Margaret O'Brien
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margaret O'Brien, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Meet Me in St. Louis
as "Tootie" SmithThe life of a St. Louis family in the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
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Little Women
as BethLouisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass...
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Jane Eyre
as Adele VarensAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a...
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That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...
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Amy
as Hazel JohnsonA woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her...
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Madame Curie
as Irene Curie - Age 5Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women...
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The Canterville Ghost
as Lady Jessica de CantervilleThe descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying...
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The Secret Garden
as Mary LennoxWhen Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with...
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Thousands Cheer
as Customer in Red Skelton SkitAcrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones,...
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Heller in Pink Tights
as Della SouthbyNineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater...
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Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as SelfIn 1995, Chasen's closed its doors after 60 years of serving chili to movie stars and visiting...
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Impact Event
as AmandaA slow burn into insanity as a small band of survivors find themselves spending a post-meteoric...
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Hollywood Mortuary
as HerselfFramed by interviews with real life celebrities, Hollywood Mortuary tells the tale of a horror...
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Babes on Broadway
as Maxine (uncredited)Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them...
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Music for Millions
as MikeSix-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in...
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Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
as Selma JacobsonWelcome to Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, a friendly small town settled by Norwegian farmers. Here...
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as (archive footage)While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World...
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Lost Angel
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as MargaretIn this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are...
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Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as SelfIn 1935, 17-year-old aspiring actress Marsha Hunt was discovered in Hollywood. She signed with...
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Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits,...
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Bad Bascomb
as EmmyA western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
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Glory
as Clarabel TilbeeA lovesick girl and her grandfather groom their filly for the Kentucky Derby.
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Big City
as MidgeA young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood...
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Journey for Margaret
as MargaretAn American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening...
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Three Wise Fools
as Sheila O'MonahanAn orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
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Death in Space
as Pam RhodesThe commander of a spaceship orbiting 250 miles above Earth disappears through the airlock and...
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Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
as HerselfA documentary chronicle of one of our greatest directors.
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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - ActressIn this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the...
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Tenth Avenue Angel
as Flavia MillsFlavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but...
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Frankenstein Rising
as uncreditedA modern day descendent of Frankenstein becomes obsessed with his ancestor's work and seeks to...
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Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy...
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A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
as Self - IntervieweeA Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! is a tinsel-filled journey through the most iconic...
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as Ms. StevensonThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is really just as much the story of Gabriel John...
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The Unfinished Dance
as 'Meg' MerlinA young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.
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Split Second to an Epitaph
as Louise PrescottIn the second "Ironside" movie, the Chief has his spine jolted during a hospital encounter with...
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The Craven Cove Murders
as FanLucas Swan, owner of a bed and breakfast, authored a book on a rash of murders a few years...
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Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
as SelfDocumentary about the making of "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944).
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Anabelle Lee
as uncreditedA marriage night ordained by the devil himself!
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You, John Jones!
as DaughterJohn Jones contemplates how fortunate he and his family are in America, where no wartime bombing...
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This Is Our Christmas
as Mrs. FoxworthA sequel to the popular movie, Beverly Hills Christmas that was shown on UP TV during Christmas...
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Creaturealm: From the Dead
as HerselfTwo-part anthology featuring resurrected zombie actors and a young woman whose murderous dreams...
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Her First Romance
as Betty FosterA teenager experiences her first crush while attending a summer camp. Director Seymour...
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The Story of Lassie
as SelfDocumentary about canine superstar Lassie, combining film clips, still photographs, home movies,...
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The Eyes of Two People
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The Pledge of Allegiance
as NarratorTeaches about the American pledge of allegiance.
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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Adam-12
as Mrs. PendletonAdam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...
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as Virginia TrentThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Tales from the Darkside
as Mildred WebsterTales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each...
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Ironside
as Louise PrescottWhen an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...
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Robert Montgomery Presents
as GinnyRobert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...
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Adventures in Paradise
as Phyllis WilloughbyAdventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Hotel
as uncreditedHotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...
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Lux Video Theatre
as MargaretLux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...
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Lux Video Theatre
as LauraLux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...
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Lux Video Theatre
as ElaineLux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...
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Studio One
as uncreditedAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Studio One
as Julie DentonAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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as Jenny WalkerAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as SelfThe Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers...
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Matinee Theater
as uncreditedMatinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...
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Dr. Kildare
as Nurse Lori PalmerThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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Climax!
as Kathy FathianClimax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...
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Climax!
as ChipClimax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...
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Climax!
as Angie HawleyClimax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...
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Combat!
as Marianne FraisnetCombat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Rawhide
as Betsy StaufferThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
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E! True Hollywood Story
as uncreditedE! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...
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The New Lassie
as uncreditedThe New Lassie is an American children and family oriented drama series which aired in first-run...
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General Electric Theater
as Sarah TraskGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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The Aquanauts
as Ellen MarstandThe Aquanauts is an American adventure/drama series that aired on CBS in the 1960-1961 season....
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