Australia’s sweetheart, Mary Magnise
?ary Maguire’s rise to prominence began in 1934, when, at age 15, she won a lead role in Charles Chauvel’s epic film . Two years later, Maguire landed the lead female part in , which co-starred American movie heart-throb Charles Farrell. Soon afterwards, the Australian teenager went to Hollywood, where she got contracts with Warner Bros. and then 20th Century Fox, before going to London to star in movies for British film companies. Along the way, Maguire made many famous friends, and became a more confident and skilled actor. But bad health, bad timing and
