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Maggie McNamara

1928 - 1978

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Marguerite McNamara (June 18, 1928 – February 18, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actress and model from the United States. McNamara began her career as a teenage fashion model. She first came to public attention as Patty O'Neill in the 1951 national tour of F. Hugh Herbert's The Moon Is Blue which ran concurrently with the original Broadway production. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maggie McNamara has received more than 597,459 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Maggie McNamara is the 6,586th most popular actor (down from 5,950th in 2019), the 9,691st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,889th in 2019) and the 3,027th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Maggie McNamara ranks 6,586 out of 13,578. Before her are Fernando Poe Jr., Leslie David Baker, Erin Moran, Jessica Hecht, Park Yong-ha, and Lucy Hale. After her are Dan Dailey, Jorge Salinas, Rolando Villazón, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Alfred Lunt, and Nia Long.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Maggie McNamara ranks 516. Before her are Sheila Jordan, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Joaquín Capilla, Beniamino Andreatta, Christian Poncelet, and Yakov Rylsky. After her are Jerome Biffle, Bruce Ames, Ed Macauley, René Vautier, Dagmar Rom, and Sheila Lerwill. Among people deceased in 1978, Maggie McNamara ranks 234. Before her are Ewald Balser, Nagamichi Kuroda, Giuseppe Berto, Imre Rajczy, Matti Lähde, and Geoffrey Unsworth. After her are Dan Dailey, Michael Bates, Mauk Weber, Tibor Serly, Alexander Wetmore, and Theo Helfrich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maggie McNamara ranks 9,691 out of 20,380. Before her are Shari Arison (1957), Lucy Hale (1989), Chick Webb (1905), Richard Russo (1949), Sarah Moore Grimké (1792), and George Lott (1906). After her are Sally Menke (1953), Brad Wilk (1968), Stanley Wagner (1908), Dan Dailey (1915), Sinbad (1956), and Lil' Kim (1974).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Maggie McNamara ranks 3,027. Before her are Patsy Ruth Miller (1904), George Montgomery (1916), Leslie David Baker (1958), Erin Moran (1960), Jessica Hecht (1965), and Lucy Hale (1989). After her are Dan Dailey (1915), Alfred Lunt (1892), Nia Long (1970), Lola Glaudini (1971), Faran Tahir (1963), and Cristin Milioti (1985).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Moon Is Blue
Patty O'Neill
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
Jul 8th 19536.4 / 10
Three Coins in the Fountain
Maria Williams
Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain. Frances, a secretary at a government agency, sets out to win the heart of her smooth-talking novelist employer; Anita, her coworker, defies office regulations by romancing an Italian who works at the agency; and office newcomer Maria meets a real Italian Prince Charming and falls madly in love. The only thing the three hopeful ladies need to do is seal their fate.
May 1st 19545.9 / 10
The Cardinal
Florrie Fermoyle
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
Dec 12th 19636.5 / 10