Maureen O'Hara
Date of birth: 1920-08-17
Place of birth: Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Maureen FitzSimons, مورین اوهارا
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.
Movie Credits
The Quiet Man
1952-07-21
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Only the Lonely
1991-05-24
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls
Big Jake
1971-05-26
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grand
Rio Grande
1950-11-15
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of mara
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939-08-31
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beaut
Miracle on 34th Street
1947-06-04
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at M
Jamaica Inn
1939-05-11
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the rem
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940-08-30
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash man
Our Man in Havana
1960-01-27
Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter
The Fallen Sparrow
1943-08-19
Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City poli
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962-06-15
Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a fami
The Black Swan
1942-12-04
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his f
How Green Was My Valley
1941-10-28
A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn
War Arrow
1953-12-26
A thrilling Cavalry-versus-Indians adventure starring Jeff Chandler as an Army official recruiting S
McLintock!
1963-11-12
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numer
Sinbad the Sailor
1947-01-13
Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexand
Buffalo Bill
1944-04-02
Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West s
The Long Gray Line
1955-01-04
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer a
Against All Flags
1952-12-24
In the 18th century, the pirates of Madagascar, lords of the Republic of Libertatia and masters of t
Spencer's Mountain
1963-05-16
Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy
This Land Is Mine
1943-05-07
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn bet
The Rare Breed
1966-02-02
When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry ou
The Wings of Eagles
1957-01-31
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
The Deadly Companions
1961-06-06
Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral p
The Parent Trap
1961-05-13
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later a
A Woman's Secret
1949-01-13
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at
The Christmas Box
1995-12-17
A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in he
Sitting Pretty
1948-03-10
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942-11-09
Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally become
Immortal Sergeant
1943-04-29
During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty
The Redhead from Wyoming
1953-01-08
A saloonkeeper sides with the sheriff for justice after she's framed for rustling.
Comanche Territory
1950-05-01
White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche to mine for silver
The Spanish Main
1945-10-01
Laurent van Horn is the leader of a band of Dutch refugees on a ship seeking freedom in the Carolina
A Bill of Divorcement
1940-05-31
Father's return from the insane asylum spells calamity for the Fairfield family.
Do You Love Me
1946-05-17
Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band leader
Father Was a Fullback
1949-09-30
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-a
Malaga
1954-06-24
A female former OSS agent is sent to Tangiers, Morocco, to infiltrate and destroy an international s
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001-04-03
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive fi
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955-11-02
Fictionalized account of events leading up the famous nude ride (alas, her hair covers everything) o
The Forbidden Street
1949-03-31
In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alco
At Sword's Point
1952-04-22
France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
2012-06-15
Dreaming the Quiet Man’ includes interviews with aficionados of Ford like, Martin, Scorsese, Peter B
Flame of Araby
1951-12-18
An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to o
Kangaroo
1952-05-16
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swi
Bagdad
1949-11-23
An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and h
The Foxes of Harrow
1947-09-24
An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orle
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942-06-26
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy
The Homestretch
1947-05-04
A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965-05-26
Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair with an
Lisbon
1956-08-17
For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But one da
Sentimental Journey
1946-03-06
An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she
Everything But the Truth
1956-12-01
Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at school
Tripoli
1950-11-09
In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American
Kicking the Moon Around
1938-03-29
Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring
The Queen of the Sky: The Story of the Sikorsky VS-44A Flying Boat
2001-12-02
Built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft, the VS-44 was a large four-engin
The Red Pony
1973-03-18
A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
1991-01-31
Film traces the career of the actor who embodied classic American values like no other - in his film
They Met in Argentina
1941-04-25
A Texas oil millionaire, after failing to secure oil lands in Argentina, seeks out a famous racehors
The Magnificent Matador
1955-05-24
Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tor
Perry Como's Irish Christmas
1994-12-01
Perry Como's last great concert special, filmed in Ireland and screened in 1994. Como appears before
How Do I Love Thee?
1970-10-01
A professor recalls his atheistic father, his devoted mother and his father's blousy mistress.
My Irish Molly
1938-12-05
Binkie Stuart, a child star whose career briefly flourished before the outbreak of war in 1939, take
Directed by John Ford
1971-09-06
A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.
The Last Dance
2000-10-29
A retired school teacher is reminded of her past after she befriends with one of her former students
Cab to Canada
1998-11-29
Fact-based story about a Pasadena cab driver who picks up what he believes is a routine fare, an eld
A Cry of Angels
1963-12-15
Hallmark presents the story of how the greatest oratorio, George Frederic Handel's "The Messiah," ca
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009-07-02
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and in
Mrs. Miniver
1960-01-07
A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000-10-14
Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an e
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955-06-01
A promotional film for United States Savings Bonds
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004-07-25
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000-01-01
Recap of The Duke's career from its beginning in the silent era up to his final film "The Shootist".
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002-06-11
A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.
The Quiet Man: The Joy of Ireland
2002-01-01
Maureen O'Hara, Andrew McLaglen, and others recollect how The Quiet Man came to be in this documenta
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988-09-19
Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies