Margaret O'Brien Biography (1937-)

Original name, Angela Maxine O'Brien; born January 15, 1937, in San Diego, CA; daughter of Lawrence (a circus performer) and Gladys (maiden name, Flores)O'Brien; married Harold R. Allen, Jr. (an artist), August 8, 1959 (divorced,1968); married Roy T. Thorsen, June 8, 1974; children: (second marriage) MaraTolene. Addresses: Agent: Mark Levin Associates, 1341 Ocean Ave., Suite 261, Santa Monica, CA 90401-1019.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: January 15, 1937; San Diego, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Film debut; uncredited; as Maxine O'Brien) Babes on Broadway, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1941
Margaret White, Journey for Margaret, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1942
Margaret, Doctor Gillespie's Criminal Case (also known as Crazyto Kill), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943
Guest, Thousands Cheer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943
Alpha, Lost Angel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943
Irene Curie at age 5, Madame Curie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943
(Uncredited) Their daughter, You, John Jones, 1943
Adele Varens, Jane Eyre, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1944
Lady Jessica de Canterville, The Canterville Ghost, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
"Tootie" Smith, Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
"Mike," Music for Millions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
Selma Jacobson, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1945
Emmy, Bad Bascomb, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946
Sheila O'Monahan, Three Wise Fools, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946
"Meg" Merlin, The Unfinished Dance, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
Flavia Mills, Tenth Avenue Angel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
Midge, Big City, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
Beth March, Little Women, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
Mary Lennox, The Secret Garden, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
Betty Foster, Her First Romance (also known as Girls Never Try), Columbia, 1951
Betty Foster, Glory, RKO Radio Pictures, 1956
Della Southby, Heller in Pink Tights, Paramount, 1960
Agente S3S: operazione Uranio, 1965
Annabelle Lee, General Film, 1968
Diabolic Wedding (also known as Diabolique Wedding), General Film, 1971
(In archive footage) That's Entertainment!, 1974
Hazel Johnson, Amy (also known as Amy on the Lips), Buena Vista, 1981
Sunset after Dark, Wildcat Entertainment, 1996
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (documentary), Northern Arts Entertainment, 1998
"Hollywood Mortuary," Creaturealm: From the Dead, 1998
Etta Mann, Mumsie, 2003
Also appeared in Two Person Eyes.
Television Appearances
Episodic
"The Canterville Ghost," Robert Montgomery Presents, 1950
Margaret, "To the Lovely Margaret," Lux Video Theatre, 1951
"Mystery Guest," What's My Line?, 1951, 1957
Laura, "The White Gown," Lux Video Theatre, 1953
"A Breath of Air," Studio One, 1953

Elaine, "The Way I Feel," Lux Video Theatre, 1954
Kathy Fathian, "South of the Sun," Climax!, 1955
Ann, "Innocent Witness," Front Row Center, 1956
"Night of a Rebel," Climax!, 1957
"Necessary Evil," Climax!, 1957
"The Mystery of Thirteen," Playhouse 90, 1957
Margorie Reardon, "The Story of Marjorie Reardon," Suspicion, 1957
Nancy, "Roadblock Number Seven," Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (also known as The Jane Wyman Show), 1957
"Come to Me," Kraft Television Theatre, 1957
Julie Revere, "The Sacramento Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1958
"Kiss Me Again, Stranger," Pursuit, CBS, 1958
"Trial by Slander," Studio One, 1958
Jenny Walker, "The Tongues of Angels," Studio One, 1958
Mary Clayborne, "Big Doc's Girl," The U.S. Steel Hour, CBS, 1959
Betsy Stauffer, "Incident of the Town in Terror," Rawhide, 1959
Jean, "Escape," The DuPont Show with June Allyson, 1960
Angela Kendricks, "The Deadly Shadow," Checkmate, 1960
"River Gold," The Aquanauts, 1961
"The Trial of Adam Troy," Adventures in Paradise, 1961
Nurse Lori Palmer, "The Dragon," Dr. Kildare, 1962
Elsa Thaelman, "The Betrayal," The DuPont Show of the Week, 1962
Virginia Trent, "The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe," Perry Mason,CBS, 1963
Anne Lipscott, "The Turncoat," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, NBC, 1964
Marianne Fraisnet, "Entombed," Combat!, ABC, 1967
"Love and the Letter," Love, American Style, ABC, 1968
Mrs. Pendleton, "Log 46: Pilgrimage," Adam-12, NBC, 1971
Neva Phillips, "Dinner of Herbs," Marcus Welby, M.D., ABC, 1972
Martha Connelly, "The Offer," Hotel, 1983
Mrs. Webster, "Black Widows," Tales from the Darkside, syndicated,1984
"No Pets Allowed," The New Lassie, 1991
Jane, "Who Killed J. B. Fletcher?," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1991
Larry King Live, CNN, 2001
Also appeared in Ironside, NBC.
Movies
Little Women, 1958
Louise Prescott, Split Second to an Epitaph, NBC, 1968
Death in Space, 1974
Miniseries
Flora Bumpstead Eaton, Testimony of Two Men, Operation Prime Time,1976
Specials
The 50th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1978
(In archive footage; uncredited) Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (also known as From the Dawn of the Documentary to the Coming of the Box and Has Anyone Here Seen Canada?), 1979
When We Were Young ... Growing up on the Silver Screen, PBS, 1989
America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (also known as America's Hope Award or 2nd Annual America's Hope Award), ABC, 1989
The 65th Annual Academy Awards, 1993
The Story of Lassie, PBS, 1994
Homeward Bound, 1994
Interviewee, The Great Christmas Movies, AMC, 1998
(Uncredited) The 72nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2000
Child Stars: Their Story, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
Last Days of Judy Garland: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001
(In archive footage) Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, TCM,2002
Shirley Mania, Fox, 2002
The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
Elizabeth Taylor: Facets, 2003
Stage Appearances
Appeared in Barefoot in the Park, Under the Yum Yum Tree, and A Thousand Clowns, all summer stock or summer tour productions.
WRITINGS
Memoirs
My Diary, 1947

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Ellenberger, Allan R., and Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien: A Career Chronicle and Biography, McFarland, 2000

Electronic

Margaret O'Brien Official Site, http://www.missmargaretobrien.com/, November 14, 2003

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