For a time O'Brien was voted by exhibitors as among the most popular stars in the country. Margaret O'Brien (born Angela Maxine O'Brien; January 15, 1937) is an American film, radio, television, and stage actress.
Her film debut was one-minute shot in MGM's Her special Academy Award as Outstanding Juvenile Performer for In her later career, she appeared on television, on stage, and in supporting film roles.
Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award.
Producer Rosie Alison of Heyday Films (the shop behind the “Paddington” movies) had been enchanted by the 1911 novel as a child and the 1949 MGM version with Margaret O’Brien. Gave birth to her only child, daughter Mara Tolene Thorsen. Margaret O'Brien is an American , radio, , and stage actress.
In a practice common among child actors at the time, O'Brien adopted as her professional first name the name of the character who was her first credited part in [1996] In a practice common among child actors at the time, O'Brien adopted as her professional first name the name of the character who was her first credited part in Journey for Margaret (1942). The Washington Post (1923-1954) [Washington, D.C] 03 Jan 1948: 12. The latter marriage produced her only child, Mara Tolene Thorsen, born in 1977. Orson Welles, Margaret O'Brien and Joan Fontaine in "Bing's Lucky Number: Pa Crosby Dons 4th B.O.
[at age six] When I cry, do you want the tears to run all the way or shall I stop halfway down? In April 2006 she was presented with one of the first two Lifetime Achievement Awards ever awarded by the SunDeis Film Festival at Brandeis University. No movie producer could really afford to take a chance at handing me an adult role. Crown" By Richard L. Coe. Margaret O'Brien was born Angela Maxine O'Brien. "On December 22, 1957, O'Brien starred in "The Young Years" on While O'Brien was growing up, her awards were always kept in a special room. Like “Little Women,” every generation is entitled to its own version. Her name was later changed following the success of the film O'Brien made her first film appearance in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's O'Brien later shed her child star image in 1958 by appearing on the cover of O'Brien gave credit to television for helping her reform and modify her public image. Producer Rosie Alison of Heyday Films (the shop behind the “Paddington” movies) had been enchanted by the 1911 novel as a child and the 1949 MGM version with Margaret O’Brien. In 1959, Ms. O'Brien starred in a national stage tour of "The Young And The Beautiful" by author [1977] In Italy, almost all of her films were dubbed by Loredana Randisi.
In an interview in 1957, when she was 20, she said: "The wonderful thing about TV is that it has given me a chance to get out of the awkward age — something the movies couldn't do for me. Born Angela Maxine O'Brien on January 15, 1937 in San Diego, California. Beginning a prolific career as a child actress in feature films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 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. One day in 1954, the family's maid asked to take O'Brien's Several years later, upon learning that the original had been stolen, the Academy promptly supplied O'Brien with a replacement Oscar, but O'Brien still held on to hope that she might one day recover her original Award.Memorabilia collectors Steve Neimand and Mark Nash were attending a flea market in 1995 when Neimand spotted a small Oscar with Margaret O'Brien's name inscribed upon it.For all those people who have lost or misplaced something that was dear to them, as I have, never give up the dream of searching—never let go of the hope that you'll find it because after all these many years, at last, my Oscar has been returned to me.In February 1960, O'Brien was honored with two stars on the She has been married twice, to Harold Allen, Jr. from 1959 to 1968, and later to Roy Thorsen.