Ali MacGraw
Ali MacGraw (born
April 1,
1938) is an
American actress. Born
Alice MacGraw in
Pound Ridge, New York, she began as a photographic assistant at
Harper's Bazaar magazine, then went in front of the camera as a famous fashion
model. In
1961 she found a measure of stardom in
Goodbye, Columbus, but real stardom happened in
1970 with
Love Story, for which she was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actress.
In 1969 she married director Robert Evans. They divorced in 1972. In that same year, she starred opposite Steve McQueen in The Getaway. They married in 1973 but divorced in 1978.
MacGraw has appeared in such other films as Convoy, Players, Just Tell Me What You Want and the television miniseries China Rose and The Winds of War.\n