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Margaret O'Brien, age 11, at Los Angeles Union Station, 1948
| Name | Margaret O'Brien |
| Birth name | Angela Maxine O'Brien |
| Personal | information |
| Date of birth | January 15, 1937(age 73) |
| Location | San Diego California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1941-present |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Harold Allen, Jr. (1959-1968) (divorced)&
Roy Thorsen (1974-present) |
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Margaret O'Brien (born January 15, 1937) is an American film actress, and although her career was brief, was one of the most highly regarded child actors in cinema history.
She was born as Angela Maxine O'Brien. Her father, a circus performer, died months after her birth; Margaret's mother, Gladys Flores, was a well-known flamenco dancer who often performed with her sister Marissa, also a dancer. Margaret is of half-Irish and half-Spanish ancestry.
She made her first film appearance in Babes on Broadway (1941) at the age of four, but it was the following year that her first major role brought her widespread attention. As a five-year-old in Journey for Margaret (1942), O'Brien won wide praise for her convincing acting style. By 1943, she was considered a big enough star to have a cameo appearance in the all-star military show finale of Thousands Cheer.
She played a young French girl, and spoke and sang all her dialogue with a French accent, in Jane Eyre (1944). Arguably her most memorable role was as "Tootie" in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), opposite Judy Garland. O'Brien had by this time added singing and dancing to her achievements and was rewarded with an Academy Juvenile Award the following year as the "outstanding child actress of 1944." Her other successes included The Canterville Ghost (1944), Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945), and the first sound version of The Secret Garden (1949), but she was unable to make the transition to adult roles.
A 1946 Looney Tunes short, Book Revue, placed a caricature of O'Brien in the role of Little Red Riding Hood.
Margaret later shed her child star image in 1958 by appearing on the cover of Life Magazine with the caption "The Girl's Grown"' and was a mystery guest on the TV panel show "What's My Line?". O'Brien's acting roles as an adult have been few and far between, mostly in small independent films. However, she does do occasional interviews, mostly for the Turner Classic Movies cable network. She played the role of Betsy Stauffer, a small town nurse, in "The Incident of the Town in Terror" on television's Rawhide. Another rare television outing was as a guest star on the popular Marcus Welby, M.D. in the early 1970s, reuniting Margaret with her The Canterville Ghost co-star Robert Young.
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Western Michigan University to host State House candidate forum - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com 
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com--Thomas Batten, who owns a tutoring business, is the Democrat and Portage City Councilwoman -Margaret O'Brien- is the Republican. This district encompasses the ... - Date : Mon, 17 May 2010 14:24:14 GMT+00:00
Candidate Withdraws - WKZO
WKZO--That leaves only Batten on the Democratic side and Republican -Margaret O'Brien- to face off in the November election in the 61st House District.--- - Date : Thu, 13 May 2010 11:29:03 GMT+00:00
Democrat Grant Taylor drops out of race for state House's 61st District after ... - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com--Taylor said he learned of the requirement and confirmed it with a lawyer after Batten raised the issue. -Margaret O'Brien- is the only Republican running for ... - Date : Wed, 12 May 2010 18:19:36 GMT+00:00
City Council Recap: Hoboken One Step Closer To Independence - Patch (blog)
Patch (blog)--During the public session, Hoboken resident -Margaret O'Brien- asked where the garage will be located. "This is the fifth meeting in a row that I am asking," ... - Date : Thu, 06 May 2010 15:27:38 GMT+00:00
Milanzi voters feast at MMD camps after voting - postzambia.com
postzambia.com--Presiding officer -Obrien- Musonda said people started queuing up around 05:00 hours. At Kandiwo polling station presiding officer Joseph Mulenga said the ... - Date : Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:59:14 GMT+00:00
State police: Suicide planned in I-64 crash that killed 2 - The Virginian-Pilot
The Virginian-Pilot--A passenger in the Camry, identified as Chona Mae Cuestas--Obrien- of Chesapeake, was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with injuries that were not ... - Date : Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:46:38 GMT+00:00
Step inside this 104-year home - OCRegister (blog)
OCRegister (blog)--Realtor -Margaret O'Brien-, noting that the house has a 2-car garage, figured the original owners were βa 2-horse family.β When I mentioned that in the last ... - Date : Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:17:53 GMT+00:00
Homes for the Craftsman 'club' - OCRegister (blog)
OCRegister (blog)--βIt's almost like an antique car club,β says Realtor -Margaret O'Brien-, who has one of the listings, a 3400-square foot house at 321 Crest Ave. ... - Date : Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:06:02 GMT+00:00
Lots more fish are being caught at night - Asbury Park Press
Asbury Park Press---Margaret O'Brien- reports Joe Handley took honors with his fish caught last Friday. Otherwise, most of the reports from the beach have been shorts caught on ... - Date : Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:11:50 GMT+00:00
Daily Shep on Fishing report: Drumfish, blues reported off Long Beach Island - Press of Atlantic City
Press of Atlantic City---Margaret O'Brien- at Jingle's Bait and Tackle in North Beach Haven had another season "first" to report Tuesday morning. She said Brian Dress hooked up a ... - Date : Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:50:34 GMT+00:00
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