Elizabeth Alice "Ali" MacGraw is an American actress. She first gained attention with her role in Goodbye, Columbus in 1969, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. She reached international fame in 1970's Love Story, for which she was nominated...
Steve McQueen (m. 1973–1978), Robert Evans (m. 1969–1973), Robin Hoen (m. 1961–1962)
Children
Josh Evans
Parents
Frances, Richard MacGraw
Siblings
Dick McGraw
Nicknames
Alice MacGraw , Elizabeth Alice MacGraw , Elizabeth Alice "Ali" MacGraw , Ali , Ali Mac Graw
Awards
Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer (1969), Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (1970), Hollywood Walk of Fame (2002), Humane Education Award by Animal Protection of New Mexico
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actress (1970), BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer (1969)
Movies
“A Lovely Way to Die” (1968), “Goodbye Columbus”, “Love Story” (1970), “The Getaway” (1972), “Convoy” (1978), “Players” (1979), "Dynasty", “Goodbye Columbus”
TV Shows
"Love Letters" (2016), "Festen" (2006), "Ali MacGraw Yoga Mind and Body”, The Oprah Winfrey Show (1990,2011)
[on the surprise success of Love Story (1970), her second starring role] If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut. I've since learned that surviving stardom depends on doing the work to find out who you are so that you don't define yourself by what people say about you. But nothing can prepare you for that kind of avalanche. The mistake is to take it for the end of the story.
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[on Steve McQueen] One thing about Steve, he didn't like the women in his life to have balls.
Lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California.
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Described her problems with alcohol and men in her autobiography "Moving Pictures".
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Filmed a public service announcement for People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA.). [July 2006]
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Made her stage debut on Broadway in the play "Festen". [April 2006]
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Had her footprints and autograph engraved at Grauman's Chinese Theatre after appearing in just three films. [December 1972]
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Paramount Production head Robert Evans was developing several high profile projects for her when she filed for divorce. The roles she walked away from to marry lover Steve McQueen were Daisy in The Great Gatsby (1974) and Evelyn in Chinatown (1974).
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Representing "Chalfonte-Haddon Hall", Ali was voted Atlantic City's prettiest hotel waitress for the summer 1957 season.
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Made a special appearance at the 74th Annual Academy Awards in 2002.
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She worked as a fashion stylist on Manhattan photo shoots in her early 20s, until she was eventually asked to work before the cameras as a model.
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Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]
$6 Million
