anita shares with Miss Frances (Dorothy McGuire), the longtime secretary of the American author John Frederick Shadwell (Clifton Webb), an expatriate living in Rome for the past fifteen years. On their way into town, the three women stop at the famous Trevi Fountain. Frances and Anita tell Maria that according to legend, if she throws a coin in the fountain and makes a wish to return to Rome, she will. Maria and Francis throw in their coins, but Anita, who is returning to the United States to marry, declines.
The Girl on The Roof (1953)
, 1h30Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Hardy Krüger, Johannes Heesters, Johanna Matz, Tom Tully, Tom Tully, Dawn Addams
Roles A tourist
Rating59%
A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his apartment. There she meets Donald's upstairs neighbors, his ex-fiancée Cynthia and her father, roguish David Slader. Both men are determined to bed the young woman, but they quickly discover Patty is more interested in engaging in spirited discussions about the pressing moral and sexual issues of the day than surrendering her virginity to either one of them. After resisting their amorous advances throughout the night, Patty leaves and returns to the Empire State Building, where Donald finds her and proposes marriage.
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
, 1h39Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films based on plays, Films about virginity
Actors William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully, Tom Tully, Fortunio Bonanova
Roles Patty O'Neill
Rating66%
A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architect Donald Gresham on the top of the Empire State Building and accepts his invitation to join him for drinks and dinner in his apartment. There she meets Donald's upstairs neighbors, his ex-fiancée Cynthia and her father, roguish David Slater.