DOROTHY MCGUIRE
Name: Dorothy Hackett McGuire
Born: 14 June 1916 Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Died: 13 September 2001 Santa Monica, California, United States
Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an Academy
Award-nominated American actress.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, she began her acting career on the stage in numerous
summer stock productions. Eventually, she succeeded on Broadway, first appearing
as an understudy to Martha Scott in Our Town, and subsequently starring in the
domestic comedy, Claudia.
Brought to Hollywood by producer David O. Selznick on the strength of her stage
performance, McGuire starred in her first film, a movie adaptation of her
Broadway success, Claudia, and portrayed the character of a child bride who
almost destroys her marriage through her selfishness. Her inaugural screen
performance was popular with both the public and critics alike and was the
catalyst for not only a sequel, Claudia and David (both movies co-starring
Robert Young), but also for numerous other film roles.
McGuire had a lengthy Hollywood career. Her versatility served her well in taut
melodramas, such as The Spiral Staircase and Make Haste to Live, as well as in
light, frothy comedies, such as Mother Didn't Tell Me and Mister 880. By 1943,
at the age of 27, she was already playing mother roles, in such movies as A Tree
Grows In Brooklyn. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in
1947 for Gentleman's Agreement. Other notable films include Three Coins in the
Fountain, Friendly Persuasion, Old Yeller, Swiss Family Robinson, and The
Greatest Story Ever Told.
Married to Life Magazine photographer John Swope for more than 35 years, she had
a son, photographer Mark Swope, and a daughter Topo (born 1948), who also became
an actress. McGuire died of cardiac arrest following a brief illness at the age
of 85 in 2001.
McGuire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd.
Name: Dorothy Hackett McGuire
Born: 14 June 1916 Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Died: 13 September 2001 Santa Monica, California, United States
Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an Academy
Award-nominated American actress.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, she began her acting career on the stage in numerous
summer stock productions. Eventually, she succeeded on Broadway, first appearing
as an understudy to Martha Scott in Our Town, and subsequently starring in the
domestic comedy, Claudia.
Brought to Hollywood by producer David O. Selznick on the strength of her stage
performance, McGuire starred in her first film, a movie adaptation of her
Broadway success, Claudia, and portrayed the character of a child bride who
almost destroys her marriage through her selfishness. Her inaugural screen
performance was popular with both the public and critics alike and was the
catalyst for not only a sequel, Claudia and David (both movies co-starring
Robert Young), but also for numerous other film roles.
McGuire had a lengthy Hollywood career. Her versatility served her well in taut
melodramas, such as The Spiral Staircase and Make Haste to Live, as well as in
light, frothy comedies, such as Mother Didn't Tell Me and Mister 880. By 1943,
at the age of 27, she was already playing mother roles, in such movies as A Tree
Grows In Brooklyn. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in
1947 for Gentleman's Agreement. Other notable films include Three Coins in the
Fountain, Friendly Persuasion, Old Yeller, Swiss Family Robinson, and The
Greatest Story Ever Told.
Married to Life Magazine photographer John Swope for more than 35 years, she had
a son, photographer Mark Swope, and a daughter Topo (born 1948), who also became
an actress. McGuire died of cardiac arrest following a brief illness at the age
of 85 in 2001.
McGuire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd.