Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

Birthday: 1920-08-17

Place of Birth: Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland

Biography: Maureen O'Hara (born MaureenĀ 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.

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The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict....

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Only the Lonely
Only the Lonely

Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls...

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Big Jake
Big Jake

An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grand...

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Rio Grande
Rio Grande

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of mara...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beaut...

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Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at M...

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Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the rem...

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Dance, Girl, Dance
Dance, Girl, Dance

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash man...

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Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana

Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter...

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The Fallen Sparrow
The Fallen Sparrow

Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City poli...

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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a fami...

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The Black Swan
The Black Swan

When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his f...

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How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley

A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn...

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War Arrow
War Arrow

A thrilling Cavalry-versus-Indians adventure starring Jeff Chandler as an Army official recruiting S...

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McLintock!
McLintock!

Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numer...

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Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad the Sailor

Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexand...

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Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill

Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West s...

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The Long Gray Line
The Long Gray Line

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer a...

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Against All Flags
Against All Flags

In the 18th century, the pirates of Madagascar, lords of the Republic of Libertatia and masters of t...

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Spencer's Mountain
Spencer's Mountain

Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy ...

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This Land Is Mine
This Land Is Mine

Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn bet...

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The Rare Breed
The Rare Breed

When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry ou...

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The Wings of Eagles
The Wings of Eagles

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter....

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The Deadly Companions
The Deadly Companions

Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral p...

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The Parent Trap
The Parent Trap

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later a...

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A Woman's Secret
A Woman's Secret

A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at...

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The Christmas Box
The Christmas Box

A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in he...

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Sitting Pretty
Sitting Pretty

Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey...

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To the Shores of Tripoli
To the Shores of Tripoli

Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally become...

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Immortal Sergeant
Immortal Sergeant

During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty...

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The Redhead from Wyoming
The Redhead from Wyoming

A saloonkeeper sides with the sheriff for justice after she's framed for rustling....

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Comanche Territory
Comanche Territory

White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche to mine for silver...

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The Spanish Main
The Spanish Main

Laurent van Horn is the leader of a band of Dutch refugees on a ship seeking freedom in the Carolina...

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A Bill of Divorcement
A Bill of Divorcement

Father's return from the insane asylum spells calamity for the Fairfield family....

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Do You Love Me
Do You Love Me

Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band leader ...

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Father Was a Fullback
Father Was a Fullback

Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-a...

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Malaga
Malaga

A female former OSS agent is sent to Tangiers, Morocco, to infiltrate and destroy an international s...

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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive fi...

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Lady Godiva of Coventry
Lady Godiva of Coventry

Fictionalized account of events leading up the famous nude ride (alas, her hair covers everything) o...

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The Forbidden Street
The Forbidden Street

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alco...

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At Sword's Point
At Sword's Point

France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is ...

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John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

Dreaming the Quiet Man’ includes interviews with aficionados of Ford like, Martin, Scorsese, Peter B...

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Flame of Araby
Flame of Araby

An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to o...

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Kangaroo
Kangaroo

In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swi...

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Bagdad
Bagdad

An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and h...

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The Foxes of Harrow
The Foxes of Harrow

An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orle...

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Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Ten Gentlemen from West Point

This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy ...

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The Homestretch
The Homestretch

A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit....

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The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair with an...

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Lisbon
Lisbon

For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But one da...

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Sentimental Journey
Sentimental Journey

An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she...

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Everything But the Truth
Everything But the Truth

Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at school...

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Tripoli
Tripoli

In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American...

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Kicking the Moon Around
Kicking the Moon Around

Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring ...

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The Queen of the Sky: The Story of the Sikorsky VS-44A Flying Boat
The Queen of the Sky: The Story of the Sikorsky VS-44A Flying Boat

Built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft, the VS-44 was a large four-engin...

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The Red Pony
The Red Pony

A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red ...

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John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende

Film traces the career of the actor who embodied classic American values like no other - in his film...

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They Met in Argentina
They Met in Argentina

A Texas oil millionaire, after failing to secure oil lands in Argentina, seeks out a famous racehors...

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The Magnificent Matador
The Magnificent Matador

Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tor...

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Perry Como's Irish Christmas
Perry Como's Irish Christmas

Perry Como's last great concert special, filmed in Ireland and screened in 1994. Como appears before...

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How Do I Love Thee?
How Do I Love Thee?

A professor recalls his atheistic father, his devoted mother and his father's blousy mistress....

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My Irish Molly
My Irish Molly

Binkie Stuart, a child star whose career briefly flourished before the outbreak of war in 1939, take...

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Directed by John Ford
Directed by John Ford

A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford....

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The Last Dance
The Last Dance

A retired school teacher is reminded of her past after she befriends with one of her former students...

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Cab to Canada
Cab to Canada

Fact-based story about a Pasadena cab driver who picks up what he believes is a routine fare, an eld...

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A Cry of Angels
A Cry of Angels

Hallmark presents the story of how the greatest oratorio, George Frederic Handel's "The Messiah," ca...

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and in...

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Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver

A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War....

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Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an e...

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The Red, White and Blue Line
The Red, White and Blue Line

A promotional film for United States Savings Bonds...

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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist...

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John Wayne-A Life on Film
John Wayne-A Life on Film

Recap of The Duke's career from its beginning in the silent era up to his final film "The Shootist"....

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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema....

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The Quiet Man: The Joy of Ireland
The Quiet Man: The Joy of Ireland

Maureen O'Hara, Andrew McLaglen, and others recollect how The Quiet Man came to be in this documenta...

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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies...

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John Candy: I Like Me
John Candy: I Like Me

Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-be...

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