Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara (June , â€" February , ) was a stage,
film, and television actress and model from the United States.
McNamara began her career as a teenage fashion model. She came to
public attention in the controversial film The Moon Is Blue ()
directed by Otto Preminger, reprising the role she played in the
Chicago production of the play. She earned an Academy Award nomination
for Best Actress for her role in the film.She appeared in only three
films after The Moon Is Blue and made her final film in . After five
guest-starring roles in television series in the early s, she retired
from acting. For the remainder of her life, she worked as a typist in
New York City. On February , , McNamara died of a barbiturate overdose
at the age of .McNamara was born in New York City, one of four
children of Timothy (â€") and Helen (née Fleming â€") McNamara. Her
father was of Irish descent while her mother was born in England to
Irish parents. McNamara had two sisters, Helen and Cathleen, and a
brother, Robert. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old.
film, and television actress and model from the United States.
McNamara began her career as a teenage fashion model. She came to
public attention in the controversial film The Moon Is Blue ()
directed by Otto Preminger, reprising the role she played in the
Chicago production of the play. She earned an Academy Award nomination
for Best Actress for her role in the film.She appeared in only three
films after The Moon Is Blue and made her final film in . After five
guest-starring roles in television series in the early s, she retired
from acting. For the remainder of her life, she worked as a typist in
New York City. On February , , McNamara died of a barbiturate overdose
at the age of .McNamara was born in New York City, one of four
children of Timothy (â€") and Helen (née Fleming â€") McNamara. Her
father was of Irish descent while her mother was born in England to
Irish parents. McNamara had two sisters, Helen and Cathleen, and a
brother, Robert. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old.
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