Maria Hart

'''Maria Hart''' ({{nee}} '''Barbara Ann McGhee'''; May 28, 1923 in Los Angeles, California – August 9, 2012, Canoga Park, California{{Citation needed |date=December 2023}} ) was an American actress and singer.

==Biography== She was born as Barbara Ann McGhee<ref name="vt">{{cite news |last1=Heffernan |first1=Harold |title=Rootin', Tootin' Cowgals Spark Sagebrush Sagas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105815888/maria-hart/ |access-date=July 18, 2022 |work=Valley Times |agency=The Bell Syndicate |date=November 6, 1950 |page=15|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> on May 28, 1923 to Edna and James William McGhee.<ref>James William McGhee (April 28, 1882 – August 6, 1968) was an inventor of the drapery hook. He was also a manufacturer, prospector, carpenter, contractor, and interior design specialist.</ref><ref name=birth>California Birth Index; Barbara A McGhee; May 28, 1923.</ref>

She left grand opera and light opera to perform in films after touring in ''The Desert Song'' and singing in ''The Masked Ball'' and ''Pagliacci'' in Los Angeles.<ref name="vt" /> She had roles in ''The Fighting Stallion'' (1950) and ''Border Outlaws'' (1950). She starred in the movie ''Cattle Queen'' (1951); and co-starred in ''Outlaw Women'' (1952) and ''The Lusty Men'' (1952).<ref>{{cite news |title=Film Player Maria Hart Wins Call Board Lead |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/448509722.html?dids=448509722:448509722&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jun+03%2C+1952&author=KATHERINE+VON+BLON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Film+Player+Maria+Hart+Wins+Call+Board+Lead&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930212115/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/448509722.html?dids=448509722:448509722&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jun+03,+1952&author=KATHERINE+VON+BLON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Film+Player+Maria+Hart+Wins+Call+Board+Lead&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |quote=Maria Hart, young motion picture actress who has just finished "The Lusty Man" at RKO with Robert Mitchumn, Susan Hayward and Arthur Kennedy, is set for a leading role in Harry Segall's whimsical stage fantasy, "Mr. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 3, 1952 |access-date=2010-09-10 }}</ref>

==Marriages== Hart was married to movie producer Jack Seaman until their divorce in 1948; they had daughter, Rosalind Jill Seaman. Hart also had a daughter, Georgianna, by a previous marriage. Jack Seaman was Hart's producer for ''Cattle Queen'' and ''Border Outlaws''. They remained on good terms.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

On January 22, 1951, she married actor Drake Smith in a double wedding with Jack Seaman. Smith had been her leading man in ''Cattle Queen''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Producer, Ex-Wife Wed in Same Rites - to Others |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/447416862.html?dids=447416862:447416862&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+29,+1951&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Producer,+Ex-Wife+Wed+in+Same+Rites--to+Others&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103194759/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/447416862.html?dids=447416862:447416862&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+29,+1951&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Producer,+Ex-Wife+Wed+in+Same+Rites--to+Others&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |quote=Movie Producer Jack Seaman and Actress Maria Hart, his former wife and contract player participated in a double ... |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 29, 1951 |access-date=2010-09-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Each Took New Mate At Ceremony |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RJgoAAAAIBAJ&pg=5852,2872930&dq=maria+hart+actress+drake+smith&hl=en |quote=A movie producer and his actress ex-wife participated in a double ... wife Maria Hart wed her leading man Drake Smith Seaman and Miss Hart were ... |work=United Press International |date=January 28, 1951 |access-date=2010-09-10 }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0366428}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, Maria}} Category:1923 births Category:American film actresses Category:2012 deaths Category:Actresses from Los Angeles Category:21st-century American women