Maureen O'Hara
Born: 1920-08-17 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland
Died: 2015-10-24
Known For: Acting
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
2012
2009
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
2002
2001
2000
- Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' as Self
- The Last Dance as Helen Parker
- John Wayne-A Life on Film as Self (archive footage)
1998
- Cab to Canada as Katherine
1995
- The Christmas Box as Mary Parkin
- The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1994
- Perry Como's Irish Christmas as Self
1991
- Only the Lonely as Rose Muldoon
- John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
1977
1973
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- The Red Pony as Ruth Tiflin
1971
- Big Jake as Martha McCandles
- Directed by John Ford as Self (1992)
1970
- How Do I Love Thee? as Elsie Waltz
1969
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
1968
- The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show as Self - Guest
1966
- The Rare Breed as Martha Price
1965
- The Battle of the Villa Fiorita as Moira
1963
- McLintock! as Katherine Gilhooley McLintock
- Spencer's Mountain as Olivia Spencer
- A Cry of Angels
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Peggy Hobbs
1961
- The Parent Trap as Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick
- The Deadly Companions as Kit Tilden
1960
- Mrs. Miniver as Mrs. Miniver
- Our Man in Havana as Beatrice Severn
1957
- DuPont Show of the Month
- The Wings of Eagles as Min Wead
1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- Lisbon as Sylvia Merrill
- Everything But the Truth as Joan Madison
1955
- The Long Gray Line as Mary O'Donnell
- The Magnificent Matador as Karen Harrison
- Lady Godiva of Coventry as Lady Godiva
- The Red, White and Blue Line as Self
1954
- Malaga as Joanna Dana
- The George Gobel Show as Self
1953
- War Arrow as Elaine Corwin
- The Redhead from Wyoming as Kate Maxwell
1952
- Kangaroo as Dell McGuire
- The Quiet Man as Mary Kate Danaher
- Against All Flags as Spitfire Stevens
- At Sword's Point as Claire - daughter of Athos
1951
- Flame of Araby as Princess Tanya
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Susanna Cibber
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Rio Grande as Mrs. Kathleen Yorke
- Comanche Territory as Katie Howard
- Tripoli as Gräfin D'Arneau
1949
- Bagdad as Princess Marjan
- A Woman's Secret as Marian Washburn
- Father Was a Fullback as Elizabeth Cooper
- The Forbidden Street as Adelaide 'Addie' Culver
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Sitting Pretty as Tacey King
1947
- Miracle on 34th Street as Doris Walker
- The Homestretch as Leslie Hale Wallace
- The Foxes of Harrow as Odalie D'Arceneaux
- Sinbad the Sailor as Shireen
1946
- Sentimental Journey as Julie Beck Weatherly
- Do You Love Me as Katherine 'Kitten' Hilliard
1945
- The Spanish Main as Contessa Francesca
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Buffalo Bill as Louisa Frederici
1943
- This Land Is Mine as Louise Martin
- The Fallen Sparrow as Toni Donne
- Immortal Sergeant as Valentine Lee
1942
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Carolyn Bainbridge
- The Black Swan as Lady Margaret Denby
- To the Shores of Tripoli as Mary Carter
1941
- They Met in Argentina as Lolita O'Shea
- How Green Was My Valley as Angharad Morgan
1940
- Dance, Girl, Dance as Judy O'Brien
- A Bill of Divorcement as Sydney Fairfield
1939
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Esmeralda
- Jamaica Inn as Mary Yellan
1938
- Kicking the Moon Around as Secretary
- My Irish Molly as Eileen O'Shea