Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons 17 August 1920 - 24 October 2015) was an Irish actress and singer, who achieved success in Hollywood through the 1940s and into the '60s. Redhead by nature, she was well-known for her role as sensual and passionate heroines. Her roles were often in Westerns or adventure films. Her potential for stardom was initially discovered by the actor Charles Laughton, who brought her to Hollywood as well as many times she worked alongside director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne. O'Hara was born in Dublin, Ireland by a Catholic family. She aspired to become an actor at a young age. At the age of 10, she began her training at the Rathmines Theatre Company and the Abbey Theatre. She was given a screen trial that was not deemed satisfactory but Charles Laughton saw potential, and set up for her to co-star with him in Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn in 1939. RKO Pictures offered her a contract. She also relocated to Hollywood in the year 1939 to co-star alongside Laughton in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She went on to have an impressive, long-running career, earning her the title "the Queen of Technicolor". Her movies include How Green Was My Valley (1941) which was her first film with John Ford, The Black Swan (1942), The Spanish Main (1945), Sinbad the Sailor (47) as well as the classic Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and Comanche Territory (1950). O'Hara directed her first film alongside John Wayne, the actor with whom she is most closely involved in Rio Grande (1950). The Quiet Man (1952), The Wings of Eagles (57), and McLintock were followed by McLintock. (1963) and Big Jake (2001). Wayne was so adept in her chemistry with O'Hara that many believed they were in a relationship. O'Hara started to play more mommy roles in the 1960s , as she grew older. She was in films like The Deadly Companions (1961), The Parent Trap (611) and The Rare Breed (1966). She resigned from the business in 1971, only to return 20 years later to appear alongside John Candy in Only the Lonely (1991).

 





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