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Margaret O'brien
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Margaret was voted one of the top ten box office stars two years in a row. She was ... named ôBest Actressö twice by the National Board of Review, and received the ôMost Outstanding Child Actressö award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Margaret was so talented that her most famous quote is, ôWhen I cry should I let the tears go all the way down, or should I stop them half way,ö which she innocently asked a director when he asked her to cry for a movie role.
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This doll is Margaret O'Brien. Made by the Rothschild Doll Co. in 1988, designed by artist Mimi Roth. The doll is 11'' high, all hard plastic, jointed at the neck, shoulders, elbows, hips & knees.
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At the age of eight, MARGARET O'BRIEN received an honorary award (a miniature statuette) as the "outstanding child actress of 1944." Her ladylike fashion choice was a printed dress with full collar, long sleeves and tiered skirt.
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Margaret continued to turn in wonderful performances for the remainder of the decade, but as she grew into womanhood, her popularity declined. She made several appearances as an ingenue but, sadly, was not well received.
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Legendary child star Margaret O'Brien, a gifted dramatic actress became one of the most popular movie stars of the 1940's. At age three she expressed a serious desire to pursue acting and posed for magazine covers for photographer Paul Hesse.
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When a director talked to her about a scene in which she would be called upon to weep, Margaret was all business. Did the director want just one eye to glisten, both eyes to fill, or actual tears? And if tears, how many? From one eye or two? Where did he want the tears to stop? Halfway down her face, or should they continue all the way to the chin?
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