Maureen O'Hara
Highest Rated: 96% Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Lowest Rated: 29% The Rare Breed (1966)
Birthday: Aug 17, 1920
Birthplace: Ranelagh, Ireland
So striking in appearance that Technicolor inventor Herbert Kalmus was said to have used her red-haired and green-eyed image to promote his creation, Maureen O'Hara was an Irish-born actress whose versatility allowed her to move gracefully from dramas to comedies and even period adventures. She was a favorite of director John Ford, who cast her in five of his films, including "How Green Was My Valley" (1941), "Rio Grande" (1950) and "The Quiet Man" (1952). Her co-star in two Ford films was John Wayne, and their on-screen chemistry lead to several collaborations; she was also well-paired with James Stewart, with whom she appeared twice. She retired in the early 1970s and enjoyed a successful second career as a magazine publisher and later the first woman president of an airline company. After retiring from the screen for the second and final time in 2000, O'Hara lived a peaceful life under her death on October 24, 2015 at the age of 95.
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Maureen O'Hara
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Dance | Helen Parker (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cab to Canada | Katherine Eure (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Christmas Box | Mary Parkin (Character) | - | 1995 |
65% |
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Only the Lonely | Rose Muldoon (Character) | $19.9M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That's Action! | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Pony | Ruth Tiflin (Character) | - | 1973 |
75% |
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Big Jake | Martha McCandles (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How Do I Love Thee? | Elsie Waltz (Character) | - | 1970 |
29% |
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The Rare Breed | Martha Price (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Battle of the Villa Fiorita | Moira (Character) | - | 1965 |
80% |
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Spencer's Mountain | Olivia Spencer (Character) | - | 1963 |
57% |
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McLintock! | Katherine Gilhooley McLintock (Character) | - | 1963 |
80% |
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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Peggy Hobbs (Character) | - | 1962 |
86% |
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The Deadly Companions | Kit Tildon (Character) | - | 1962 |
90% |
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The Parent Trap | Maggie McKendrick (Character) | - | 1961 |
95% |
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Our Man in Havana | Beatrice Severn (Character) | - | 1960 |
40% |
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The Wings of Eagles | Min Wead (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Everything but the Truth | Joan Madison (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Lisbon | Sylvia Merrill (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Lady Godiva | Lady Godiva (Character) | - | 1955 |
90% |
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The Long Gray Line | Mary O'Donnell (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Magnificent Matador | Karen Harrison (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fire Over Africa | Joanna Dana (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Malaga | Joanna Dana (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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War Arrow | Elaine Corwin (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Flame of Araby | Princess Tanya (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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Against All Flags | Prudence `'Spitfire'` Stevens (Character) | - | 1952 |
50% |
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The Redhead From Wyoming | Kate Maxwell (Character) | - | 1952 |
91% |
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The Quiet Man | Mary Kate Danaher (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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Kangaroo | Dell McGuire (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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At Sword's Point | Claire (Character) | - | 1952 |
71% |
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Rio Grande | Mrs. