DOROTHY MCGUIRE (DECEASED) SIGNED 5X7 JSA AUTHENTICATED COA #N45505

(DECEASED) ORIGINAL Autographed 5x7 EXCELLENT SIGNATURE QUALITY AUTHENTICATED BY JSA (JAMES SPENCE AUTHENTICATIONS Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1918- September 14, 2001) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gentleman's Agreement (1947). Brought to Hollywood by producer David O. Selznick (who called her "a born actress"[7]) on the strength of her stage performance, McGuire starred in her first film, a movie adaptation of her Broadway success, Claudia,[1] and portrayed the character of a child bride who almost destroys her marriage through her selfishness. Her inaugural screen performance was popular with both the public and critics alike and was the catalyst for not only a sequel, Claudia and David (both movies co-starring Robert Young), but also for numerous other film roles. By 1945, at the age of 29, she was already playing mother roles, in such movies as A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1947 for Gentleman's Agreement. Other notable films include Till the End of Time, The Enchanted Cottage, A Summer Place, Three Coins in the Fountain, Friendly Persuasion, Old Yeller, Swiss Family Robinson, The Greatest Story Ever Told, and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. McGuire had a long Hollywood career. Her versatility served her well in taut melodramas, such as The Spiral Staircase and Make Haste to Live, as well as in light, frothy comedies, such as Mother Didn't Tell Me and Mister 880.