Ali Macgraw

Actor

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Also Known As

Alice Macgraw

Birth Place

Pound Ridge, New York, USA

Born

April 01, 1939

Biography

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A dark-haired, somber-looking former model, Ali MacGraw gained instant screen stardom in "Goodbye, Columbus" (1969). The following year, she earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination as the doomed collegiate heroine of the sweet, extremely popular "Love Story" (1970). She was also effective in the comic role of Alan King's mistress in "Just Tell Me What You Want" (1980). For much of the 198...

Filmography

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Split Estate (2010)

Get Bruce (1999)

Natural Causes (1994)

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993)

"Uncle Jane" Merckel

Survive the Savage Sea (1992)

Claire Carpenter

Photos & Videos

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Love Story (1970) -- (Movie Clip) It's A New World

Love Story (1970) -- Academy Award Trailer

Family & Companions

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Robin Hoen

Husband

Banker. Married in 1961; divorced in 1962; attended Harvard while she was at Wellesley.

Bob Evans

Husband

Executive. Married in October 1970; divorced; father of MacGraw's son Josh.

Steve McQueen

Husband

Became involved during the filming of "The Getaway" (1972); married in 1973; divorced in 1978.

Bibliography

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"Moving Pictures"

Ali MacGraw, Bantam Books (1991)

Biography

A dark-haired, somber-looking former model, Ali MacGraw gained instant screen stardom in "Goodbye, Columbus" (1969). The following year, she earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination as the doomed collegiate heroine of the sweet, extremely popular "Love Story" (1970). She was also effective in the comic role of Alan King's mistress in "Just Tell Me What You Want" (1980). For much of the 1980s, MacGraw found employment on the small screen. She played the daughter-in-law of Robert Mitchum's character in the mammoth ABC miniseries "War and Remembrance" (1983), and appeared as the sophisticated Lady Ashley Mitchell for the 1984-85 season of "Dynasty" (ABC). After publishing her memoirs in 1991, MacGraw concentrated on a career as a designer, appearing in the occasional project like her son Josh Evans' first feature "Glam" (1997).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Split Estate (2010)

Get Bruce (1999)

Natural Causes (1994)

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993)

"Uncle Jane" Merckel

Survive the Savage Sea (1992)

Claire Carpenter

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991)

China Rose (1983)

Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)

The Getaway (1972)

Love Story (1970)

Jenny Cavilleri

Goodbye, Columbus (1969)

A Lovely Way To Die (1968)

Special Thanks (Feature Film)

Now and Then (1995)

Special Thanks To

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Get Bruce (1999)

Cast (Special)

Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' (2003)

The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002)

Wildlife Encounters in Alaska (1996)

The Hollywood Fashion Machine (1995)

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)

Voices That Care (1991)

The 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation (1989)

Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebration (1988)

The 38th Annual Emmy Awards (1986)

The Night of 100 Stars II (1985)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Winds of War (1983)

Life Events

1968

Film debut, "A Lovely Way to Die" (bit part)

1969

First leading role in films, "Goodbye, Columbus"

1970

Breakthrough film, "Love Story"; received Oscar nomination as Best Actress

1972

Starred in "The Getaway" opposite Steve McQueen

1980

Played the mistress of Alan King in Sidney Lumet's "Just Tell Me What You Want"

1983

Co-starred as Natalie Jastrow in the ABC miniseries "The Winds of War"

1984

Played Lady Ashley Mitchell for a season on the long-running ABC primetime soap opera, "Dynasty"; character was one of the victims of the Moldavian massacre cliffhanger

1992

Starred in the ABC miniseries "Survive the Savage Sea"

1996

Hosted the Travel Channel special "Wildlife Adventures in Alaska"

2001

Appeared in "Glam", a film co-written, produced and directed by her son Josh Evans

2006

Made her Broadway debut in "Festen," also starring Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden and Julianna Margulies

Videos

Love Story (1970) -- (Movie Clip) It's A New World Location shooting in the Bronx to represent her Rhode Island hometown, Jenny (Ali McGraw) introduces her fiancè Oliver (Ryan O’Neal), of the famous and affluent Barrett family, to her baker father (whom she calls Phil, John Marley), who immediately thinks he can mend fences in his family, in Love Story, 1970, directed by Arthur Hiller.

