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Roy Thorsen: Meet Margaret O’Brien’s Husband

Margaret O’Brien’s Husband

Roy Thorsen is Margaret O’Brien’s husband. Roy Thorsen’s wife is an American film, radio, television, and stage actress who is one of Hollywood’s few remaining Golden Age stars. O’Brien began her long career as a child actor in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature pictures when she was four years old. She went on to become one of the most well-known child actresses in film history, winning a Juvenile Academy Award for best child actor in 1944. In her later career, she appeared on stage, in films, and on television.

Quick Facts

Full NameRoy Thorvald Thorsen
famous asMargaret O’Brien’s husband
Age93 years old
Date of BirthNovember 13, 1930
Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York, USA
Zodiac signN/A
NationalityAmerican
EthnicityCaucasian
Children Mara Tolene Thorsen
Spouse Margaret O’Brien (m. 1974)

Roy Thorsen: Meet Margaret O’Brien’s Husband

Roy Thorsen is well known as the spouse of legendary actress Margaret O’Brien. According to his IMDb page, Thorsen was born on November 13, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He will be 94 years old in 2024. His wife O’Brien, on the other hand, was born Maxine O’Brien in 1937 and will be 87 in 2024.

Margaret O’Brien has been married twice. Her first marriage, from August 9, 1959, to 1968, was with Harold Allen, Jr. The actress later met her current spouse Thorsen, and they married on June 8, 1974, in front of their friends, families, and loved ones in a magnificent wedding ceremony. They dated for a year before exchanging vows, according to Whodatedwho.

The couple has also a daughter, Mara Tolene Thorsen, who was born in 1977. Margaret O’Brien and her husband Roy Thorsen have been married for over four decades. In 2024, the couple will celebrate 50 years of marriage. However, Nydailynews revealed that the couple is no longer together.

O’Brien and Thorsen have been spotted at various events together. Roy Thorsen was with his wife Margaret O’Brien and Lois Wilson at the 1978 Artistry In Cinema Awards presented by The National Film Society at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on March 29, 1978. They also attended the “A Gift of Music” Los Angeles Bicentennial Tribute to Men and Women of Achievement on April 25, 1981, at Metromedia Square in Los Angeles, California.

The lovely couple also attended the American Cinema Awards Foundation Hosts Senator George Murphy’s 88th Birthday Party/65th Anniversary in Show Business on June 23, 1990, at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Though Roy Thorsen is the wife of a celebrated Hollywood actress, he has been very private about his life. In February 1960, O’Brien was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6606 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for television at 1634 Vine St. In 2006, she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the SunDeis Film Festival at Brandeis University.