Celebrity Biographies
Norma mccarty
Norma McCarty, widow of Ed Wood, appeared in “Plan 9 from outer space”, the best-known film from the ‘worst director of all time’. The actress died at the age of 93 on June 27, 2014, at the Santa Clarita Hospital in Newhall (California), although the news broke a month and a half later, when Michael McCarty, her son by a daughter, decided to make it public. previous couple.
Born on December 18, 1920 in Arkansas, Norma McCarty worked as a secretary and receptionist for studios such as MGM and Eagle, before beginning her acting career in the 1940s. She was playing a small role on the television series Gunsmoke when met Wood. They both got married in 1955, and shortly after, the director confessed that she had a habit of dressing as a woman. She decided to throw him out of the house.
“I found my nightgown in bed when I got home from work and I thought it was very strange, because I hadn’t put it on that night,” the interpreter said in an interview. “It never occurred to me that he might be using it.” Wood was subsequently paired with Kathleen O’Hara, actress in his film Night of the Ghouls , played by Patricia Arquette in the Tim Burton biopic Ed Wood , where McCarty was not depicted.
Despite the disagreement, Wood did not hold a grudge against her, so he recruited her for a small role as a stewardess in Plan 9 from outer space , his best-known work. She also participated in some television production like Perry Mason or That Girl .
According to the film historian and owner of the rights to several films by filmmaker Wade Williams, in statements to The Hollywood Reporter , the divorce papers were not formalized, so legally McCarty has remained Ed Wood’s widow for many years.