Ali MacGraw's gained attention with her role in the film Goodbye, Columbus, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
| FactSnippet No. 898,970 |
23 Facts About Ali MacGraw
2.
Ali MacGraw's gained an international profile for her role in the film Love Story, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.
| FactSnippet No. 898,971 |
3.
In 1972, Ali MacGraw was voted the top female box office star in the world and was honored with a hands and footprints ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre after having been in just three films.
| FactSnippet No. 898,972 |
4.
Ali MacGraw's went on to star in the popular action film The Getaway .
| FactSnippet No. 898,973 |
5.
Ali MacGraw's played the female lead in Convoy and headlined the romantic sports drama Players, the comedy Just Tell Me What You Want, and appeared in the historical novel-based television miniseries The Winds of War .
| FactSnippet No. 898,974 |
6.
Ali MacGraw was born in Pound Ridge, New York, the daughter of commercial artists Frances and Richard Ali MacGraw.
| FactSnippet No. 898,975 |
7.
Ali MacGraw's mother chose not to disclose her ancestry to her father, instead professing ignorance about it.
| FactSnippet No. 898,976 |
9.
Ali MacGraw attended Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, Connecticut and Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
| FactSnippet No. 898,978 |
10.
Ali MacGraw's worked at Vogue magazine as a fashion model, and as a photographer's stylist.
| FactSnippet No. 898,979 |
11.
Ali MacGraw began her acting career in television commercials, including one for the Polaroid Swinger camera.
| FactSnippet No. 898,980 |
12.
Ali MacGraw was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for that performance.
| FactSnippet No. 898,981 |
13.
Ali MacGraw's then starred opposite Steve McQueen in The Getaway, which was one of the year's top ten films at the box office.
| FactSnippet No. 898,982 |
14.
Ali MacGraw's then appeared in the films Players and Just Tell Me What You Want, directed by Sidney Lumet.
| FactSnippet No. 898,983 |
15.
In 1983, Ali MacGraw starred in the highly successful television miniseries The Winds of War.
| FactSnippet No. 898,984 |
16.
In 1985, Ali MacGraw joined hit ABC prime-time soap opera Dynasty as Lady Ashley Mitchell, which, she admitted in a 2011 interview, she did for the money.
| FactSnippet No. 898,985 |
17.
Ali MacGraw's appeared in 14 episodes of the show before her character was killed off in the "Moldavian Massacre" cliffhanger episode in 1985.
| FactSnippet No. 898,986 |
18.
Ali MacGraw's hosted segments for the Encore Love Stories premium cable network in the late 1990s and 2000s.
| FactSnippet No. 898,987 |
19.
Ali MacGraw made her Broadway theatre debut in New York City in 2006 as a dysfunctional matriarch in the drama Festen .
| FactSnippet No. 898,988 |
20.
The impact of this bestselling video was such that in June 2007, Vanity Fair magazine credited Ali MacGraw with being one of the people responsible for the practice's recent popularity in the United States.
| FactSnippet No. 898,989 |
21.
In July 2006, Ali MacGraw filmed a public service announcement for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, urging residents to take their pets with them in the event of wildfires.
| FactSnippet No. 898,990 |
23.
Ali MacGraw was originally intended to make a cameo as herself in the Breaking Bad episode "Grey Matter" as a guest at the birthday party of character Elliott Schwartz, set in Santa Fe, but her appearance did not make the final cut of the episode.
| FactSnippet No. 898,992 |