and nearly 40 years since it had been stolen, the Academy held a special ceremony in Beverly Hills to return the stolen award to O'Brien. Upon being reunited with her Juvenile Oscar, Margaret O'Brien spoke to the attending journalists: For all those people who have lost or misplaced something that was dear to them, as I have, never give up the dream of searching—never let go of the hope that you'll find it because after all these many years, at last, my Oscar has been returned to me. Additional honors 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 1990, O'Brien was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award recognizing her outstanding achievements within the film industry as a child actress. In 2006, she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the SunDeis Film Festival at Brandeis University. Personal life She has been married twice, to Harold Allen, Jr. from August 9, 1959, to 1968, and in 1974 to steel-industry executive Roy Thorvald Thorsen. The later marriage produced her only child, Mara Tolene Thorsen, born in 1977. Filmography Select radio credits Accolades Box office ranking For a time O'Brien was voted by exhibitors as among the most popular stars in the country. 1945: 9th 1946: 8th 1947: 19th References Bibliography Best, Marc. Those Endearing Young Charms: Child Performers of the Screen (South Brunswick and New York: Barnes & Co., 1971), p. 203–208. Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914–1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, pp. 170–171. External links "Interview with Margaret O'Brien" – Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont), December 12, 2018. 1937 births Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Academy Juvenile Award winners Actresses from San Diego American child actresses American film actresses American radio actresses American television actresses American stage actresses Hispanic and Latino American actresses Vaudeville performers American people of Irish descent American people of Spanish descent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players