# Kathleen Maguire

Kathleen Maguire (September 27, 1925 – August 9, 1989) was an American actress who won an Obie Award in 1958 for her performance in the stage play, The Time of the Cuckoo.

## Early years

Born in New York City, Maguire was an acting student of Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner.

## Career

Maguire was also known for two roles in two short-lived soap operas on television, first as wealthy widow, Kate Austen on A Flame in the Wind; and as extremely conservative doctor's wife, Adrian Sims on the series A World Apart. She later replaced Doris Belack in the role of Anna Wolek Craig in the long-running serial One Life to Live. Among her film credits are the 1957 drama Edge of the City, Flipper (1963), The Borgia Stick (1967), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979), Willie & Phil (1980), and the TV movie Bill (1981).

## Death

Maguire died from cancer of the esophagus on August 9, 1989, at Calvary Hospital, The Bronx, New York. She was 63 years old and lived in Manhattan.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1957 | Edge of the City | Ellen Wilson |
| 1963 | Flipper | Martha Ricks |
| 1979 | The Concorde ... Airport '79 | Mary Parker |
| 1980 | Willie & Phil | Mrs. Sutherland |
| 1986 | Alone in the T-Shirt Zone | Party Fox |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1949 | Actors Studio | Sarah | Episode: "A Child Is Born" |
| 1953 | Three Steps to Heaven | Mary Claire 'Poco' Thurmond Morgan | Lead role |
| 1953 | Repertory Theatre | Helen | Episode: "The Bachelor Party" |
| 1955 | The Best of Broadway | Louise Mitchell | Episode: "Stage Door" |
| 1955 | Justice | Helen | Episode: "The Lonely" |
| 1955 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | Abby, Daughter | Episodes: "The Rabbit Trap", "The Catered Affair" |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Dorothy Crane | Season 1 Episode 11: "Guilty Witness" |
| 1956 | The Alcoa Hour | Eileen Dixon | Episode: "The Big Vote" |
| 1956 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Susan | Episode: "A Baby Named X" |
| 1956–57 | Studio One | Evelyn Digger, Chris Juleson | Episodes: "A Christmas Surprise", "The Furlough" |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Rogers | Season 2 Episode 22: "The End of Indian Summer" |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Betty | Season 2 Episode 29: "Vicious Circle" |
| 1957 | Kraft Television Theatre | Script Girl | Episode: "The Big Break" |
| 1958 | True Story | Joan Farrell | Episode: "22 March 1958" |
| 1962 | Ben Casey | Connie Dawson | Episode: "Of All Save Pain Bereft" |
| 1962–63 | The Defenders | Beverly Moffat, Verna Olson | Episodes: "Along Came a Spider", "Loophole" |
| 1963 | The Nurses | Mary Sullivan, Nurse Ayres | Episodes: "Many a Sullivan", "Strike" |
| 1964 | East Side/West Side | Josephine Stuart | Episode: "The $5.98 Dress" |
| 1964 | Suspense | Betty | Episode: "I, Christopher Bell" |
| 1964 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Helen | Episode: "A Day Like Today" |
| 1964 | The Fugitive | Nancy Gilman | Episode: "Man in a Chariot" |
| 1964–65 | A Flame in the Wind | Kate Austen | Main role |
| 1966 | Hawk | Nurse | Episode: "Do Not Mutilate or Spindle" |
| 1967 | The Borgia Stick | Ruth | TV film |
| 1967 | N.Y.P.D. | Rosemary Haines | Episode: "Fast Gun" |
| 1968 | The Doctors | Lila Anderson | Recurring role |
| 1971 | A World Apart | Adrian Sims | Episode: "25 June 1971" |
| 1974 | The Chadwick Family | Valerie Chadwick | TV film |
| 1977–78 | One Life to Live | Anna Wolek | TV series |
| 1981 | Bill | Florence Archer | TV film |