Dorothy McGuire

McGuire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd.
. She appeared in such other movies as Three Coins in the Fountain, Friendly Persuasion, Old Yeller, Swiss Family Robinson, Summer Magic and The Greatest Story Ever Told. She is the daughter of the late teen pop idol, Ricky Nelson, and sister to the Nelson twins, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson of the brotherly rock duo, Nelson. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1947 for Gentleman's Agreement. Tracy Nelson is best known for playing the part of 'Sister Stevie' (the sidekick of Father Dowling in the tv show of "Father Dowling Mysteries") that starred Tom Bosley of "Happy Days" fame and the late Mary Wickes. By 1943, at the age of 27, she was already playing mother roles, in such movies as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

Her first film was Claudia, in which she played the character she had originated on Broadway, that of a child bride who almost destroys her marriage through her selfishness. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, she began her career on the stage. Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 - September 13, 2001) was an American actress.