She has also worked as an interior designer. MacGraw also appeared in several television commercials, including one for the Polaroid Swinger camera.
She gained notice in Goodbye, Columbus, but real stardom came in 1970 with one of the most popular films of all time Love Story, which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.
MacGraw wrote an autobiography, Moving Pictures which described her struggles with alcohol and male dependence. She was treated for it earlier in the Betty Ford Center.
MacGraw has said that she had an illegal abortion when she was in her early 20. From 1961 to 1962, she married banker Robin Hoen.
