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Marian McCargo

1932 – 2004

American tennis player and actress

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About Marian McCargo

Lived 1932 – 2004 (aged 72). Marian McCargo was an American tennis player, actor, television actor and film actor.

Marian McCargo Bell (March 18, 1932 (Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3rd edition, gives her date of birth as February 19, 1932.)

Early life and education

McCargo graduated from Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut, and attended Boston's West Hills College. In 1951, she married Richard Cantrell Moses, who later became an advertising executive in Los Angeles. They had four sons: actors Rick and William R. Moses, director Harry Moses, and Graham Moses. They were divorced in 1963.

Acting career

McCargo first entered acting as a supporting player on such popular television shows as Perry Mason (in 1964 she played murder victim Sibyll Pollard in "The Case of the Latent Lover"; and in 1965 she played defendant Louise Selff in "The Case of the Wrathful Wraith".) Her other television show appearances included: Hawaii Five-O, Hogan's Heroes, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Mannix, Gomer Pyle, USMC, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E..

McCargo made her feature-film debut in the crime comedy Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round in 1966, which was also the debut film of Harrison Ford. Subsequent film roles included: Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell in 1968 (playing opposite Peter Lawford, Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, and Phil Silvers); The Undefeated in 1969 (with John Wayne and Rock Hudson); and Doctors' Wives in 1971. McCargo also became known for her television role as Harriet Roberts on the nighttime soap, Falcon Crest.

Political wife

In 1970, McCargo married U.S. Congressman Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. of California, a widower with three sons of his own. They had met while she was starring with John Wayne in The Undefeated, Wayne being a close personal friend of Bell's. She then retired from acting to become a political wife.

Death

McCargo died of pancreatic cancer in 2004, in Santa Monica, California, just eighteen days before her husband Alphonzo.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
West Hills Community College District, West Hills College, Boston
Also known as
Marian McCargo Bell

Family & relationships

Spouse
Alphonzo E. Bell Jr.

People in Marian McCargo's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Marian McCargo's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Marian McCargo?

American tennis player and actress (1932–2004)

When was Marian McCargo born?

Marian McCargo was born on 18 March 1932 in Pittsburgh.

When did Marian McCargo die?

Marian McCargo died on 7 April 2004 in Santa Monica.

What was Marian McCargo's occupation?

Marian McCargo was a tennis player, actor, television actor and film actor.

What nationality was Marian McCargo?

Marian McCargo was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Marian McCargo

· Wikidata: Q6761938

· DBpedia: Marian McCargo

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