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Elizabeth Alice "Ali" MacGraw (born April 1, 1939) is an American actress. She is known for her role in Love Story, for which she won a Golden Globe and received an Academy Award nomination. MacGraw was born in Pound Ridge, New York, the daughter of commercial artists Frances (née Klein) and Richard MacGraw. Her mother was of Hungarian Jewish background and her father was of Scottish descent. She has one brother, Dick, an artist. MacGraw has described her father as "violent." An alumna of Rosemary Hall (now Choate Rosemary Hall, class of 1955) and Wellesley College (class of 1960), she... MORE

Elizabeth Alice "Ali" MacGraw (born April 1, 1939) is an American actress. She is known for her role in Love Story, for which she won a Golden Globe and received an Academy Award nomination. MacGraw was born in Pound Ridge, New York, the daughter of commercial artists Frances (née Klein) and Richard MacGraw. Her mother was of Hungarian Jewish background and her father was of Scottish descent. She has one brother, Dick, an artist. MacGraw has described her father as "violent." An alumna of Rosemary Hall (now Choate Rosemary Hall, class of 1955) and Wellesley College (class of 1960), she began working in 1960 as a photographic assistant at Harper's Bazaar, as an assistant to the legendary fashion maven, Diana Vreeland, where she stayed for six years. She also worked at Vogue, as a fashion model, and as a photographer's stylist. She has also worked as an interior decorator. MacGraw also appeared in several television commercials including the one for the Polaroid Swinger camera. She gained notice in the 1969 film Goodbye, Columbus, but real stardom came the following year with the popular film, Love Story, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Following LESS