Kathleen Maguire

Kathleen Maguire
Maguire in East Side/West Side 1963.
Born(1925-09-27)September 27, 1925
New York City, U.S.
DiedAugust 9, 1989(1989-08-09) (aged 63)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Years active1949–1986

Kathleen Maguire (September 27, 1925 – August 9, 1989) was an American actress who won an Obie Award in 1958 for her performance in the stage play, The Time of the Cuckoo.

Early years

Born in New York City, Maguire was an acting student of Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner.[1]

Career

Maguire was also known for two roles in two short-lived soap operas on television, first as wealthy widow, Kate Austen on A Flame in the Wind;[2] and as extremely conservative doctor's wife, Adrian Sims on the series A World Apart. She later replaced Doris Belack in the role of Anna Wolek Craig in the long-running serial One Life to Live. Among her film credits are the 1957 drama Edge of the City, Flipper (1963), The Borgia Stick (1967), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979), Willie & Phil (1980), and the TV movie Bill (1981).

Death

Maguire died from cancer of the esophagus on August 9, 1989, at Calvary Hospital, The Bronx, New York.[1] She was 63 years old and lived in Manhattan.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1957 Edge of the City Ellen Wilson
1963 Flipper Martha Ricks
1979 The Concorde ... Airport '79 Mary Parker
1980 Willie & Phil Mrs. Sutherland
1986 Alone in the T-Shirt Zone Party Fox

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1949 Actors Studio Sarah Episode: "A Child Is Born"
1953 Three Steps to Heaven Mary Claire 'Poco' Thurmond Morgan Lead role
1953 Repertory Theatre Helen Episode: "The Bachelor Party"
1955 The Best of Broadway Louise Mitchell Episode: "Stage Door"
1955 Justice Helen Episode: "The Lonely"
1955 Goodyear Television Playhouse Abby, Daughter Episodes: "The Rabbit Trap", "The Catered Affair"
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Dorothy Crane Season 1 Episode 11: "Guilty Witness"
1956 The Alcoa Hour Eileen Dixon Episode: "The Big Vote"
1956 Armstrong Circle Theatre Susan Episode: "A Baby Named X"
1956–57 Studio One Evelyn Digger, Chris Juleson Episodes: "A Christmas Surprise", "The Furlough"
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mrs. Rogers Season 2 Episode 22: "The End of Indian Summer"
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Betty Season 2 Episode 29: "Vicious Circle"
1957 Kraft Television Theatre Script Girl Episode: "The Big Break"
1958 True Story Joan Farrell Episode: "22 March 1958"
1962 Ben Casey Connie Dawson Episode: "Of All Save Pain Bereft"
1962–63 The Defenders Beverly Moffat, Verna Olson Episodes: "Along Came a Spider", "Loophole"
1963 The Nurses Mary Sullivan, Nurse Ayres Episodes: "Many a Sullivan", "Strike"
1964 East Side/West Side Josephine Stuart Episode: "The $5.98 Dress"
1964 Suspense Betty Episode: "I, Christopher Bell"
1964 The DuPont Show of the Week Helen Episode: "A Day Like Today"
1964 The Fugitive Nancy Gilman Episode: "Man in a Chariot"
1964–65 A Flame in the Wind Kate Austen Main role
1966 Hawk Nurse Episode: "Do Not Mutilate or Spindle"
1967 The Borgia Stick Ruth TV film
1967 N.Y.P.D. Rosemary Haines Episode: "Fast Gun"
1968 The Doctors Lila Anderson Recurring role
1971 A World Apart Adrian Sims Episode: "25 June 1971"
1974 The Chadwick Family Valerie Chadwick TV film
1977–78 One Life to Live Anna Wolek TV series
1981 Bill Florence Archer TV film

References

  1. ^ a b "Kathleen Maguire, Actress, 64". The New York Times. August 17, 1989. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1085. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.


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