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Birth Name: Margeurite McNamara
Born: 18 June 1928 Died: 18 February 1978
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Premature Deaths (Actors and Actresses)
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Published 11 years, 4 months ago 
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Movie Stars Who Killed Themselves 1971-2016
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Published 10 years ago
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Oiga usted, ¡qué bien se ve!
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Published 1 year, 6 months ago
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Premature Deaths (Actors and Actresses)
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Published 9 years, 4 months ago
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A petite brunette, McNamara was part of the 1950s vogue for slender gamines (Audrey Hepburn, Leslie Caron, Shirley MacLaine) which stood at the opposite extreme from the equally popular voluptuous sex goddesses (Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Jayne Mansfield). Less chic than Hepburn, less wistful than Caron and less rowdy than MacLaine, she had a perky, determined quality not unlike Debbie Reynolds. Unlike all of the above, however, McNamara enjoyed only a partial and brief success, partly undone by a history of mental illness. (TCM)
In February 1978, McNamara died of a barbiturate overdose at the age of 49.
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1. The Twilight Zone (1959)
| Rating: | 858 Watched |
2. Ben Casey
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4. The Clock (1949)
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1. The Moon Is Blue (1953)
| Rating: | 42 Watched |
| Rating: | 49 Watched |
3. The Cardinal (1963) (1963)
| Rating: | 23 Watched |
| Rating: | 8 want to see |
5. Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
| Rating: | 4 Watched |
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Oscar Acting Nominees: 1950s (55 person items)
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"Very good looking I must say."
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Movie Stars Who Killed Themselves 1971-2016 (46 person items)" American Actress June 18 1928 - February 18 1978 She commited suicide at the age of 49 y.o. by ingesting some barbiturate at her apartment of New York. Notable Films The Moon Is Blue (1953) with David Niven Prince Of Players (1955) with Richard Burton The Cardinal (1963) "
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