Margaret O'Brien

Personal Info

Birthday

January 15, 1937

(88 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Also Known As

Angela Maxine O'Brien

Maxine O'Brien

Margaret O'Brien

Biography

Margaret O'Brien (born January 15, 1937) is an American film and stage actress. Although her film career as a leading character was brief, she was one of the most popular child actors in cinema history.

In her later career, she appeared on stage and in supporting film roles. She was born Angela Maxine O'Brien; (she later changed her name to Margaret following the success of the film Journey for Margaret, in which she played the title role). Her father Lawrence O'Brien, a circus performer, died before she was born.

Known For

Perry Mason

Murder, She Wrote

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Robert Montgomery Presents

Combat!

Wagon Train

Climax!

Dr. Kildare

Filmography

2023
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
as Self
2018
This Is Our Christmas
as Mrs. Foxworth
Prepper's Grove
as Gigi
Impact Event
as Amanda
2017
Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill!
as Bridgette's Grandmother
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Ms. Stevenson
2015
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as Self
2011
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
as Self - Interviewee
2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
as Self
2002
The Craven Cove Murders
as Fan
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actress
1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Self
Hollywood Mortuary
as Herself
Creaturealm: From the Dead
as Herself
1996
Sunset After Dark
as Betty Corman
1994
The Story of Lassie
as Self
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
as Self
1989
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
as Self
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1981
Amy
as Hazel Johnson
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
Death in Space
as Pam Rhodes
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1971
The Pledge of Allegiance
as Narrator
1968
Split Second to an Epitaph
as Louise Prescott
1960
Heller in Pink Tights
as Della Southby
1956
Glory
as Clarabel Tilbee
1952
The Eyes of Two People
as Catherine McDermott
1951
Her First Romance
as Betty Foster
1949
The Secret Garden
as Mary Lennox
Little Women
as Beth
1948
Big City
as Midge
Tenth Avenue Angel
as Flavia Mills
1947
The Unfinished Dance
as 'Meg' Merlin
1946
Three Wise Fools
as Sheila O'Monahan
Bad Bascomb
as Emmy
1945
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
as Selma Jacobson
1944
Music for Millions
as Mike
Meet Me in St. Louis
as 'Tootie' Smith
The Canterville Ghost
as Lady Jessica de Canterville
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
Jane Eyre
as Adele Varens
Lost Angel
as Alpha
Madame Curie
as Irene Curie - Age 5
Thousands Cheer
as Customer in Red Skelton Skit
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Margaret
You, John Jones!
as Daughter
1942
Journey for Margaret
as Margaret
1941
Babes on Broadway
as Maxine (uncredited)