1. Marguerite McNamara was an American stage, film, and television actress and model from the United States.
22 Facts About Maggie McNamara
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Maggie McNamara 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.
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Maggie McNamara earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film.
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Maggie McNamara appeared in only three films after The Moon Is Blue, with her last being The Cardinal in 1963.
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On February 18,1978, Maggie McNamara died of an intentional barbiturate overdose at the age of 49.
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Maggie McNamara was born in New York City, one of four children of Timothy and Helen Maggie McNamara.
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Maggie McNamara's father was of Irish descent while her mother was born in England to Irish parents.
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Maggie McNamara had two sisters, Helen and Cathleen, and a brother, Robert.
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Maggie McNamara's parents divorced when she was nine years old.
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Maggie McNamara was one of the most successful teen models of the time and appeared in Seventeen, Life, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue.
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Maggie McNamara turned it down and continued to model while studying dance and acting.
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Maggie McNamara left the national tour to take over the role of Patty O'Neill on Broadway in June 1952.
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In 1953, Maggie McNamara went to Hollywood to reprise her role in Preminger's film adaptation of The Moon Is Blue.
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Maggie McNamara's performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and a BAFTA nomination for Most Promising Newcomer to Film.
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Maggie McNamara reportedly refused to do publicity for her films or pose for the cheesecake shots that studios generally expected their female stars to do.
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Maggie McNamara had previously worked with McGavin on a one-night only performance of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.
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Maggie McNamara guest starred on an episode of Ben Casey and starred as the title character in the Season 5 Twilight Zone episode "Ring-a-Ding Girl".
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In March 1951, Maggie McNamara married actor and director David Swift.
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Maggie McNamara's obituary noted she had been writing scripts, including one titled The Mighty Dandelion, which had been purchased by a production company at the time of her death.
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On February 18,1978, Maggie McNamara was found dead on the couch of her apartment in New York City.
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Maggie McNamara had deliberately taken an overdose of sleeping pills and tranquilizers, and left a suicide note on her piano.
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Maggie McNamara is interred in Saint Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.