Kathleen Maguire
American actress
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Kathleen Maguire (September 27, 1925 – August 9, 1989) was an American actress who won an Obie Award in 1958 for her performance in the stage play, The Time of the Cuckoo.
Kathleen Maguire | |
|---|---|
 Maguire in East Side/West Side 1963. | |
| Born | September 27, 1925 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 9, 1989 (aged 63) The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 1949–1986 |
Early years
Born in New York City, Maguire was an acting student of Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner.[1]
Career
Maguire was also known for two roles in two short-lived soap operas on television, first as wealthy widow, Kate Austen on A Flame in the Wind;[2] and as extremely conservative doctor's wife, Adrian Sims on the series A World Apart. She later replaced Doris Belack in the role of Anna Wolek Craig in the long-running serial One Life to Live. Among her film credits are the 1957 drama Edge of the City, Flipper (1963), The Borgia Stick (1967), The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979), Willie & Phil (1980), and the TV movie Bill (1981).
Death
Maguire died from cancer of the esophagus on August 9, 1989, at Calvary Hospital, The Bronx, New York.[1] She was 63 years old and lived in Manhattan.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Edge of the City | Ellen Wilson | |
| 1963 | Flipper | Martha Ricks | |
| 1979 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | Mary Parker | |
| 1980 | Willie & Phil | Mrs. Sutherland | |
| 1986 | Alone in the T-Shirt Zone | Party Fox |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Actors Studio | Sarah | Episode: "A Child Is Born" |
| 1953 | Three Steps to Heaven | Mary Claire 'Poco' Thurmond Morgan | Lead role |
| 1953 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Helen | Episode: "The Bachelor Party" |
| 1955 | The Best of Broadway | Louise Mitchell | Episode: "Stage Door" |
| 1955 | Justice | Helen | Episode: "The Lonely" |
| 1955 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | Abby, Daughter | Episodes: "The Rabbit Trap", "The Catered Affair" |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Dorothy Crane | Season 1 Episode 11: "Guilty Witness" |
| 1956 | The Alcoa Hour | Eileen Dixon | Episode: "The Big Vote" |
| 1956 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Susan | Episode: "A Baby Named X" |
| 1956–57 | Studio One | Evelyn Digger, Chris Juleson | Episodes: "A Christmas Surprise", "The Furlough" |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Rogers | Season 2 Episode 22: "The End of Indian Summer" |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Betty | Season 2 Episode 29: "Vicious Circle" |
| 1957 | Kraft Television Theatre | Script Girl | Episode: "The Big Break" |
| 1958 | True Story | Joan Farrell | Episode: "22 March 1958" |
| 1962 | Ben Casey | Connie Dawson | Episode: "Of All Save Pain Bereft" |
| 1962–63 | The Defenders | Beverly Moffat, Verna Olson | Episodes: "Along Came a Spider", "Loophole" |
| 1963 | The Nurses | Mary Sullivan, Nurse Ayres | Episodes: "Many a Sullivan", "Strike" |
| 1964 | East Side/West Side | Josephine Stuart | Episode: "The $5.98 Dress" |
| 1964 | Suspense | Betty | Episode: "I, Christopher Bell" |
| 1964 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Helen | Episode: "A Day Like Today" |
| 1964 | The Fugitive | Nancy Gilman | Episode: "Man in a Chariot" |
| 1964–65 | A Flame in the Wind | Kate Austen | Main role |
| 1966 | Hawk | Nurse | Episode: "Do Not Mutilate or Spindle" |
| 1967 | The Borgia Stick | Ruth | TV film |
| 1967 | N.Y.P.D. | Rosemary Haines | Episode: "Fast Gun" |
| 1968 | The Doctors | Lila Anderson | Recurring role |
| 1971 | A World Apart | Adrian Sims | Episode: "25 June 1971" |
| 1974 | The Chadwick Family | Valerie Chadwick | TV film |
| 1977–78 | One Life to Live | Anna Wolek | TV series |
| 1981 | Bill | Florence Archer | TV film |
