Why did Ali Mcgraw stop acting?
Ava Arnold
Updated on February 18, 2026
“At the time he was the biggest movie star in the world and he didn't want me to work, so I essentially quit making movies and took care of my child,” she says of her five years at home with McQueen and her son, Josh, who was born during her first marriage to Hollywood producer Robert Evans.
What happened to Ali Mcgraw?
She's no longer a working actor.Her last on-screen role was in the 1997 movie Glam, which was written and directed by her son, Josh Evans. MacGraw has acted on stage more recently. In 2006, she was in the Broadway play Festen. From 2015 to 2017, she reunited with O'Neal for a touring production of Love Letters.