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Maura McGiveney, born Mary Alish McGiveney on February 28, 1939, in Stockport, England, was the daughter of actor Owen McGiveney and Elizabeth Hughes. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and made her Hollywood debut with an uncredited role as an attendant in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). Mostly active in television, she appeared in multiple episodes of Perry Mason and Hawaii Five-O, and also featured in Dr. Kildare, McHale's Navy, The Virginian, Laredo, and My Three Sons.
McGiveney received a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer in 1966 for her role as Claire Hackett in the comedy Do Not Disturb, starring Doris Day and Rod Taylor. Her stage credits include Harvey, The Second City, and The Fantasticks, among others.
In addition to acting, Maura was a comedian and singer. She sought greater fame through Turn-On, a show modeled after Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. The series aired only one episode on February 5, 1969, featuring McGiveney as "The Body Politic," a member of the repertory cast. Due to its sexually explicit humor, several ABC affiliates refused to air the second episode, and the sponsor Bristol-Myers canceled the series immediately, despite five episodes having been filmed and twenty-one more planned. McGiveney expressed confusion over the cancellation, saying, "I still can't understand it. We were all so sure it was going to be a big hit."
On January 10, 1972, she married William Szathmary, known on television as Bill Dana, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The marriage ended in divorce four months later in Los Angeles.
Maura McGiveney passed away from cirrhosis of the liver on November 10, 1990, in Sherman Oaks, California, at the age of 51.
