Sunday, June 14, 2009

Happy Birthday, Dorothy McGuire (1916-2001)






A quiet, natural beauty, Dorothy McGuire had a soothing quality to her open-faced looks and voice. She was a natural when he came to tearjerkers and she certainly had a knack for opening up her filmgoer's tear ducts with her arresting performances in sentimental drama. She preferred to rest on her acting laurels than engage in publicity-monging to win roles. As a result, Dorothy was surprisingly ill-served in the awards department during her over five-decade film career, yet left a major imprint on celluloid. Touching, complex, immaculate in poise and style, she is now and forever etched in Hollywood's "Golden Age" annals and in the minds of film lovers everywhere.


The Enchanted Cottage (1945)


The Spiral Staircase (1945)


with George Brent in The Spiral Staircase (1945)


with George Brent in The Spiral Staircase (1945)


The Spiral Staircase (1945) with Ethel Barrymore


with Rhonda Fleming, Gordon Oliver and George Brent in
The Spiral Staircase (1945)


The Spiral Staircase (1945)


with Guy Madison in Till the End of Time (1946)


with Guy Madison in Till the End of Time (1946)


with Guy Madison in Till the End of Time (1946)


with Guy Madison in Till the End of Time (1946)


Gentleman's Agreement (1947)


with Gregory Peck, John Garfield and Celeste Holm in
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)


Gentleman's Agreement (1947) with Gregory Peck

In 1943, Dorothy married "Life" photographer John Swope. Their marriage ended with his death in 1979. She never remarried. Her children by him are Mark Swope, an artist and photographer, and former actress Topo Swope.


John Swope (left) with his wife, actress Dorothy Maguire (second from right) and restaurateur Mike Romanoff at Romanoff's Restaurant in Beverly Hills, circa 1953.



with Burt Lancaster in Mister 880 (1950)


with Edmund Gwenn and Burt Lancaster in Mister 880 (1950)


with Burt Lancaster in Mister 880 (1950)


with Burt Lancaster in Mister 880 (1950)


Candid with Rita Hayworth in Cannes, ca. 1952


Callaway Went Thataway (1951)


Make Haste to Live (1954)


Make Haste to Live (1954) with Stephen McNally


Make Haste to Live (1954)


Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)


Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) with Clifton Webb


Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)


Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)


Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) with Clifton Webb


Trial (1955)


with Glenn Ford in Trial (1955)


Friendly Persuasion (1956)


with Anthony Perkins in Friendly Persuasion (1956)


with Gary Cooper in Friendly Persuasion (1956)


Old Yeller (1957)


Old Yeller (1957) with Fess Parker


The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959)


with Kent Smith in This Earth Is Mine (1959)


This Earth Is Mine (1959) with Rock Hudson and Jean Simmons


The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)


The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)


with Robert Preston in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)


with Robert Preston in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)



Swiss Family Robinson (1960)


Swiss Family Robinson (1960)


Swiss Family Robinson (1960)


Susan Slade (1961) with Connie Stevens


Susan Slade (1961) with Connie Stevens and Lloyd Nolan


Flight of the Doves (1971)





1 comment:

  1. Thanks for such wonderful photos of this profoundly talented actress.

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