Dorothy McGuire
Also known as Dorothy Hackett McGuire
American actress (1916-2001)
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Dorothy Hackett McGuire was an American actress from the 1940s to 1990. Some of her movies include: Gentleman's Agreement (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), The Enchanted Cottage, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Old Yeller (as the mother). She passed away in 2001 at the age of 85.
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- Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making — Self (archive)2002
- The Last Best Year — Anne1990
- Caroline? — Flora Atkins1990
- I Never Sang for My Father — Margaret Garrison1988
- Summer Heat — Narrator1987
- American Geisha — Ann Suzuki1986
- Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 — (archive footage)1986
- Between the Darkness and the Dawn — Beryl Foster1985
- Amos — Hester Farrell1985
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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 won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for Friendly Persuasion (1956). She starred as the mother in the popular films Old Yeller (1957) and Swiss Family Robinson (1960).
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