An Academy award nominated actress for her role in Gentleman's Agreement. She also played the mother in Old Yeller and Swiss Family Robinson. She died on September 13, 2001, because of that timing she was robbed of a proper memorial in the press. We honor her now.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 14, 2023 12:37 AM |
So, because of the pandemic you didn't feel safe starting a thread back then?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 10, 2023 9:31 PM |
[quote] So, because of the pandemic you didn't feel safe starting a thread back then?
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| by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 10, 2023 9:32 PM |
[quote]She died on September 13, 2001, because of that timing she was robbed of a proper memorial in the press. We honor her now.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 10, 2023 9:34 PM |
Damn, my theory of backed-up DL threads that haven't posted since the early 2000s is becoming more realistic. Damn, Mureal.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 10, 2023 9:38 PM |
We've already had threads on how great she was and the brilliant Oscars didn't even have her In Memoriam. This has been discussed. I know because I've followed any mention of her on DL. She gave one of the greatest performances on stage that I've seen in Night of the Iguana at The Circle In the Square. She'll tear your heart out in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 10, 2023 9:38 PM |
There was furore when she -- as mentioned, an Oscar-nominated actress -- was not included in the "In Memoriam" section of the following year's Oscars. Oh, but Aaliyah was honored due to her two screen roles.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 10, 2023 10:12 PM |
[quote]She gave one of the greatest performances on stage that I've seen in Night of the Iguana at The Circle In the Square.
I bet she was a helluva Maxine!
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 10, 2023 10:19 PM |
I always got her mixed up with Dorothy Malone
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 10, 2023 10:22 PM |
Was she a McGuire Ssister?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 10, 2023 10:27 PM |
Did wiki update her death date on the day of her death? Yes—she got her proper due
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 10, 2023 10:34 PM |
Enjoyed her very much in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and A Summer Place
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 10, 2023 10:39 PM |
Dorothy McGuire was terrific in so many movies - plus she made a great mom in Parrish, Summer Place, Swiss Family Robinson. …. Didn’t she play Clifton Webb’s secretary and go wading into the Trevi fountain for him in “Three Coins in the Fountain?”
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | September 10, 2023 10:40 PM |
The Maxine was the famous Sylvia who dumped a plate of spaghetti on the head of John Simon when NY was filled with interesting people.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 11, 2023 5:17 AM |
R14
Dorothy McGuire was not in Parrish.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 17 | September 11, 2023 5:54 AM |
She was excellent as a mute girl in The Spiral Staircase
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 18 | September 11, 2023 5:54 AM |
T 17 - I meant Susan Slade!! She played Connie Stevens mom and Lloyd Nolan was the dad. Connie had a baby out of wedlock and very middle aged Lloyd and Dorothy pretended that they were the parents …. Parrish was Claudette Colbert on the Tobacco farm. My nimble brain is slipping - I confused my Connie Stevens movies!!
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | September 11, 2023 6:27 AM |
She gave birth to one of the best baseball players ever.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | September 11, 2023 6:43 AM |
Was she dining in Windows on the World?
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | September 11, 2023 6:52 AM |
I liked her in "The Enchanted Cottage," all that breathless innocence was quite charming. Besides, it had the very underrated Mildred Natwick in it(she and Thelma Ritter are in that same club)
Although Deborah Kerr was fine in "Tea and Sympathy," I'll just bet Dorothy would have done a great job with it too.
Does anyone see the resemblance between Dorothy and singer/actress Julie London?
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | September 12, 2023 1:53 PM |
Op, why did you wait so long for this tribute?
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | September 12, 2023 2:32 PM |
[quote] We honor her now.
Who's "we," Miss Sanctimonious OP?
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | September 12, 2023 2:34 PM |
“I waited for this tribute to my mother FOR YEARS but it never came!!”
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | September 12, 2023 2:37 PM |
R23 - Yes! I hadn’t thought of it before - but yes - Dorothy and Julie London look quite a bit like each other!
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 14, 2023 12:37 AM |
