Margaret O'Brien Returns as a New Paper Doll from Paper Studio Press

She made her screen debut at age five, and a year later Margaret O’Brien was a major movie star. Her major success came in 1942 with Journey for Margaret, the first of a string of brilliant performances. In 1944, she was honored with a special Academy Award for Meet Me in St. Louis. Her most famous quote reveals what a consummate professional she was when she asked a director, “When I cry, do you want the tears to run all the way or shall I stop halfway down?” She movingly played Beth in 1949's Little Women, one of her last roles as a child star and she retired from the big screen in 1951.

During her childhood stardom Margaret O’Brien was the subject of several paper dolls and coloring books.  Now Paper Studio Press, the premiere publisher of vintage-style paper doll books, will present a brand new work by popular artist, Norma Lu Meehan. The book will feature dolls of the famous child star at her peak and pages of clothes to cut out for dressing the paper dolls.

The Margaret O’Brien Paper Doll book will be published in 2010 and will be available from Paperdoll Review, Amazon.com, specialty websites and catalogs as well as selected stores and gift shops.