Maggie McOmie is an American stage and film actress, best known for co-starring with
Robert Duvall
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in
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairm ...
' 1971 film ''
THX 1138
''THX 1138'' is a 1971 American social science fiction film co-written and directed by George Lucas in his directorial debut. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written by Walter Murch, the film stars Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence, wit ...
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Though the film received mixed reviews at the time, it has since developed a
cult following
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.
Career
McOmie chose not to pursue a film career following ''THX 1138,'' which remains her only major film credit, although she returned to the screen in small roles in the 2006 films ''
Grand Junction'' and ''
The Boston Strangler
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.'' Throughout the years, she has remained active in small plays and productions, both in Los Angeles and now in her home of Portland, Oregon. She has an adult daughter and two young grandchildren.
Filmography
*''
THX 1138
''THX 1138'' is a 1971 American social science fiction film co-written and directed by George Lucas in his directorial debut. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written by Walter Murch, the film stars Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence, wit ...
'' (1971) - LUH
*''Grand Junction'' (2006) - Carol
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American film actresses
American stage actresses
20th-century American actresses
Living people
1941 births
21st-century American women