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Margaret O'Brien is a Actor American born on 15 january 1937 at San Diego (USA)

Margaret O'Brien

Margaret O'Brien
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Birth name Angela Maxine O'Brien
Nationality USA
Birth 15 january 1937 (87 years) at San Diego (USA)
Awards Academy Juvenile Award

Margaret O'Brien (born January 15, 1937) is an American film, television and stage actress. Beginning a prolific career as a child actress in feature films at the age of four, O'Brien became one of the most popular child stars in cinema history, and was honored with a Juvenile Academy Award as the outstanding child actress of 1944. In her later career, she appeared on television, on stage, and in supporting film roles.

Biography

She has been married twice, to Harold Allen, Jr. from 1959 to 1968, and later to Roy Thorsen. The latter marriage produced her only child, Mara Tolene Thorsen, born in 1977.

Best films

Little Women
Little Women
(1949)
(Actress) Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
(1943)
(Actress)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(15 films)
Robert Surtees
Robert Surtees
(6 films)
Henry O'Neill
Henry O'Neill
(5 films)
June Allyson
June Allyson
(4 films)
Connie Gilchrist
Connie Gilchrist
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Margaret O'Brien (28 films)

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Actress

The Mystery of Natalie Wood
The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004)
, 2h52
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Justine Waddell, Michael Weatherly, Matthew Settle, Colin Friels, Elizabeth Rice, Alice Krige
Roles elle-même
Rating68% 3.4418153.4418153.4418153.4418153.441815
The film opens on November 28, 1981 on Catalina Island, California, where 43-year-old Natalie Wood (Justine Waddell) falls off her boat called 'Splendour' and drowns. Years earlier, in 1943, in Santa Rosa, California, 5-year-old Natasha (Grace Fulton) grows up in a violent household with an overbearing mother, Maria Gurdin (Alice Krige), who goes to extremes to make her daughter a star. When one day a film is shot in town, Maria arranges a role for Natasha, and kills a butterfly in order to get her to cry in front of the camera, which is required. Her crying impresses the director, Irving Pichel (John Noble), and a year later she reluctantly moves to Hollywood to focus on her career, with her mother standing by her at every step, and with a new name: Natalie Wood. By 1946, Natalie is working on three films at a time, and is not allowed to enjoy any spare time with her friends. Three years later, now a teenager (Elizabeth Rice), she can do nothing as her older sister Olga (Leanne Simic) leaves the home because she feels neglected by her mother. Around this time, she is working on the set of The Green Promise one day, when an accident causes her to break her wrist. Fearing that her daughter will not get any roles if she has it treated, Maria dismisses any medical help, and Natalie's wrist does not heal properly as a result.
Amy
Amy (1981)
, 1h40
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Jenny Agutter, Barry Newman, Chris Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, Nanette Fabray, Frances Bay
Roles Hazel Johnson
Rating64% 3.202243.202243.202243.202243.20224
Amy Medford (Jenny Agutter) is a dutiful housewife of the early 1900s. But when her husband Elliot (Chris Robinson) objects to a wife with a career, Amy leaves her husband and comfortable lifestyle. She goes on to devote her life to teaching sight-and-hearing-impaired students at a tradition-bound special school. Amy teaches the impaired students how to speak, most of the students have never heard their own name. Amy's students take on a team of "normal" kids at a football game.
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! (1974)
, 2h15
Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Documentary films about films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli
Roles (archive footage)
Rating77% 3.8943553.8943553.8943553.8943553.894355
Cette nostalgique leçon d'histoire recèle les trésors cachés des plus grandes comédies musicales de la MGM ainsi que de nombreux autres extraits merveilleux mais moins célèbres, avec Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Eleanor Powell et même Clark Gable chantant et dansant. « Il était une fois Hollywood » est une véritable gourmandise pour cinéphiles et amateurs de comédies musicales.
Heller in Pink Tights
Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
, 1h40
Directed by George Cukor, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Théâtre
Actors Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Steve Forrest, Margaret O'Brien, Ramón Novarro, Eileen Heckart
Roles Della Southby
Rating58% 2.9496652.9496652.9496652.9496652.949665
In the 1880s, followed by bill collectors, the Healy Dramatic Company arrives in Cheyenne to play at the west’s grandest theater. Continental actress, Angela, and owner-manager, Tom Healy, head a troupe that includes Della as ingenue, her mother, a character actress, Lorna, and a grand old Shakespearean ham, Doc Montague. After a creditor arrives, Angela collects a night’s receipt from a man named, Pierce, the theater owner. She risks it all in a poker game with gunslinger Clint Mabry, puts herself up as collateral, and loses.
Glory
Glory (1956)
, 1h40
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Margaret O'Brien, Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, John Rollin Lupton, Lisa Davis Waltz, Gus Schilling
Roles Clarabel Tilbee
Rating58% 2.906372.906372.906372.906372.90637
Agnes Tilbee and granddaughter Clarabell are excited about their Fairwood Farm's new foal, which they name Glory, although because it's a filly, her chances of becoming a championship racehorse aren't great.
The Eyes of Two People
The Eyes of Two People (1952)

