Ali MacGraw Retired in a Town Where People Respect Her Privacy while She Does Community Work

Ali McGraw is an award-winning actress known for her role in “Goodbye, Columbus,” which earned her a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

Ali McGraw attended Wellesley College, where she studied art history. Following graduation, she worked on fashion magazines, and her interest in fashion photography landed her in the modeling industry.

She maintained the profession until 1968 when she made a late start in an occasional acting career. McGraw is well-known for successful films such as “Love Story” and “Convoy and Players.”

Ali MacGraw pictured wearing a knitted jumper while out at a restaurant February 6, 1985. | Source: Getty Images

The activist was born Elizabeth Alice McGraw in April 1939 in Pound Ridge, New York, and she has a younger brother named Dick McGraw. McGraw came from a low-income family that lived in a small apartment. She explained once:

“There were no doors. We shared the kitchen and bathroom with them. It was an utter lack of privacy. It was horrible.”

The 83-year-old moved to New York after graduating in 1960, where she bagged a job as an assistant at Harper’s Bazaar and earned $54 a week. “The Getaway” star had hopes of becoming a stylist.

 

 

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