Actress Ali MacGraw Looks Back at THE GETAWAY ('72)

Actress Ali MacGraw, star of LOVE STORY ('70), talks with actress and daughter of Natalie Wood, Natasha Gregson Wagner, about her career and her most memorable films, including her work with Steve McQueen in THE GETAWAY. Watch the entire interview exclusively on HBO Max as part of the 12th annual TCM Classic Film Festival, May 6-9, 2021.

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[JoeMarks-gv]

I wish Ali and Steve would have made more films together. The chemistry between the two of them was incredible. When Ali McGraw would smile, the whole room would light up. You either have it or you don't. You can't learn this quality.

[feebee]

She was beautiful then and beautiful now. I loved her in Love Story and in The Getaway ❤

[Alexandra-bkpi]

I discovered Ali's work during quarantine. I never had heard of Love story or The Getaway before but it's amazing how with a career so short as hers she's still one of the few people who can call themselves a Hollywood icon...it's stars like her that are just born with that gift 🙏

[rajpanchoo]

what a lady...50 plus years later she still stops me dead in my tracks and I can not think of another lady who does... what a beautiful human being... Thank you Ali💕💖❤️

[barbarakeating]

I have always loved and respected Ali. The Getaway is one of the best films I have ever owned. The tension of the material and the undeniable chemistry between Steve and Ali adds to the terrifically exciting experience of the story.

[boointhelotus]

What a beauty. I love it when older women go with the more natural greys or whites in hair color and don’t distort themselves with surgeries.

[theresecatalano]

Ali survived it all and is still beautiful!!!

[barbarakeating]

I’ve always been fan of Ali. I respect her intelligence and growth as well as her beauty. I own The Getaway and watch it often. It’s exciting and one roots for Steve and Ali to make it as a team. Their chemistry is undeniable. Even the film’s love theme in the background is haunt my beautiful!

[williamdelong]

Probably my favorite Steve McQueen flick. Ali was pure magic. Great pacing.

[VILJL]

Ali MacGraw was born in New York on April 1, 1939. She celebrated her 83rd birthday on April 1st, 2022.  She gained attention with her role in the film Goodbye,  Columbus(1969), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. She gained an international profile for her role in the film Love Story (1970), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 1972, MacGraw was voted the top female box office star in the world and was honored with a hands and footprints ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre after having been in just three films.

[lisabeaumont]

Always loved her and Steve Mcqueen in this film. I have watched the Gataway about 20 times!
She is a class act....not like thrash in Hollywood now days....

[Nunofurdambiznez]

Good GOD she (Ms. MacGraw) is STILL magnificently

[estellacoggins]

Ali was perfect for that role in the getaway. She was and is so beautiful.

[Ochenter]

Still beautiful a lady she is. Pure Aries. <3 Great movie and my fav, suited Ali and Steve very well.

[johnflynn]

Ali is a True Beautiful woman.
She was Great in films.

[joniheisenberg]

Thank you for posting! I am a big Steve McQueen fan.

[reddeserted]

She was amazing in this film, stunningly beautiful too.

[ChrisHansonCanada]

Ali is one of the best dressed older former actresses. She always looks good and very stylish.

[SurferFille]

#HAPPYBIRTHDAY STEVE MCQUEEN - March 24, 1930 🎂 #KINGOFCOOL

[NoName-jqtj]

I’ve never seen this film at the time of writing this comment but tonight in London I will watch this for the first time as it’s being screened at a theatre there.