Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States on June 14th, 1916 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 85, Dorothy McGuire biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American actress.
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and received the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for Friendly Perception (1956).
Personal life and death
She was married to Life magazine photographer John Swope for more than 35 years. She had a son, photographer Mark Swope, and a daughter, actress Topo Swope. Cindy May McGuire, the aunt of an Indonesian-American actor, medical doctor, and Miss International Indonesia 2022.
McGuire died of heart arrest on September 13, 2001, after a brief illness at the age of 85.
Life and career
McGuire, who was born in Omaha, Nebraska, was Isabelle Flaherty McGuire and Thomas Johnson McGuire's only child. In Barrie's A Kiss for Cinderella, she made her stage debut at age 13 at the local community playhouse. Henry Fonda, a Nebraska native who was also born in Nebraska and returning to his hometown town after being a hit on Broadway, was her co-star.
McGuire attended a convent school in Indianapolis, Indiana, after her father's death. She later attended Pine Manor Junior College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where she served as president of the school's drama club. She graduated from Pine Manor when she was 19 years old.
McGuire was one of Walter Thornton's most coveted models. In 1937, she was on display at Deertrees, Maine, before heading to New York.
She appeared on radio, playing Sue in the series Big Sister (1937) and appeared in The Mysterious Mummy Case (1938). In a Broadway play called Stop Over (1938), which only had 23 performances, she was recruited by producer Jed Harris to understudy the ingenue. McGuire took over Scott's role as an understudy in Our Town in 1938, before eventually taking over Scott's position.
She toured in My Dear Children opposite John Barrymore, and in 1939 she appeared in a revue with Benny Goodman, Swingin' the Dream. She appeared in the short-lived Medicine Show (1940) and was involved in the long-running revival of Kind Lady (1940).
Since being cast in the title role of Claudia's domestic comedy, McGuire caught attention on Broadway. It appeared in 722 productions from 1941 to 1943. "She gives a convincing portrayal of a role that would be arduous if it were played by a dull actress," Brooks Atkinson wrote. She is sincere; the aura she casts throughout the play is not limited to dramatic demeanor.
McGuire starred in Claudia (1943), a Broadway movie adaptation of her Broadway debut, portraying a child bride who almost destroys her marriage due to her selfishness. Selznick engineered the idea and then sold it to 20th Century Fox; Selznick would divulge McGuire's employment with Fox under this arrangement.
Robert Young, McGuire's co-star in Claudia, and RKO reunited them in The Enchanted Cottage (1945), which was a box-office hit.
She appeared in A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945), replacing Gene Tierney, who had recently become pregnant, at age 28. The film, directed by Elia Kazan of 20th Century Fox, was a huge success. A mute was also included in The Spiral Staircase (1946), in which McGuire was the lead actor. Selznick, who imagined Ingrid Bergman as the pilot, was originally planned; Selznick and his services for his producer Dore Schary sold the project to RKO.
Claudia and David (1946), a sequel to Claudia that was less well received, was McGuire and Young's third film together, Claudia and David (1946). She appeared in Till the End of Time (also 1946), a hit with audiences, thanks to Schary and RKO. "I fought the hardest for this job," she later said, and it was my least fruitful." "I went right back to playing nice girls and faithful wives."
In Anna and the King of Siam (1946), she was given the opportunity, but she and her family decided not to go travelling.
McGuire was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gentleman's Accord (1947), directed by Kazan for Fox. The film was a surprise hit.
McGuire, co-star Gregory Peck, and several other actors helped create the La Jolla Playhouse following this film. She appeared in films including The Importance of Being Earnest, I Am a Camera, The Winslow Boy, and Tonight at 8:30, before going to live in Italy for a year.
Selznick unveiled a number of films starring McGuire, including Dark Medallion, A Doll's House Wings of the Dove, and Sands of Time.
McGuire appeared in This Is My Best (Miracle in the Rain), Screen Directors Playhouse (The Spiral Staircase), and in The Theatre Guild on the Air (Hamlet A Doll's House, Our Town).
McGuire spent a long time away from television before returning to Fox, Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950) and Mister 880 (1950). Neither of them was particularly popular.
She made her television debut in Robert Montgomery Presents, a Dark Victory spinoff, with McGuire playing the Bette Davis role. Schary had been the head of MGM's production, where McGuire appeared in Callaway Went Thataway (1951), which lost money. Sam Goldwyn's I Want You (1951) appeared on Broadway before returning to Broadway for Legend of Lovers (1951-52), but the program had a short run.
McGuire was accepted at MGM (1952), which failed, and Make Haste to Live (1954) at the Republic. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) at Fox, she appeared in episodes of The United States Steel Hour, Lux Video Theatre, The Best of Broadway (an adaptation of The Philadelphia Story, as Tracey Lord) and Climax!
She was in Trial (1955), portraying Glenn Ford's love affair at MGM. The film was a huge hit.
In Friendly Persuasion (1956), directed by William Wyler, McGuire was played as Gary Cooper's wife. The success of this role led her to her casting in a number of "mother" roles, beginning with Old Yeller (1957) at Disney.
McGuire, a student at the University of Winesburg, Ohio (1958), was short-lived, then she appeared in The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) at Fox.
This Earth Is Mine (1959) with Jean Simmons at Universal; This Earth Is Mine (1959) with Delmer Daves, Sandra Dee, and Troy Donahue; A Summer Place (1959) with Richard Egan, a major success, and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960).
She and her brother Robert (1960), one of the year's most popular films, returned to Disney (1960). Susan Slade (1961), a mother who passed off her daughter's illegitimate child as her own, appeared in Daves and Donahue's second film. In Disney's Summer Magic (1963), she was a mother.
In The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), McGuire portrayed Virgin Mary. She was off camera for a few years before returning to film in the United Kingdom, Flight of the Doves (1971).
McGuire appeared in a few television films, She Waits (1972) and Another Part of the Forest (1972). She appeared in Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973) and made one last appearance on Broadway in a revival of The Night of the Irmo (1976–77) with Richard Chamberlain.
The bulk of McGuire's later career was for the small screen: The Runaways (1975), Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), The Adventure of Doctor Meg Laurel (1981), Amos (1985), Caroline. (1990) and The Last Best Year (1990).
She appeared on episodes of Fantasy Island, Hotel, The Love Boat, Glitter, St. Highway to Heaven, Elsewhere. She narrated Summer Heat (1987) and toured 1989 with I Never Sang for My Father.
"I love my work, but I never felt much about it," she said in 1982, although she has no idea what inspires a Hollywood career. I was never a classic beauty. I had no idea what I was looking for, so I ended up in a lot of things that were wrong."