Roy Thorsen: Who is Margaret O’Brien’s husband?

Roy Thorsen is the husband of Margaret O’Brien. Roy Thorsen’s wife is an American film, radio, television, and stage actress, and is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. At the age of four, O’Brien began her long career as a child actor in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature films. She went on to become one of the most well-known child stars in movie history and was recognized with a Juvenile Academy Award as the best child actress of 1944. She performed on stage, in films, and on television in her later career.

Roy Thorsen: Bio Summary

Who is Margaret O’Brien’s husband?

Roy Thorsen is famous as the husband of iconic actress  Margaret O’Brien. Thorsen was born on November 13, 1930, in  Brooklyn, New York, USA per his IMDb profile. As of 2023, he is 93 years old. His wife O’Brien on the other hand, was born Maxine O’Brien in 1937, she is 86 years old as of 2023.

Margaret O’Brien has been married twice, the actress’s first marriage was with Harold Allen, Jr. from August 9, 1959, to 1968. The actress later met her current husband Thorsen and they walked down the aisle on June 8, 1974, in a beautiful wedding ceremony in the presence of their friends, families, and loved ones. Per Whodatedwho, they dated for a year before the actress exchanged vows with the Scandinavian steel executive- Roy Thorsen.

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Margaret O’Brien’s husband is a Businessman

Magaret O’Brien’s husband Roy Thorsen was an electrical engineer and business executive. Thorsen who is a graduate of West Point also has a business restoring old photographs, a hobby he revealed was inspired by his wife.

“Shortly after retiring in 2000 my wife, Margaret O’Brien, a film actress since childhood, mentioned to me that many of her older pictures had faded or had gotten damaged,” he wrote for the VC Star in 2007. “I told her that there were computer programs that could restore photos to their original or even better condition. ‘That’s wonderful,’ she replied. ‘Why don’t you learn how to do that?‘”

The couple’s marriage was also blessed with a daughter Mara Tolene Thorsen, born in 1977. Margaret O’Brien and her husband Roy Thorsen have been married for more than four decades and still counting. The couple will be celebrating their 50 years together in 2024. However, Nydailynews revealed that the couple are separated.

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.

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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 husband 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.