Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2023 -- Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story | Herself
2018 -- This Is Our Christmas | Mrs. Foxworth
2018 -- Prepper's Grove | Gigi
2018 -- Impact Event | Amanda
2017 -- Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill! | Bridgette's Grandmother
2017 -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Ms. Stevenson
2015 -- Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity | Self
2011 -- A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! | Self - Interviewee
2010 -- Frankenstein Rising |
2004 -- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies | Self
2002 -- The Craven Cove Murders | Fan
2002 -- Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self - Actress
1998 -- Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self
1998 -- Hollywood Mortuary | Herself
1998 -- Creaturealm: From the Dead | Herself
1996 -- Sunset After Dark | Betty Corman
1994 -- The Story of Lassie | Self
1994 -- Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic | Self
1982 -- Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage)
1982 -- Hollywood’s Children | Self (archive footage)
1981 -- Amy | Hazel Johnson
1974 -- That's Entertainment! | (archive footage)
1974 -- Death in Space | Pam Rhodes
1973 -- The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Self (archive footage)
1971 -- Anabelle Lee |
1971 -- The Pledge of Allegiance | Narrator
1968 -- Split Second to an Epitaph | Louise Prescott
1960 -- Heller in Pink Tights | Della Southby
1956 -- Glory | Clarabel Tilbee
1952 -- The Eyes of Two People | Catherine McDermott
1951 -- Her First Romance | Betty Foster
1949 -- The Secret Garden | Mary Lennox
1949 -- Little Women | Beth
1948 -- Big City | Midge
1948 -- Tenth Avenue Angel | Flavia Mills
1947 -- The Unfinished Dance | 'Meg' Merlin
1946 -- Three Wise Fools | Sheila O'Monahan
1946 -- Bad Bascomb | Emmy
1945 -- Our Vines Have Tender Grapes | Selma Jacobson
1944 -- Music for Millions | Mike
1944 -- Meet Me in St. Louis | "Tootie" Smith
1944 -- The Canterville Ghost | Lady Jessica de Canterville
1944 -- Twenty Years After | (archive footage)
1943 -- Jane Eyre | Adele Varens
1943 -- Lost Angel | Alpha
1943 -- Madame Curie | Irene Curie - Age 5
1943 -- Thousands Cheer | Customer in Red Skelton Skit
1943 -- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Margaret
1943 -- You, John Jones! | Daughter
1942 -- Journey for Margaret | Margaret
1941 -- Babes on Broadway | Maxine (uncredited)
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