Genres Drama
Actors Hibari Misora, Mitsuko Miura, Margaret O'Brien, Fumiko Okamura
Roles Catherine McDermott

A girl (Margaret O'Brien) visits her dad in Japan, and she makes friends with an orphan from the war. She then tries to raise money to make an orphanage.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden (1949)
, 1h32
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, Elsa Lanchester, Brian Roper
Roles Mary Lennox
Rating74% 3.7449453.7449453.7449453.7449453.744945
When tempestuous Mary Lennox (Margaret O'Brien), born in India to wealthy parents, is orphaned by a cholera epidemic, she is sent to live with her reclusive and embittered Uncle Archibald Craven (Herbert Marshall) and her ill-behaved, bedridden cousin Colin (Dean Stockwell) at their desolate and decaying estate known as Misselthwaite Manor. Dickon (Brian Roper), the brother of one of the house maids, tells her of a garden secreted behind a hidden door in a vine-covered wall. When a raven unearths the key, the two enter and discover the garden is overgrown from neglect since Craven's wife died there in an accident. They decide to keep their discovery a secret, and begin to restore it to its original grandeur. Under the influence of the Secret Garden, Mary becomes less self-absorbed, Colin's health steadily improves, and Archibald's curmudgeonly personality fades away.
Little Women
Little Women (1949)
, 2h1
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Political films, Children's films
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Peter Lawford
Roles Beth
Rating72% 3.6010153.6010153.6010153.6010153.601015
In the small town of Concord, Massachusetts, during the Civil War, the March sisters — Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Amy (Elizabeth Taylor) and Beth (Margaret O'Brien) — live with their mother in a state of genteel poverty, their father having lost the family's fortune to an unscrupulous businessman several years earlier. While Mr. March (Leon Ames) serves in the Union Army, Mrs. March (Mary Astor), affectionately referred to as "Marmee" by her daughters, holds the family together and teaches the girls the importance of giving to those less fortunate than themselves, especially during the upcoming Christmas season. Though the spoiled and vain Amy often bemoans the family's lack of material wealth and social status, Jo, an aspiring writer, keeps everyone entertained with her stories and plays, while the youngest March, the shy and sensitive Beth, accompanies Jo's productions on an out-of-tune piano.
Tenth Avenue Angel
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
, 1h15
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Christmas films
Actors Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, George Murphy, Phyllis Thaxter, Warner Anderson, Rhys Williams
Roles Flavia Mills
Rating66% 3.3434453.3434453.3434453.3434453.343445
Eight-year-old Flavia lives in a New York tenement during the Great Depression with mother Helen and father Joe, who's nearly broke and needs a job. Her aunt Susan lives with them, too.
The Unfinished Dance
The Unfinished Dance (1947)
, 1h41
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Margaret O'Brien, Cyd Charisse, Danny Thomas, Esther Dale, Karin Booth, Thurston Hall
Roles 'Meg' Merlin
Rating64% 3.2435153.2435153.2435153.2435153.243515
Aspiring ballerina Meg Merlin idolizes the head of her dance school, Ariane Bouchet, so much so that she often neglects her own studies just to watch Ariane dance. Only the intervention of kindly Mr. Paternos keeps her from being expelled.
Bad Bascomb
Bad Bascomb (1946)

Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Wallace Beery, Margaret O'Brien, Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish, Joseph Crehan, Frances Rafferty
Roles Emmy
Rating67% 3.390193.390193.390193.390193.39019
"Bad" Bascomb (Beery) is a notorious outlaw wanted by federal marshals after outwitting every group sent to capture him. He and fellow bandit Bart Ramsay (Naish), a cold-blooded killer, have again eluded the marshalls by joining a Mormon wagon train heading to Utah. They pretend to be helpful, and Bascomb becomes fond of an admiring little girl played by O'Brien. Beery eventually distances himself from the other thief and saves the wagon train from an attack by Indians, before being taken captive by the law at the end of the movie.