{"id":1271,"date":"2024-12-29T21:40:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T21:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2026-01-02T04:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:26:50","slug":"actor-ali-macgraw-sacrificed-her-own-career-for-steve-mcqueen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=1271","title":{"rendered":"Actor Ali MacGraw sacrificed her own career for Steve McQueen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ali MacGraw became a Hollywood superstar overnight. But just as quickly as she rose to fame, she disappeared from show business altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the 84-year-old actress has settled down in a remote and tiny town, and she\u2019s aging gracefully with her grey hair.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3606\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-548812815-768x942-1-245x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-548812815-768x942-1-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-548812815-768x942-1.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ali MacGraw<br \/>\nAli MacGraw \u2013 born Elizabeth Alice MacGraw \u2013 was born on April 1, 1939, in Pound Ridge, New York, USA. Her mother, Frances, was an artist and worked at a school in Paris, later settling in Greenwich Village. She married Richard MacGraw, who was also an artist. In 1939, Ali was born.<\/p>\n<p>Ali\u2019s father Richard supposedly had issues from his own childhood which made him a little bit different from others.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CH5sFyIAeJm\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Freadupdatednews.com&amp;rp=%2F2024%2F12%2F29%2Factor-ali-macgraw-sacrificed-her-own-career-for-steve-mcqueen%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR30U7m9XTBjOPxecKyJ7UYDhH0-ic7KjuuWURIHX5KCUN5ZLOOuuldct2I_aem_p7XfT9WAKBHGNjfQCYnXQA#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A873.1000000014901%2C%22ls%22%3A410.70000000298023%2C%22le%22%3A868.8000000007451%7D\" height=\"834\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He had survived a terrible childhood in an orphanage, running away at the age of 16 to go to sea. He would later study at an art school in Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaddy was frightened and really, really angry. He never forgave his real parents for giving him up,\u201d Ali explained, saying said her father\u2019s adult life was spent \u201csuppressing the rage that covered all his hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ali MacGraw \u2013 childhood<br \/>\nMoney was short for their family, too. Frances and Richard, together with Ali and her brother, Richard Jr, had to move into a house on a Pound Ridge wilderness preserve which they shared with an elderly couple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were no doors; we shared the kitchen and bathroom with them,\u201d Ali said. \u201cIt was utter lack of privacy. It was horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom Francis worked with several commercial-art assignments and supported the family. At the same time, Richard had a hard time selling his paintings, and as a result became very frustrated. Ali\u2019s brother Richard became a victim for his anger at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn good days he was great, but on bad days he was horrendous,\u201d she recalled. \u201cDaddy would beat my brother up, badly. I was witness to it, and it was terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ali was the daughter of artists, and she knew that she, too, wanted to go into a creative line of work as she got older. She earned a scholarship at the prep school Rosemary Hall, and in 1956, she moved to study at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CH_liCaHCCp\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Freadupdatednews.com&amp;rp=%2F2024%2F12%2F29%2Factor-ali-macgraw-sacrificed-her-own-career-for-steve-mcqueen%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR30U7m9XTBjOPxecKyJ7UYDhH0-ic7KjuuWURIHX5KCUN5ZLOOuuldct2I_aem_p7XfT9WAKBHGNjfQCYnXQA#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A875.9000000022352%2C%22ls%22%3A410.70000000298023%2C%22le%22%3A868.8000000007451%7D\" height=\"834\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By the age of 22, Ali MacGraw moved to New York and got her first job as an assistant editor at Harper\u2019s Bazaar, working with photographers as an assistant.<\/p>\n<p>Fashion work in New York<br \/>\nFashion editor Diana Vreeland hired Ali as, what she recalls as, a \u201cflunkie\u201d. Ever seen the film The Devil Wears Prada? Well, it was pretty much that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was \u2018Girl! Get me a pencil!\u2019,\u201d MacGraw recalled.<\/p>\n<p>The future Hollywood celebrity worked her job as an assistant for several months. Then, about six months in, fashion photographer Melvin Sokolsky noticed her beautiful looks, and Ali MacGraw was hired as a stylist,and given a better salary. She\u2019d end up staying in that position for six years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know where she got this work ethic, but Ali would come in at eight a.m., and many times I\u2019d come back at one in the morning and she would still be doing things for the next day,\u201d Ruth Ansel, a former art director of Vanity Fair and Harper\u2019s Bazaar recalls.<\/p>\n<p>Ali was great as a stylist. But soon, she was asked to work in front of the cameras as a model. It didn\u2019t take long before she was on magazine covers all over the world, even appearing in television commercials. For thing led to another, and Ali tumbled headfirst into the profession of acting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3607\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw5-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw5.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She had been sketched nude by Salvador Dali a couple of years earlier. But when the surrealist artist started sucking her toes, MacGraw decided that she\u2019d rather be an actress than a model.<\/p>\n<p>Ali MacGraw \u2013 films<br \/>\nAli went straight from an unknown stylist and into the world of cinema, and boy, did she do it with a bang.<\/p>\n<p>She was untutored in the art of film, which gave her acting another dimension. Her natural beauty was stunning, and the audience loved her.<\/p>\n<p>Following a small role in A Lovely Way to Die (1968), she was asked to star in the 1969 film Goodbye, Columbus. It turned out to be a great call, with MacGraw receiving a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer \u2013 Female. The following year, she got her big international breakthrough with a role that would pretty much sum up her career.