In 1990, Ali MacGraw moved to Tesuque, N.M., about 10 miles north of Santa Fe. With approximately 1,000 residents, it’s a place filled with beautiful light and wideopen spaces.
For Ali, who grew up in the New York suburbs and became a movie star at age 30, it was like coming home to her true self. “You know, I’m a strange old bird at this point,” says the actress, 85. “I’m very involved with the community. I have a life that makes me happy.”
Like many children of alcoholics, Ali grew up to be a people pleaser. “I was so crazy about being popular,” says the star of 1970’s Love Story, “that I would go to outrageous lengths to be sure that every single person in a room liked me.”…
