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<\/a>MARGARET (1942) that brought her widespread attention. Her name was later changed to Margaret following the success of the film. Following JOURNEY she made appearances in the films THOUSANDS CHEER (1943), MADAME CURIE (1943), LOST ANGEL (1943), JANE EYRE (1943), with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, and THE CANTERVILLE GHOST (1944), with Charles Laughton and Robert Young. In the classic musical MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944), O\u2019Brien played Tootie Smith, opposite Judy Garland\u2019s Esther Smith.<\/p>\nTootie is arguably O\u2019Brien\u2019s most well-known role, and was given a special Juvenile Academy Award for her performance. The film also starred Mary Astor and Lucille Bremer. The young O\u2019Brien continued turning in performances throughout the 1940s in films such as MUSIC FOR MILLIONS (1944), OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES (1945), THREE WISE FOLLS (1946), THE UNFINISHED DANCE (1947), and BIG CITY (1948). O\u2019Brien co-starred with a group of talented actresses when she played Beth March in LITTLE WOMEN (1949), starring June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor and her MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS co-star Mary Astor. Her last film appearance of the decade was in the drama THE SECRET GARDEN (1949), playing Mary Lennox. The film co-starred Dean Stockwell and Herbert Marshall.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Brien continued making feature films, however, her career made the shift into television. From the 1950s through the mid-1990s, O\u2019Brien made appearances in several series and TV movies such as SUSPICION (1957-1958), WAGON TRAIN (1957-1965), LITTLE WOMEN (1958), PURSUIT (1958-1959), RAWHIDE (1959-1965), MAGGIE (1960), THE AQUANUTS (19600, PERRY MASON (1957-1966), COMBAT! (1962-1967), IRONSIDE (1967-1975), LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE (196901974), ADAM-12 (1968-1975), MARCUS WELBY, M.D. (1969-1976), HOTEL (1983-1988), TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE (1983-1988), MURDER, SHE WROTE (1984-1996), THE NEW LASSIE (1989-1992) and SUNSET AFTER DARK (1996).<\/p>\n
She appeared as herself in the specials MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS: THE MAKING OF AMERICAN CLASSIC (1994), THE GREAT CHRISTMAS MOVIES (1998), and CHILD STARS: THEIR STORY (2000). Her most recent credits include THE CRAVEN COVE MURDERS (2002), ELF SPARKLES MEETS CHRISTMAS THE HORSE (2009), DEAD IN LOVE (2009), ELF SPARKLE AND THE SPECIAL RED DRESS (2010), DR JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (2017), THIS IS OUR CHRISTMAS (2018) and IMPACT EVENT (2018).<\/p>\n
In 1960, O\u2019Brien was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to film and television.<\/p>\n
Essential O\u2019Brien:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\nJOURNEY FOR MARGARET (1942)<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\nTHE CANTERVILLE GHOST (1944)<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\nMEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\nLITTLE WOMEN (1949)<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\nTHE SECRET GARDEN (1949)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n[si-contact-form form=’2′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[AdSense-A] By Geoffrey Huchel When it comes to the film industry\u2019s most popular child stars, it would be hard to imagine Margaret O\u2019Brien\u2019s name not making the list. Known for giving many heartfelt performances, O\u2019Brien became one of the most popular child stars in cinema history, and shared the silver screen with some of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[24521],"class_list":["post-97169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-ringside-report-puts-the-spotlight-on-margaret-obrien"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97169"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n