Marcy McGuire

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Marilyn Jeanne McGuire February 22 1926 August 7 2021 known professionally as Marcy McGuire was an American actress and contralto singer who was active in the 1940s She was born to James Joseph McGuire a film projectionist and Annona née Crowley McGuire Her parents divorced in the early 1930s while McGuire was still a child McGuire signed a contract with RKO Pictures and was subsequently cast in her first film at the age of sixteen Seven Days Leave 1942 which starred Lucille Ball Her other films include Higher and Higher 1944 starring Frank Sinatra Career Girl 1944 Seven Days Ashore 1944 It Happened in Brooklyn 1947 and You Gotta Stay Happy 1948 Her penultimate film before retiring from Hollywood was Jumping Jacks 1952 with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis She also had a minor uncredited role in Disneys Summer Magic 1963 as a young Irish maid named Ellen before she permanently retired McGuire was married to actor Wally Cassell from 1947 until his death in 2015 The couple had two children She died in Palm Desert California on August 7 2021 at the age of 95 News of her death was only made public in August 2022 by film historians Austin and Howard MuttiMewse