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'' and ''

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,'' '' The Virginian'' ("Day of the Scorpion"), '' Straightaway'', ''

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,'' and ''

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''. She was born February 28, 1939, in

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, UK and died November 10, 1990, of

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of the liver in

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. Born Mary Alish McGiveneyCalifornia Death Index 1940-1997 She was the daughter of the "quick change" actor Owen McGiveney and Elizabeth Hughes. She studied at the

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and first came to Hollywood to work in film.

Career

McGiveney earned a

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nomination from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as Most Promising Newcomer of 1966 for her role as Claire Hackett in the farce '' Do Not Disturb'' with

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and

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. She was also in the films ''

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, ''W.I.A. Wounded in Action",'' ''Once You Kiss a Stranger'' and ''

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''. On stage she appeared in ''

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,'' ''The Second City'' and ''The Fantasticks'', among many other productions. McGiveney was a comedian and singer as well as an actress. In what she hoped would be her ticket to fame, she appeared in a program similar to the successful TV show ''

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'' titled ''

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.'' ''Turn on's'' sole episode aired on February 5, 1969, with the curvaceous McGiveney as ''"The Body Politic".'' The rather sexually explicit theme, jokes and remarks of ''"Turn-On"'' led to ABC affiliates refusing to broadcast the second episode, and the sponsor

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immediately canceled it. Miss McGiveney expressed shock when the show was canceled, even though five shows were filmed and twenty-one more planned. She said "I still can't understand it. We were all so sure it was going to be a big hit" McGiveney, an English-born character actress who appeared in dozens of TV series, died Saturday in Los Angeles after a battle with liver disease.https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-11-15-9011150230-story.html

Filmography

*''

North by Northwest ''North by Northwest'' is a 1959 American spy thriller film, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to ...

'' (1959) - Attendant #2 (uncredited) *''

'' (1961) - Debbie Marshall *'' Do Not Disturb'' (1965) - Claire Hackett *''W.I.A. Wounded in Action'' (1966) - Lt. Marietta Dodd *''

Once You Kiss a Stranger ''Once You Kiss a Stranger'' is a 1969 American thriller film directed by Robert Sparr and written by Norman Katkov and Frank Tarloff. The film stars Paul Burke, Carol Lynley, Martha Hyer, Peter Lind Hayes, Philip Carey, Stephen McNally and Whit ...

'' (1969) - Harriet Parker

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGiveney, Maura English television actresses 1939 births 1990 deaths English film actresses 20th-century English actresses People from Stockport Deaths from cirrhosis