Margaret O'Brien

Margaret O'Brien

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1937-01-15 (87 years old)

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Biography

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.; 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 Journey For Margaret and The Canterville Ghost co-star Robert Young.


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Filmography

all 81

Movies 53

TV Shows 28

self 19

Narrator 1

Self
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story (2023)

Movie
Mrs. Foxworth
This Is Our Christmas

This Is Our Christmas (2018)

Movie
Gigi
Prepper's Grove

Prepper's Grove (2018)

Movie
Amanda
Impact Event

Impact Event (2018)

Movie
Bridgette's Grandmother
Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill!

Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill! (2017)

Movie
Ms. Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2017)

Movie
Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)

Movie
Self - Interviewee
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!

A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)

Movie
Frankenstein Rising

Frankenstein Rising (2010)

Movie
Fan
The Craven Cove Murders

The Craven Cove Murders (2002)

Movie
Self - Actress
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)

Movie
Self
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1998)

Movie
Self (segment "Hollywood Mortuary")
Creaturealm: From the Dead

Creaturealm: From the Dead (1998)

Movie
Herself
Hollywood Mortuary

Hollywood Mortuary (1998)

Movie
E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story (1996)

TV
Betty Corman
Sunset After Dark

Sunset After Dark (1996)

Movie
Actress
Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel (1995)

Movie
Self
The Story of Lassie

The Story of Lassie (1994)

Movie
Self
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic

Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic (1994)

Movie
The New Lassie

The New Lassie (1989)

TV
Mildred Webster
Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside (1984)

TV
5.38
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

Movie
Hotel

Hotel (1982)

TV
6.35
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children

Hollywood’s Children (1982)

Movie
Hazel Johnson
Amy

Amy (1981)

Movie
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment! (1974)

Movie
Mrs. Pam Rhodes
Death in Space

Death in Space (1974)

Movie
Actress
Anabelle Lee

Anabelle Lee (1974)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)

Movie
Narrator
The Pledge of Allegiance

The Pledge of Allegiance (1971)

Movie
Louise Prescott
Split Second to an Epitaph

Split Second to an Epitaph (1968)

Movie
Mrs. Pendleton
Adam-12

Adam-12 (1968)

TV
7.5
Louise Prescott
Ironside

Ironside (1967)

TV
6
Self
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967)

TV
Marianne Fraisnet
Combat!

Combat! (1962)

TV
6
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

TV
6
Self
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

TV
Nurse Lori Palmer
Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare (1961)

TV
6
Ellen Marstand
The Aquanauts

The Aquanauts (1960)

TV
Della Southby
Heller in Pink Tights

Heller in Pink Tights (1960)

Movie
Phyllis Willoughby
Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise (1959)

TV
Jean
The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)

TV
Betsy Stauffer
Rawhide

Rawhide (1959)

TV
4
Virginia Trent
Perry Mason

Perry Mason (1957)

TV
4.33
Self - Singer
The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show (1956)

TV
Clarabel Tilbee
Glory

Glory (1956)

Movie
Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater (1955)

TV
Self
Hollywood Preview

Hollywood Preview (1955)

TV
Kathy Fathian / Chip / Angie Hawley
Climax!

Climax! (1954)

TV
Self
The Oscars

The Oscars (1953)

TV
Sarah Trask
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater (1953)

TV
Catherine McDermott
The Eyes of Two People

The Eyes of Two People (1952)

Movie
Betty Foster
Her First Romance

Her First Romance (1951)

Movie
Laura / Margaret / Elaine
Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?

What's My Line? (1950)

TV
Ginny
Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

TV
Mary Lennox
The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden (1949)

Movie
Beth
Little Women

Little Women (1949)

Movie
Julie Denton / Jenny Walker
Studio One

Studio One (1948)

TV
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

TV
6
Midge
Big City

Big City (1948)

Movie
Flavia Mills
Tenth Avenue Angel

Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)

Movie
'Meg' Merlin
The Unfinished Dance

The Unfinished Dance (1947)

Movie
Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre (1947)

TV
Sheila O'Monahan
Three Wise Fools

Three Wise Fools (1946)

Movie
Emmy
Bad Bascomb

Bad Bascomb (1946)

Movie
Selma Jacobson
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)

Movie
'Mike'
Music for Millions

Music for Millions (1944)

Movie
'Tootie' Smith
Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Movie
6
Lady Jessica de Canterville
The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost (1944)

Movie
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After (1944)

Movie
Adele Varens
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre (1943)

Movie
Alpha
Lost Angel

Lost Angel (1943)

Movie
Irene Curie - Age 5
Madame Curie

Madame Curie (1943)

Movie
Customer in Red Skelton Skit
Thousands Cheer

Thousands Cheer (1943)

Movie
Margaret
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)

Movie
Daughter
You, John Jones!

You, John Jones! (1943)

Movie
Margaret
Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret (1942)

Movie
Maxine (uncredited)
Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway (1941)

Movie
Vivienne
Love Is in Bel Air

Love Is in Bel Air

Movie
Cris
Dead in Love

Dead in Love

Movie

Ratings

Average 5.83
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1937-01-15 (87 years old)

Birth Place
San Diego, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Angela Maxine O'Brien, Maxine O'Brien, マーガレット・オブライエン

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Juvenile Award


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