Alice "Ali" MacGraw (born April 1, 1938) is an American actress.
MacGraw was born in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York, the daughter of commercial artists. MacGraw has described her father as "violent." MacGraw's maternal grandfather, Maurice Klein, was a Jewish immigrant from Budapest, Hungary. She has one brother, Dick, an artist.
An alumna of Rosemary Hall and Wellesley College, she began working in 1960 as a photographic assistant at ...
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Alice "Ali" MacGraw (born April 1, 1938) is an American actress.
MacGraw was born in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York, the daughter of commercial artists. MacGraw has described her father as "violent." MacGraw's maternal grandfather, Maurice Klein, was a Jewish immigrant from Budapest, Hungary. She has one brother, Dick, an artist.
An alumna of Rosemary Hall and Wellesley College, she began working in 1960 as a photographic assistant at Harper's Bazaar, as an assistant to the legendary fashion maven, Diana Vreeland, at Vogue, as a fashion model, and as a photographer's stylist. She has also worked as an interior decorator. MacGraw also appeared in several television commercials including the one for the Polaroid Swinger camera.
She gained notice in Goodbye, Columbus, but real stardom came in 1970 with Love Story, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Following this, MacGraw was featured on the cover of Time magazine. In 1971, she also appeared on...
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