Very, very sad!
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Steamboy — 20 years ago(August 18, 2005 04:39 PM)
I just watched The Moon is Blue for the first time. This film is one of the best comedies I've ever seen, I absolutely loved it, and Maggie McNamara's performance was simply wonderful. I had no idea who she was, so I came here to check and I must say I'm so shocked and so very saddened by what I just read, what a tragic life for such a wonderful woman !
The Moon is Blue is such a cheerful movie, but the reality behind is so sad. How come her carreer stopped right after The Cardinal ? What happened ? It is such a heart-breaking revelation, I really hope there's an afterlife and that there's a better world out there for her. -
tom_prendergast — 20 years ago(December 10, 2005 06:38 AM)
HTML doesn't seem to work. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Charles_Cemetery%2C_Farmingdale
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carlo1942 — 19 years ago(June 12, 2006 12:13 PM)
I also admired Ms Mc Namara's work.loved her in Three Coins in the Fountain, as well as in Prince of Players.. When learning of her death, I too felt badly that she resorted to taking her own life. I do know she was married to David Swift, a screenwriter I think, back in the 50's. If I'm not mistaken, I thought she was nominated for an Academy Award for The Moon is Blue.such a talented woman. I pray she has finally found peace.
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LooneySwooney — 19 years ago(July 30, 2006 06:04 AM)
That picture proves my point. Her grave has no marker. That is how I found out about it in the first place, from findagrave.com.
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rking333 — 10 years ago(November 08, 2015 10:39 AM)
Here's the link:
[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=7173167&PIpi=5963210] -
Michel_Russell — 19 years ago(February 19, 2007 10:24 AM)
I had just seen 'Three Coins in the Fountain' and just by chance I too wondered what had happened to Maggie McNamara. I remembered her vaguely in a couple of films a long time ago.
I also read that she had just finished a screenplay and it had been accepted by a new movie company, She was working and then gone!
It does seem strange that she had been given an unmarked grave. What about her ex-husband or her family?
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carlo1942 — 19 years ago(February 19, 2007 10:44 AM)
I thought I had read about her coming from a fairly large familynow I could be wrong on this, as this was many many years agobut I too have often wondered why someone hasn't done something for this wonderful actress
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barryfleckmann — 15 years ago(November 24, 2010 07:04 AM)
After many years of reading about "The Moon is Blue" (getting condemned by the Catholic League for its usage of "The V Word," Virgin), I finally got a chance to see it, last week, thanks to Turner Classic Movies. I LOVED IT!!! Witty, comedic banter and a fine cast!!! Maggie McNamara? Even though I saw "3 Coins in the Fountain," many times, I drew a blank when I saw HER name in the credits. What a revelation! She reminded me of a young Audrey Hepburn (my favorite actress!!!). Now I learn that she died, so young!!! Sad? I'm heartbroken!!!
"You can't HANDLE the truth!" Jack Nicholson, "A Few Good Men."