Marcy McGuire
Actor · Died August 7, 2021, aged 95 · Kansas City, Kansas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marilyn Jeanne McGuire (February 22, 1926 – August 7, 2021), known professionally as Marcy McGuire, was an American actress and contralto singer who was active in the 1940s. She was born to James Joseph McGuire, a film projectionist, and Annona (née Crowley) McGuire. Her parents divorced in the early 1930s while McGuire was still a child. McGuire signed a contract with RKO Pictures and was subsequently cast in her first film at the age of sixteen, Seven Days' Leave (1942), which starred Lucille Ball. Her other films include Higher and Higher (1944, starring Frank Sinatra), Career Girl (1944), Seven Days Ashore (1944), It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) and You Gotta Stay Happy (1948). Her penultimate film before retiring from Hollywood was Jumping Jacks (1952), with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. She also had a minor uncredited role in Disney's Summer Magic (1963) as a young Irish maid named Ellen before she permanently retired. McGuire was married to actor Wally Cassell from 1947 until his death in 2015. The couple had two children. She died in Palm Desert, California on August 7, 2021, at the age of 95. News of her death was only made public in August 2022 by film historians Austin and Howard Mutti-Mewse.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 22, 1926
- August 7, 2021 (aged 95)
- Kansas City, Kansas, USA
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Marcy McGuire's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
Light 8 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 6 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 7 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 8 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Mickey Havalok-Allen in Seven Days' Leave (1942)
- Shapeshifteras Dot Diamond in Seven Days Ashore (1944)
- Heraldas Bridget Forrester in Sing Your Way Home (1945)
- Tricksteras Bridget Forrester in Sing Your Way Home (1945)
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Marcy McGuire's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Marcy McGuire's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Summer Magic(1963)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Jumping Jacks(1952)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
You Gotta Stay Happy(1948)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
It Happened in Brooklyn(1947)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Ding Dong Williams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)
Sing Your Way Home(1945)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Seven Days Ashore(1944)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Career Girl(1944)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Higher and Higher(1943)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Around the World(1943)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Seven Days' Leave(1942)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 43rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 11 titles from 1942 to 1963.
Film career
- 1952Screen debut· Jumping Jacks
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Marcy McGuire's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Marcy McGuire work with?
People who share at least 2 of Marcy McGuire's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; William Bowers shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Tim WhelanShared titles: Higher and Higher (1943), Seven Days' Leave (1942)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Whelan
Writers
- William BowersShared titles: Sing Your Way Home (1945), Higher and Higher (1943), Seven Days' Leave (1942)See all 3 shared titles with William Bowers
- Ralph SpenceShared titles: Around the World (1943), Higher and Higher (1943), Seven Days' Leave (1942)See all 3 shared titles with Ralph Spence
Actors
- Frank SinatraShared titles: It Happened in Brooklyn (1947), Higher and Higher (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Sinatra
- Jack HaleyShared titles: Sing Your Way Home (1945), Higher and Higher (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Haley
- Alan CarneyShared titles: Seven Days Ashore (1944), Around the World (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Carney
- Wally BrownShared titles: Seven Days Ashore (1944), Around the World (1943)See all 2 shared titles with Wally Brown
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Russell MettyShared titles: You Gotta Stay Happy (1948), Seven Days Ashore (1944), Around the World (1943)See all 3 shared titles with Russell Metty
- Roy WebbShared titles: Sing Your Way Home (1945), Higher and Higher (1943), Seven Days' Leave (1942)See all 3 shared titles with Roy Webb
- Harry MarkerShared titles: Sing Your Way Home (1945), Seven Days Ashore (1944)See all 2 shared titles with Harry Marker
- Robert De GrasseShared titles: Higher and Higher (1943), Seven Days' Leave (1942)See all 2 shared titles with Robert De Grasse
Producers
- George M. ArthurShared titles: Higher and Higher (1943), Seven Days' Leave (1942)See all 2 shared titles with George M. Arthur