Love Story (1970) -- (Movie Clip) I Think You're Scared Shooting around Harvard Yard in rain and snow, a favorite sequence from Erich Segal’s script, directed by Arthur Hiller, and a milestone in the relations between affluent Oliver (Ryan O’Neal) and working-class Jenny (Ali MacGraw) in Love Story, 1970, which became the sixth highest-grossing picture ever made.

Love Story (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Open, I'm Smart And Poor Gazing at the Wollman Rink in Central Park and reflecting, with the first use of the hit theme by Francis Lai, Ryan O’Neal as Harvard blue-blood Oliver Barrett IV recalls his first meeting with Jenny (Ali MacGraw), from the Erich Segal screenplay (which he also adapted into the top selling novel of the same year), in the box office smash Love Story, 1970, directed by Arthur Hiller.

Love Story (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Never Say Love If You Don't Mean It Following their first date (at his hockey game), Radcliffe gal Jenny (Ali MacGraw) with Harvard man Oliver (Ryan O’Neal) who returns to join his roommates (including Tommy Lee Jones, one of author Erich Segal’s models for Oliver’s character), then chatting outside Harvard Stadium, in Love Story, 1970.

Love Story (1970) -- (Movie Clip) What Is It Your People Are In? Driving his MG TC-Midget up to the doors of the Phipps Estate (Old Westbury, Long Island, NY) Oliver (Ryan O’Neal) guides his less-affluent de-facto fianceè Jenny, from Rhode Island and Radcliffe, through a first meeting with his parents, Ray Milland (appearing in a film without his hairpiece, for the first time) and Katharine Balfour, in Love Story, 1970.

Getaway, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) He Didn't Make It In the third and fourth shots, the orange VW was driven by James Garner, who was visiting a friend on the shooting location in San Marcos, Texas, a stunt for which director Sam Peckinpah paid Garner $1, as Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw flee the bank heist, dodging their own diversionary explosions, Al Lettieri their fickle partner, in The Getaway, 1972.

Getaway, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) There Ain't No Morals SPOILER because this comes after the big shootout near the end, but Slim Pickens appears as a bystander, with a truck, as Doc and Carol (Steve McQueen, Alil MacGraw) are headed for sure now to Mexico, in Sam Peckinpah’s 1972 hit The Getaway.

Getaway, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Rudy Got Ambitious After their violent Texas bank job, McCoy (Steve McQueen) and wife Carol (Ali MacGraw) visit prison official Benyon (Ben Johnson), who got him released after she agreed to have sex with him, to split the loot, Sam Peckinpah directing, with surprises from the original Jim Thompson novel, in The Getaway, 1972.

Getaway, The (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Tell Him I'm For Sale Director Sam Peckinpah shooting at the Huntsville State Prison in Texas, his star Steve McQueen as McCoy, who’s just been denied parole, at work with real inmates, visited by his wife Carol (Ali MacGraw), whom he sends to see parole board member Benyon (Ben Johnson), early in The Getaway, 1972.

Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) -- I Have A Perfect Bite Ali McGraw narrates, introducing Alan King as her industrialist lover, and Myrna Loy in her last movie role as his veteran girl-Friday, leading into the credits for director Sidney Lumet’s comedy, written by his frequent collaborator Jay Presson Allen, Just Tell Me What You Want, 1980.

Love Story (1970) -- Academy Award Trailer Composed almost entirely of still frames from the movie, with the full orchestral version of the hit theme from Frances Lai’s Academy Award-winning score, the post-release promotional trailer for the box office record-setting Love Story, 1970, starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw.

Family

Josh Evans

Son

Actor, director, screenwriter. Born on January 16, 1971.

Companions

Robin Hoen

Husband

Banker. Married in 1961; divorced in 1962; attended Harvard while she was at Wellesley.

Bob Evans

Husband

Executive. Married in October 1970; divorced; father of MacGraw's son Josh.

Steve McQueen

Husband

Became involved during the filming of "The Getaway" (1972); married in 1973; divorced in 1978.

Bibliography

"Moving Pictures"

Ali MacGraw, Bantam Books (1991)

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