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name: "Maggie McNamara"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 June 1928"
died: "18 February 1978"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-20T02:45:52.119286+00:00"
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# Maggie McNamara

Actor. Born 18 June 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 18 February 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 June 1928, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 18 February 1978
- **Also known as:** Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara, Marguerite McNamara
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_McNamara, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470139, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573704/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30780

## Biography

Maggie McNamara (also credited as Marguerite McNamara) was an American actress and model. Born in New York City on 18 June 1928, she began her career as a teenage fashion model before studying drama and dance. She made her Broadway debut in 1951 and replaced Barbara Bel Geddes in the lead role of *The Moon Is Blue* on stage.

Otto Preminger directed her in the 1953 film adaptation of *The Moon Is Blue*, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She followed this with the role of Maria Williams in *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954) and appeared in *Prince of Players* (1955) and *The Cardinal* (1963). She also had guest roles in television series including *The Twilight Zone* and *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour*. McNamara retired from acting in the mid-1960s and died in New York City on 18 February 1978.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), Fi1m 60, as Maria Williams — [page](https://film.one/film/three-coins-in-the-fountain.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker* (1991), as actress 'The Moon Is Blue' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Cardinal* (1963), as Florrie Fermoyle
- *The Great Adventure* (1963), series, as Laura Drake
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Camilla
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Barbara Blake — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Prince of Players* (1955), as Mary Devlin Booth
- *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), as Maria Williams — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/three-coins-in-the-fountain.md)
- *The Girl on The Roof* (1953), as A tourist
- *The Moon Is Blue* (1953), as Patty O'Neill
- *The Clock* (1949), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Maggie McNamara](https://film.one/media/person/1238135/gallery-5fda07b0e656.jpg) Maggie McNamara — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Studio_publicity_Maggie_McNamara.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Richard Burton and Maggie McNamara from Prince of Players Photo published by The Indiana Gazette. Note that the uploaded photo is larger and of better ](https://film.one/media/person/1238135/gallery-c239cfe5dcce.jpg) Photo of Richard Burton and Maggie McNamara from Prince of Players Photo published by The Indiana Gazette. Note that the uploaded photo is larger and of better  — The Indiana Gazette, Indiana, PA Photo from 20th Century Fox, producer of the film., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Richard_Burton_Maggie_McNamara_Prince_of_Players.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Maggie McNamara](https://film.one/media/person/1238135/gallery-66b377dfe0fe.jpg) Maggie McNamara — Image via TMDB
- ![Maggie McNamara](https://film.one/media/person/1238135/gallery-1ac32965e379.jpg) Maggie McNamara — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1954: Best Actress (nominated), for *The Moon Is Blue*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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