Margaret O’Brien

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Margaret O'Brien and Judy Garland stand together smiling in a scene from Meet Me in St. Louis, with Garland wearing a ruffled dress and O'Brien in a nightgown.

Margaret O’Brien

American actress

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Henry Koster
Films of the 1940s
…for Millions (1944), in which Margaret O’Brien was cast as the young sister of a musician (played by June Allyson) with José Iturbi’s orchestra. Two more musicals followed: Two Sisters from Boston (1946), with Allyson, Kathryn Grayson, and Jimmy Durante, and The Unfinished Dance (1947), starring O’Brien as a
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…for Millions (1944), in which Margaret O’Brien was cast as the young sister of a musician (played by June Allyson) with José Iturbi’s orchestra. Two more musicals followed: Two Sisters from Boston (1946), with Allyson, Kathryn Grayson, and Jimmy Durante, and The Unfinished Dance (1947), starring O’Brien as a
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Meet Me in St. Louis
…as the youngest Smith child, Margaret O’Brien received a special Academy Award for outstanding child actress of 1944.
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…as the youngest Smith child, Margaret O’Brien received a special Academy Award for outstanding child actress of 1944.
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