Dorothy McGuire

(1918-2001) born in Omaha. Actress on stage, screen and television, credited with over 70 appearances and five major tours, nominated for Academy Award as best actress in 1947, nominated for three Emmy Awards, appeared on cover of Time, January 8, 1945 and cover of Life, February 18, 1946; her star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Consult Current Biography (1941) 546-547 and Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Vol 20 (Gale, 1999) 278-280 and obituaries in Los Angeles Times, September 15, 2001, p. B-10 and New York Times, September 15, 2001, p. B-7 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol 6 (2004) 334-336.

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