Natural Angela Maxine O'Brien', she processed her number 1 film appearance around Babes on Broadway (1941) at a age of quaternity, however it was the resulting month that her 1st major role brought her far flung attention. As a 5 month old within Journey for Margaret'' (1942), O'Brien won wide praise for her convincing acting style.

She played the immature French girl, & spoke and sang 100% her dialogue by having the French accent, around Jane Eyre (1944). Arguably her virtually all memorable role wwhen as "Tootie" in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), opposite Judy Garland. O'Brien got by this period, added singing & dancing to her accomplishment & was rewarded sustaining an Academy Juvenile Award the following month. Her more successes involved The Canterville Ghost (1944) and Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945), but she was unable to produce a transition to grownup roles.

The 1946 Looney Tunes short, Book Revue, placed the imitation of O'Brien in the role of Little Red Riding Hood.

O'Brien's acting roles as an adult keep around been uncommon, however mostly within independent films. Notwithstanding, she does launder occasional interviews, mostly for the Turner Classic Movies cable network.

She has been married twice, to Harold Allen, Jr. (from either 1959 to 1968), and late to Roy Thorsen (that marriage produced her lone tike, Mara Tolene Thorsen, born inside 1977.

O'Brien has deuce stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard, and for television at 1620 Vine St.

Filmography
Amy 1981 Heller in Pink Tights 1960 Glory 1956 Her First Romance 1951 Little Women 1949 The Secret Garden 1949 Tenth Avenue Angel 1948 Big City 1948 The Unfinished Dance 1947 Bad Bascomb 1946 Three Wise Fools 1946 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes 1945 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Jane Eyre 1944 The Canterville Ghost 1944 Music for Millions 1944 Lost Angel 1944 Journey for Margaret 1942 Babes on Broadway 1941