Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

  • Birthday: 1920-08-17
  • Deathday: 2015-10-24
  • Place of birth: Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland
  • Also know as: Maureen FitzSimons

Biography

Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons, August 17, 1920 - died October 24, 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, and a natural redhead, who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was known for playing fiercely passionate heroines with a highly sensible attitude. She often worked with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne. She was one of the longest-lived stars from the "Golden Age" of Hollywood.

Filmography

Miracle on 34th Street

1947

As Doris Walker

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940

As Judy O'Brien

War Arrow

1953

As Elaine Corwin

The Deadly Companions

1961

As Kit Tilden

A Woman's Secret

1949

As Marian Washburn

The Redhead from Wyoming

1953

As Kate Maxwell

Comanche Territory

1950

As Katie Howard

A Bill of Divorcement

1940

As Sydney Fairfield

Do You Love Me

1946

As Katherine 'Kitten' Hilliard

Malaga

1954

As Joanna Dana

Lady Godiva of Coventry

1955

As Lady Godiva

The Forbidden Street

1949

As Adelaide 'Addie' Culver

Flame of Araby

1951

As Princess Tanya

Kangaroo

1952

As Dell McGuire

Bagdad

1949

As Princess Marjan

Everything But the Truth

1956

As Joan Madison

Tripoli

1950

As Gräfin D'Arneau

They Met in Argentina

1941

As Lolita O'Shea

The Magnificent Matador

1955

As Karen Harrison

Cab to Canada

1998

As Katherine

The Last Dance

2000

As Helen Parker

Mrs. Miniver

1960

As Mrs. Miniver

Only the Lonely

1991

As Rose Muldoon

The Quiet Man

1952

As Mary Kate Danaher

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942

As Carolyn Bainbridge

Rio Grande

1950

As Mrs. Kathleen Yorke

Jamaica Inn

1939

As Mary Yellan

The Fallen Sparrow

1943

As Toni Donne

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

1962

As Peggy Hobbs

The Black Swan

1942

As Lady Margaret Denby

How Green Was My Valley

1941

As Angharad Morgan

McLintock!

1963

As Katherine Gilhooley McLintock

Sinbad the Sailor

1947

As Shireen

Buffalo Bill

1944

As Louisa Frederici

The Long Gray Line

1955

As Mary O'Donnell

Against All Flags

1952

As Prudence "Spitfire" Stevens

Spencer's Mountain

1963

As Olivia Spencer

This Land Is Mine

1943

As Louise Martin

The Rare Breed

1966

As Martha Price

The Parent Trap

1961

As Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick

Sitting Pretty

1948

As Tacey King

The Christmas Box

1995

As Mary Parkin

To the Shores of Tripoli

1942

As Mary Carter

Immortal Sergeant

1943

As Valentine Lee

The Spanish Main

1945

As Contessa Francesca

Father Was a Fullback

1949

As Elizabeth Cooper

At Sword's Point

1952

As Claire - daughter of Athos

The Foxes of Harrow

1947

As Odalie D'Arceneaux

The Homestretch

1947

As Leslie Hale Wallace

Lisbon

1956

As Sylvia Merrill

How Do I Love Thee?

1970

As Elsie Waltz

The Red Pony

1973

As Ruth Tiflin

Sentimental Journey

1946

As Julie Beck Weatherly

Big Jake

1971

As Martha McCandles

Our Man in Havana

1960

As Beatrice Severn

The Wings of Eagles

1957

As Min Wead

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

As Esmeralda

My Irish Molly

1938

As Eileen O'Shea

Directed by John Ford

1971

As Self (1992)

Kicking the Moon Around

1938

As Secretary

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

As Self (archive footage)

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