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Margaret O'Brien is an American film, radio, television, and stage actress. Beginning a prolific career as a child actress in feature films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at the age of four, O'Brien became one of the most popular child stars in cinema history and was honored with a Juvenile Academy Award as the outstanding child actress of 1944. In her later career, she appeared on television, on stage, and in supporting film roles.
Birth Name
Angela Maxine O'Brien
Born
Friday, 15 January 1937
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story | Herself / Self | 2023 |
| Stu's Show | Self | 2022 |
| This Is Our Christmas | Mrs. Foxworth | 2018 |
| Prepper's Grove | Gigi | 2018 |
| Impact Event | Amanda | 2018 |
| Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill! | Bridgette's Grandmother | 2017 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Ms. Stevenson | 2017 |
| Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity | Self | 2015 |
| PlanetE! Entertainment Network | Guest, Herself | 2013 |
| Teens Wanna Know | Self - Guest | 2012 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story | Herself / Self | 2023 |
| Stu's Show | Self | 2022 |
| This Is Our Christmas | Mrs. Foxworth | 2018 |
| Prepper's Grove | Gigi | 2018 |
| Impact Event | Amanda | 2018 |
| Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill! | Bridgette's Grandmother | 2017 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Ms. Stevenson | 2017 |
| Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity | Self | 2015 |
| PlanetE! Entertainment Network | Guest, Herself | 2013 |
| Teens Wanna Know | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Carol Channing: Larger Than Life | Self | 2012 |
| A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! | Self - Interviewee | 2011 |
| What's Up Orange County | Self | 2011 |
| Dame Elizabeth Taylor: A Tribute | Self | 2011 |
| Frankenstein Rising | 2010 | |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Past Winner | 2003 |
| Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self - Actress | 2002 |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2001 |
| Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | 1998 |
| Hollywood Mortuary | Self / Herself | 1998 |
| Creaturealm: From the Dead | Herself / Self (segment "Hollywood Mortuary") | 1998 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | 1996 |
| Sunset After Dark | Betty Corman | 1996 |
| The Story of Lassie | Self | 1994 |
| Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic | Self | 1994 |
| The New Lassie | Elizabeth Helms | 1989 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Jane | 1984 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Mildred Webster | 1983 |
| Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982 |
| Hotel | Martha Connelly | 1982 |
| Hollywood's Children | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1982 |
| Xpose | Self | 1982 |
| Amy | Hazel Johnson | 1981 |
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | Self | 1978 |
| Testimony of Two Men | Flora Bumpstead Eaton | 1977 |
| Death in Space | Pam Rhodes / Mrs. Pam Rhodes | 1974 |
| That's Entertainment! | Clip from 'Meet Me in St. Louis' / (archive footage) | 1974 |
| Diabolic Wedding | 1971 | |
| Love, American Style | Miss Walker (segment "Love and the Letter") | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Neva Phillips | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | Mrs. Pendleton | 1968 |
| Ironside | Louise Prescott | 1967 |
| The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | 1967 |
| Gypsy | Self - actress / Self | 1965 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Anne Lipscott | 1963 |
| Combat! | Marianne Fraisnet | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Nurse Lori Palmer | 1961 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Elsa Thaelman | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Angela Kendricks | 1960 |
| The Aquanauts | Ellen Marstand | 1960 |
| Heller in Pink Tights | Della Southby | 1960 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Phyllis Willoughby | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Jean | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Betsy Stauffer | 1959 |
| Pursuit | Mara | 1958 |
| The Steve Lawrence-Eydie Gorme Show | Self | 1958 |
| Suspicion | Marjorie Reardon | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Virginia Trent | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Julie Revere | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Annie Brookes / Lila Norris | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Singer | 1956 |
| Glory | Clarabel Tilbee | 1956 |
| Matinee Theatre | Victoria / Sarah / Kathleen | 1955 |
| Hollywood Preview | Self | 1955 |
| MGM Parade | Tootie Smith | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Nancy | 1955 |
| Climax! | Kathy Fathian / Chip / Angie Hawley | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Mary Clayborne | 1953 |
| The George Jessel Show | Self | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Sarah Trask | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Eleanor Brown | 1952 |
| I've Got a Secret | Self - Guest | 1952 |
| The Name's the Same | Self - Contestant | 1951 |
| Her First Romance | Betty Foster | 1951 |
| The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story | (archive footage) | 1951 |
| All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Self - Intermission Guest / Margaret / Laura / Elaine | 1950 |
| TV Club | Self | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self - Actress | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Ginny | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet | Self | 1949 |
| The Secret Garden | Mary Lennox | 1949 |
| Little Women | Beth | 1949 |
| Studio One | Julie Denton / Jenny Walker | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Actress | 1948 |
| Big City | Midge | 1948 |
| Tenth Avenue Angel | Flavia Mills | 1948 |
| The Unfinished Dance | 'Meg' Merlin | 1947 |
| Three Wise Fools | Sheila O'Monahan | 1946 |
| Bad Bascomb | Emmy | 1946 |
| Our Vines Have Tender Grapes | Selma Jacobson | 1945 |
| Front Row Center | Ann | 1945 |
| Music for Millions | 'Mike' / Mike | 1944 |
| Meet Me in St. Louis | 'Tootie' Smith / "Tootie" Smith | 1944 |
| The Canterville Ghost | Lady Jessica de Canterville | 1944 |
| Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944 |
| Jane Eyre | Adele Varens | 1943 |
| Lost Angel | Alpha | 1943 |
| Madame Curie | Irene Curie - Age 5 | 1943 |
| Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Margaret | 1943 |
| You, John Jones! | Daughter | 1943 |
| Thousands Cheer | Customer in Red Skelton Skit | 1943 |
| Journey for Margaret | Margaret | 1942 |
| Babes on Broadway | Maxine, Little Girl at Audition | 1941 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1945 | Oscar | Won |
