Life Details of Ali MacGraw: Steve McQueen’s ex-wife
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Elizabeth Alice “Ali” MacGraw is widely famous for her role as Jennifer Cavalleri in the blockbuster movie, Love Story.
She started her acting career in television commercials before gaining critical notice in the 1969 movie, Goodbye Columbus.
She married her college sweetheart Robin Hoen in the early 1960s but divorced him after only a year and a half together.
It was on October 24, 1969, she married legendary producer Robert Evans and gave birth to their son Joshua Evans. (picture: not to be confused with Joshua David Evans)
In 1970, she was nominated for the Academy Award and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role in ‘Love Story’.
They later filed for divorce in 1972, after she got involved with Steve McQueen on the set of ‘The Getaway.’
She married Steve McQueen on August 31, 1973, in Wyoming and divorced him in 1978.
She went on to work in the highly successful TV miniseries, The Winds of War in 1983 and joined ABC soap opera, Dynasty in 1985.
In 1991, MacGraw was named one of ‘50 Most Beautiful People’ in the world by People Magazine.
She also wrote a book named Moving Pictures in which she describes her career, marriage and addiction to alcohol.
She made two appearances on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,’ where she talked about her financial crisis and ex-husbands.
Though she went through a financial crisis, sources claim her net worth to be approximately $6 million.