Claim to Fame:
She gained notice in 'Goodbye, Columbus', but real stardom came in 1970
with 'Love Story'.
Family Life: Steve McQueen (31 August 1973 - 1978) (divorced) Robert
Evans (24 October 1969 - 1972) (divorced) 1 child
Dated Peter Weller.
Info:
Ali's keen eye and sense of style was always celebrated. Her
minimalist style basically consisted of healthy skin without much makeup, long
gleaming hair pulled back simply, and the ever-present brimless woolen hat that
became known as the "Ali Cap."
Trivia: Worked as a fashion stylist on Manhattan photo shoots in her
early 20s, until she was eventually asked to work before the cameras as a model.
Made a special appearance at the 74th Annual Academy Awards in 2002.
Representing "Chalfonte-Haddon Hall", Ali was voted Atlantic City's prettiest
hotel waitress for the summer 1957 season.
Paramount Production head Robert Evans was developing several high profile
projects for her when she filed for divorce. The roles she walked away from to
marry lover Steve McQueen were Daisy in 'The Great Gatsby' and Evelyn in
'Chinatown'.
Ali says that even today, more than 35 years after "Love Story" was released,
anywhere in the world she goes people come up to her and say, "Oh my God, you
made me cry."
Where Is She Now: In 1995 she wrote a well-received autobiography, Moving
Pictures (which she now states was "not well written"), which described her
struggles with alcohol and male dependence. She was treated for the former at
the Betty Ford Center.
Made a tremendously successful Yoga video with the American Yoga Master Erich
Schiffmann, 'Ali MacGraw Yoga Mind and Body', which was a bestseller upon
release and was still popular more than a decade later. The video's impact was
such that in June 2007 Vanity Fair magazine credited her for being one of the
people responsible for the practice's recent popularity in the U.S. In keeping
with her interests, she narrated a well-received documentary on 'Yoga, The Fire
of Yoga' in 2003.
She made her Broadway theater debut in New York City in 2006 as a dysfunctional
matriarch in the drama 'Festen' (The Celebration). She was also included in a
Seventeen magazine issue for inspiring hairstyles.
In July 2006, she filmed a public service announcement for PETA.
Now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. On why she moved there she said, "I've lived
here since 1994. I was living in Los Angeles when one of those wildfires took my
house to the ground and I always thought, not having a victim mentality, that
was a cosmic kick in the butt to get out of there. And I happened to have just
bought a little tiny getaway house in the hills of Tesuque. Suddenly it became
apparent that I was meant to live there."
Would she ever consider working on a feature film again? "There's two
answers to that. Just to be able to say, 'I did it, but I got so much money and
here's a list of places that I gave
it,'" she says. "Or something with a director who believed I could do it, and
about something that really mattered."
Looking at today's troubled young starlets. and politely not naming names, Ali
observes that she was able to hold her own because stardom came to her when she
was already almost 30.
In an interview a couple of years ago she said, "I live a very healthy lifestyle
that would probably bore the daylights out of people. I do yoga every day. I
meditate. I walk my dog for
40 minutes even if it means getting up at 5:30 in the morning because I want the
stillness. I do all the things we were told as kids: I don't smoke or do drugs,
I don't drink. It's not to be prissy; it's just that it's healthier for me."
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CREDITS:
Glam (2001) .... Lynn Travers
Natural Causes (1994) .... Fran Jakes
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993) (TV) .... Uncle Jane Merkel
Survive the Savage Sea (1992) (TV) .... Claire Carpenter
"Dynasty" .... Lady Ashley Mitchell (14 episodes, 1985)
Murder Elite (1985) .... Diane Baker
China Rose (1983) (TV) .... Rose
"The Winds of War" (1983) (mini) TV mini-series .... Natalie Jastrow
Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) .... Bones Burton
Players (1979) .... Nicole Boucher
Convoy (1978) .... Melissa
The Getaway (1972) .... Carol McCoy
Love Story (1970) .... Jennifer Cavalleri
Goodbye, Columbus (1969) .... Brenda Patimkin
A Lovely Way to Die (1968) .... Melody
Updated: 2/7/2008
Robert
Evans (24 October 1969 - 1972) (divorced) 1 child 
