Background
After her father"s death, McGuire attended a convent school in Indianapolis, Indiana.
After her father"s death, McGuire attended a convent school in Indianapolis, Indiana.
She later attended Pine Manor Junior College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, serving as president of that school"s drama club She graduated from Pine Manor when she was 19.
Early years Born in Omaha, Nebraska, McGuire was the only child of Thomas Johnson McGuire and Isabelle Flaherty McGuire. She began her acting career on the stage at the Omaha Community Playhouse. Radio She also appeared in This Is My Best (Miracle in the Rain), Screen Directors Playhouse (The Spiral Staircase) and in Theatre Guild on the Air (Hamlet A Doll"s House, Our Town).
Stage Eventually, she reached Broadway, first appearing as an understudy to Martha Scott in Our Town, and subsequently starring in the domestic comedy, Claudia.
McGuire died of cardiac arrest in 2001 following a brief illness at the age of 83. Foreign her contribution to the motion picture industry, Dorothy McGuire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard
McGuire was a member of the casts of Big Sister (playing Sue Evans) and Joyce Jordan, Doctor of Medicine
