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Birth Name: Marguerite McNamara
Date of Birth: June 18, 1928
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: February 18, 1978
Place of Death: New York City, New York, U.S.
Ethnicity: Irish
Maggie McNamara was an American stage, film, and television actress, and model. Her roles include the films The Moon Is Blue , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress; Three Coins in the Fountain , Prince of Prayers , and The Cardinal (1963).
Her father, Timothy McNamara, was an Irish emigrant, from Mallow, County Cork. Her mother, Helen (Fleming), was an English emigrant, from the Boothstown, who was the daughter of Irish parents.