Ali MacGraw
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| Ali MacGraw | |
 Ali MacGraw with Ryan O'Neal in Love Story. |
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| Birth name | Alice MacGraw |
| Born | April 1, 1938 (age 69) Pound Ridge, New York, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Steve McQueen (August 31, 1973 - 1978) (divorced) Robert Evans (October 24, 1969 - 1972) (divorced) 1 child |
| Notable roles | Carol Ainsley McCoy in The Getaway (1972) |
Alice MacGraw (born April 1, 1938 in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American model and actress.
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[edit] Biography
Born to an Irish-American father, whom she recently described as "violent" (New York Magazine, April 3, 2006, pp. 69-70), and a Jewish mother, she has one sibling, a brother. An alumna of Wellesley College, she began working in 1960 as a photographic assistant at Harper's Bazaar, as an assistant to the legendary fashion maven, Diana Vreeland, at Vogue, and as a fashion model, and as a photographer's stylist. During this time, she was married to banker Robin Hoen. She gained notice in Goodbye, Columbus, but real stardom came in 1970 with Love Story, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. MacGraw's keen eye and sense of style was celebrated on the cover of Time. She has also worked as an interior decorator.
On October 24, 1969, she married film producer Robert Evans; their son, Josh Evans, is an actor. They divorced in 1972 after she became involved with Steve McQueen on the set of The Getaway. They married on August 31, 1973 and divorced in 1978. MacGraw has appeared in other films, such as: Convoy, Players, Just Tell Me What You Want and the television miniseries China Rose and The Winds of War.
MacGraw wrote a well-received autobiography, Moving Pictures (which she now states was "not well written"), which described her struggles with alcohol and male dependence. She was treated for the former at the Betty Ford Center. In 1991, People magazine chose her as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. When her ex-husband, Robert Evans, received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame she accompanied him. She had lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico for many years after "fleeing Malibu". She made her Broadway theatre debut in New York City in 2006 as a dysfunctional matriarch in the drama Festen (The Celebration). She was also included in a Seventeen Magazine issue for inspiring hairstyles.
[edit] External links
- Ali MacGraw at the Internet Movie Database
- Ali MacGraw at TV.com
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| Preceded by Geneviève Bujold for Anne of the Thousand Days |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1971 for Love Story |
Succeeded by Jane Fonda for Klute |
