Margaret O'Brien

Birth Name:

Angela Maxine O'Brien

Birth Place:

San Diego, California, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Received a Juvenile Academy Award in 1944 for her work as a child actress
In 1996, she received the Women's International Center's Living Legacy Award
She has been honored with two different stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for film and the other for TV
In 2006, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the SunDeis Film Festival at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass
Received the Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award from the Young Artist Foundation in 1990
Her mother, Gladys Flores, was a prominent flamenco dancer
Was married to Harold Allen, Jr․, from 1959 to 1968
Her father, a circus performer, passed away before she was born
Has one child, Mara Tolene Thorsen, with former husband Roy Thorsen
Her first film appearance was in 1941's "Babes on Broadway․"
Quote: "(At the time, six-year-old Margaret O'Brien asked of her director) "When I cry, do you want the tears to run all the way or shall I stop halfway down?""
Enjoyed a prolific career one of Hollywood's most esteemed child actors during the 1940s and '50s
Born Angela Maxine O'Brien, she changed her stage name after playing the titular character in "Journey for Margaret," a movie which contributed to her early fame

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