Margaret O'Brien

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Margaret O'Brien (born January 15, 1937) is an American film and stage actress. Although her film career as a leading character was brief, she was one of the most popular child actors in cinema history. In her later career, she appeared on stage and in supporting film roles. She was born Angela Maxine O'Brien; (she later changed her name to Margaret following the success of the film Journey for Margaret, in which she played the title role). Her father Lawrence O'Brien, a circus performer, died before she was born.[1]; 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...

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Perry MasonSeries • 1957Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984Wagon TrainSeries • 1957Adam-12Series • 1968Love, American StyleSeries • 1969Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955Combat!Series • 1962IronsideSeries • 1967Dr. KildareSeries • 1961Studio OneSeries • 1948Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950Climax!Series • 1954RawhideSeries • 1959Marcus Welby, M.D.Series • 1969HotelSeries • 1982Tales from the DarksideSeries • 1984Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959Kraft Television TheatreSeries • 1947The DuPont Show with June AllysonSeries • 1959Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950The AquanautsSeries • 1960Little WomenMovie • 1949Meet Me in St. LouisMovie • 1944E! True Hollywood StorySeries • 1996