Maggie McNamara

Maggie McNamara (June 18, 1928 - February 18, 1978) was an American actress. Born in New York City, she began her acting career on the stage. She starred in the national company of The Moon Is Blue for eighteen months, before debuting on Broadway in The King of Friday's Men. She went to Hollywood when Otto Preminger cast her in the lead of his film version of The Moon is Blue, and she garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

McNamara's second film role was in Three Coins in the Fountain, but she only made two more films. At the time of her death from an overdose of sleeping pills, she was supporting herself as a typist.

In the early 1960s, She starred in an episode of The Twilight Zone, The Ring-a-Ding Girl.


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In the early 1960s, She starred in an episode of The Twilight Zone, The Ring-a-Ding Girl. She appeared as a contestant on a celebrity version of "The Weakest Link" where she attempted to win money for Afghani women. At the time of her death from an overdose of sleeping pills, she was supporting herself as a typist. Najimy married Dan Finnerty in August 1995; her first daughter was born in 1996. Najimy is also noted as a activist for gay rights, as well as a feminist and human rights activist and is openly bisexual. McNamara's second film role was in Three Coins in the Fountain, but she only made two more films. Beginning in 1997, she provided the voice of Peggy Hill on the animated series King of the Hill. Born in New York City, she began her acting career on the stage. She starred in the national company of The Moon Is Blue for eighteen months, before debuting on Broadway in The King of Friday's Men. She went to Hollywood when Otto Preminger cast her in the lead of his film version of The Moon is Blue, and she garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also co-wrote (with actress Mo Gaffney)and starred in the theatrical production The Kathy and Mo Show.

Maggie McNamara (June 18, 1928 - February 18, 1978) was an American actress. From film, Najimy expanded into television roles, including a recurring role on Chicago Hope. Najimy was part of the cast of Veronica's Closet from 1997 to 2000. She reprised this role in the 1993 in Sister Act 2. Her film career began in the early 1990's with a number of off-beat minor roles, but her first major role was in the 1992 comedy Sister Act, in the role of Sister Mary Patrick. Najimy was born in San Diego, California and is of Lebanese descent.

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