Maureen O'Hara

Maureen FitzSimons (17 August 1920 until 24 October 2015) was an Irish actress, singer and performer who gained fame in Hollywood from 1940s until the 1960s. Her natural redhead nature was a draw for strong but smart characters in Westerns and adventure movies. Charles Laughton, an actor who first noticed her talent as a star, took her to Hollywood. Numerous times she also collaborated with John Ford, longtime friend John Wayne and John Ford. O'Hara was born in Dublin, Ireland by a Catholic family. She was determined to be an actress at a young age. O'Hara began her training in the Abbey Theatre and Rathmines Theatre Company when she was just 10 years old. After getting through a screen test she was turned down. But Charles Laughton recognized her potential and offered to have her star in Alfred Hitchcock’s Jamaica Inn in 1939. She moved to Hollywood in the same year to be a part of his in the production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and was given an acting contract by RKO Pictures. From there, she went on to have a long and highly successful career, which earned her the moniker "the Queen of Technicolor". Her movies comprise How Green Was My Valley (1941) and her first film with John Ford, The Black Swan (1942), The Spanish Main (1945), Sinbad the Sailor (47) and the Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and Comanche Territory (1950). O'Hara starred in Rio Grande (1950) as O'Hara, a character played by John Wayne, her most close friend. It was followed by The Quiet Man (1952), The Wings of Eagles (1957), McLintock! (1963), as well as Big Jake (1971). A lot of people believed that Wayne and O'Hara were either in an affair or were married due to their intense connection. O'Hara started to play more mommy roles in the 1960s , as she grew older. She was in films such as The Deadly Companions (1961), The Parent Trap (611) and The Rare Breed (1966). In 1971, she announced her retirement from film production. However, she returned to the industry 20 years later , to co-star alongside John Candy in Only the Lonely (1991).

 





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