<\/p>\n<p>Ali MacGraw had received a script from her agent. She\u2019d read it and wept twice because of how much she loved it. She decided she really wanted a part in it, and got herself a meeting with the film\u2019s producer Robert Evans \u2013 who at the time was Paramount Picture\u2019s head of production \u2013 at the Beverly Hills Hotel\u2019s Polo Lounge. Not only did Evans think she was perfect for the part in the movie Love Story, he absolutely fell in love with her.<\/p>\n<p>MacGraw \u2013 playing the role of Jenny \u2013 acted alongside Ryan O\u2019Neal in the movie Love Story. The American romantic drama film, in which Ali played a working-class college student, became a smash hit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3608\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw8-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw8.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Love Story hit the cinemas in 1970, and wow did the audience cherish it. It became the No. 1 film in the United States, and at the time, it was the sixth highest grossing movie in history in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Award-winning actress<br \/>\nMacGraw earned an Academy Award nomination for her role, and the film itself earned her another win and five Academy Award Nominations. She also won herself a second Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Motion Picture \u2013 Drama.<\/p>\n<p>Film producer Robert Evans not only loved her on screen, he had fallen in love with her in real life, and that love was reciprocated. In 1969, the couple tied the knot, and two years later, they welcomed their son, Josh Evans.<\/p>\n<p>Ali MacGraw was the hot new star of the 1970s, but her private life and marriage with Evans would soon come to an end. Steve McQueen had visited their home to ask her to star alongside him in The Getaway, and the two Hollywood stars clicked right away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI looked in those blue eyes, and my knees started knocking,\u201d MacGraw recalled. \u201cI became obsessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3609\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw4-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw4.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MacGraw and McQueen had an affair, and she soon left Evans to live with the actor in Malibu, along with her son Josh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteve was this very original, principled guy who didn\u2019t seem to be part of the system, and I loved that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ali MacGraw \u2013 Steve McQueen<br \/>\nBut after a while, Ali realized that Steve McQueen had his own problems. Following his father abandoning his mother, a then-14-year-old Steve was sent to a school for delinquent children. MacGraw said he never trusted women after that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3610\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-833130366-768x960-1-240x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-833130366-768x960-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-833130366-768x960-1.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t like that she worked and had her own career. For a while, Ali stayed home to raise their sons. But her husband\u2019s demands were something Ali simply couldn\u2019t accept in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but he\u2019d explode if she even looked at another man. He also wanted her to sign a prenuptial agreement, promising not to ask for anything if they\u2019d divorce. She abided by the agreement when they did divorce in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t even go to art class because Steve expected his \u2018old lady\u2019 to be there every night with dinner on the table,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteve\u2019s idea of hot was not me. He liked blond bimbos, and they were always around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3611\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-517284206-768x561-1-300x219.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-517284206-768x561-1-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-517284206-768x561-1.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was the start of a pretty dark time in MacGraw\u2019s life. She arrived on set to shoot the 1978 film Convoy both drunk and high, which prompted her to quit drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving show business<br \/>\nAt the same time, several of her movies, such as Players (1970) and Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) flopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s brutal for women,\u201d MacGraw told The Guardian about returning to show business in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3612\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-153484407-768x614-1-300x240.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-153484407-768x614-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-153484407-768x614-1.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a woman over 40 who\u2019s ever been conspicuously in the spotlight who doesn\u2019t get sick of the kind of questioning the media lays on you, the fashion industry, all of it. It\u2019s cruel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MacGraw had a short stint as a Hollywood superstar actress. Thereafter, she decided to start working in interior design instead, but didn\u2019t fully give up on her show business career. She appeared in the television miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and China Rose (1985), but soon, her life would change for the worse.<\/p>\n<p>Ali MacGraw simply couldn\u2019t get any work in film, and she thought she was useless. At the same time, she didn\u2019t feel complete unless she had a partner, describing being in love like \u201ca drug high\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3613\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw3-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw3.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She felt alone and desperate, and drank heavily. In 1986, she checked herself into the Betty Ford Clinic in California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe worst stuff happened when I drank,\u201d she said. \u201cI lost my judgment; I fancied other women\u2019s husbands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Family tragedies<br \/>\nHer son Josh Evans was 15 at the time and had a hard time watching his mother suffering. MacGraw spent 30 days in group therapy and came out a stronger person.