Maria Hart ( born Barbara Ann McGhee; May 28, 1923 in Los Angeles, California – August 9, 2012 in Canoga Park, California) was an actress under contract to

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from 1941 to 1948.

Biography

She was born as Barbara Ann McGhee on May 28, 1923 to Edna and

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.California Birth Index; Barbara A McGhee; May 28, 1923 Hart left grand opera and light opera to perform in films after touring in ''The Desert Song'' and singing in ''The Masked Ball'' and ''Pagliacci'' in Los Angeles. 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 ''The Lusty Men '' is a 1952 Western film released by Wald-Krasna Productions and RKO Radio Pictures starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy and Arthur Hunnicutt. The picture was directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Jerry W ...

'' (1952). 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 ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1951)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, Maria 1923 births American film actresses 2012 deaths Actresses from Greater Los Angeles 21st-century American women