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Maria Hart (born May 28, 1923, Los Angeles, California), was an actress under contract to MGM from 1941 to 1948.
Biography
She was born as Barbara Ann McGhee on May 28, 1923 to Edna and James William McGhee.[1][2] She had roles in The Fighting Stallion (1950) and Border Outlaws (1950). She starred in the movie Cattle Queen (1951); and co-starred in Outlaw Women (1952) and The Lusty Men (1952).[3]
Hart was married to movie producer Jack Seaman until their divorce in 1948; they had daughter, Rosalind Jill Seaman. Maria Hart also had a daughter, Georgianna, by a previous marriage. Seaman was Hart's producer for Cattle Queen and Border Outlaws for United-International. They remained on good terms.
On January 22, 1951 she married actor Drake Smith in a double wedding with Jack Seaman. Smith had been her leading man in Cattle Queen.[4][5]
References
- ^ James William McGhee (April 28, 1882 – August 6, 1968) was an inventor of the drapery hook. He was also a manufacturer, prospector, carpenter, contractor, and interior design specialist.
- ^ California Birth Index; Barbara A McGhee; May 28, 1923
- ^ "Film Player Maria Hart Wins Call Board Lead". Los Angeles Times. June 3, 1952. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/448509722.html?dids=448509722:448509722&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jun+03%2C+1952&author=KATHERINE+VON+BLON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Film+Player+Maria+Hart+Wins+Call+Board+Lead&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2010-09-10. "Maria Hart, young motion picture actress who has just finished "The Lusty Man" at RKO with Robert Mitchumn, Susan Hayward and Arthur Kennedy, is set for a leading role in Harry Segall's whimsical stage fantasy, "Mr."
- ^ "Producer, Ex-Wife Wed in Same Rites - to Others". Los Angeles Times. January 29, 1951. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/447416862.html?dids=447416862:447416862&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+29,+1951&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Producer,+Ex-Wife+Wed+in+Same+Rites--to+Others&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2010-09-10. "Movie Producer Jack Seaman and Actress Maria Hart, his former wife and contract player participated in a double ..."
- ^ "Each Took New Mate At Ceremony". United Press International. January 28, 1951. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RJgoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OgYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5852,2872930&dq=maria+hart+actress+drake+smith&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-09-10. "A movie producer and his actress ex-wife participated in a double ... wife Maria Hart wed her leading man Drake Smith Seaman and Miss Hart were ..."
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