<\/p>\n<p>In 1993, another family tragedy occurred when her house in California burnt down due to a wildfire. She then decided to move from Los Angeles and settled in a town near Santa Fe, New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3614\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1146779592-200x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1146779592-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1146779592.jpg 683w\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI live in a little village north of Santa Fe, New Mexico called Tesuque,\u201d she revealed last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to McGraw, her neighbors don\u2019t see her as a former Hollywood star \u2013 instead they appreciate all the community work she\u2019s been doing.<\/p>\n<p>For example, she has been doing volunteer work at the annual International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Ali MacGraw left acting, but in 2006, she found herself once again on stage. She reunited with her Love Story co-actor Ryan O\u2019Neal in the Broadway adaptation of the Danish film Festen.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the Broadway show, MacGraw\u2019s been out of the spotlight the last couple of decades. She\u2019s put her heart into work for animal rights \u2026 and produced plenty of successful yoga videos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3615\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw6-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alimacgraw6.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Herald-Tribune in 2019, MacGraw stated that she\u2019s still open to new adventures and work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the lucky things for someone my age is that I\u2019m open and curious,\u201d MacGraw said. \u201cThere\u2019s not just one thing I love to do and feel bereft if I can\u2019t. But I know that I\u2019m not happy when I\u2019m not doing something creative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Josh Evans \u2013 Ali MacGraw<br \/>\nEven though Ali left acting, her family still has a foot in the business. Son Josh Evans is an actor and director, and he\u2019s made a great name for himself in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Also, he looks so much like his mother!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3616\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/joshevans2-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/joshevans2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/joshevans2.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Being the child of Hollywood celebrities Robert Evans and Ali MacGraw certainly came with plenty of pressure.<\/p>\n<p>But for Josh Evans, born in January of 1971, it was pretty much show business he wanted to do from the start.<\/p>\n<p>The first job he ever wanted to do, however, wasn\u2019t in the film business. He didn\u2019t dream about working as an actor, but it was just one of those things that happened.<\/p>\n<p>In 1989, Josh Evans had a small part in Dream a Little Dream (1989), but he wanted to do more. As a teenager with nothing to lose, he used to go to the manager\u2019s office to see the breakdowns of movies being made.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Evans \u2013 actor &amp; director<br \/>\nThat\u2019s when he met someone he recognized in famous director Oliver Stone. He was making Born on the Fourth of July at the time, starring Tom Cruise. And Josh wanted in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time I just knew [Oliver Stone] from Platoon. He was making a movie with Tom Cruise and there was a role for the little brother. I wanted to play that part, so he got me a meeting with Oliver Stone,\u201d Josh Evans recalls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I sat with him, Oliver asked \u2018Oh, you think you look like Tom Cruise?\u2019. Now knowing him, I realize he was mocking me, but I said, \u2018Yeah, I do.\u2019 So, he said, \u2018We\u2019ll see what happens.\u2019 Four months later, I got a call to audition and I got the part. It was very exciting and you could feel how special that movie was going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Josh has had a great career both acting and directing. He starred in the biographic film The Doors in 1991 and since, he\u2019s been both acting and directing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3617\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/joshevans1-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/joshevans1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/joshevans1.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With eight films on his resume as a director, he actually had Michael Madsen starring in his 2015 film Death in the Desert. But what does he like best?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am definitely more comfortable on the side of the camera that does not show myself,\u201d Josh Evans says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf an interesting opportunity presents itself, I am not opposed to it. I think there are other people out there who are more qualified and want it more than I do. As far as directing and telling my stories, I would do that for free, whereas acting is more of a job, but I enjoy it once I do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Josh Evans \u2013 family<br \/>\nJosh is a really handsome man, and the resemblance to her mother Ali MacGraw truly is great, especially in his big wonderful eyes.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, his father \u2013 Ali\u2019s ex-husband \u2013 Robert Evans passed away. However, the family had the great memory of being together for him when he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Josh has been married twice. In October 2012, he married American singer and musician Roxy Saint. By then, their son Jackson was two years old \u2013 Grandma Ali MacGraw loves spending time with her wonderful family.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1189654685465989124&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Freadupdatednews.com%2F2024%2F12%2F29%2Factor-ali-macgraw-sacrificed-her-own-career-for-steve-mcqueen%2F&amp;sessionId=a4919b41a38c8ce4aeac173043b42737b65940f7&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1189654685465989124\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s so wonderful,\u201d MacGraw said about her son. \u201cHe\u2019s my favorite human being on the planet, and he goes out with a girl I\u2019m nuts about. 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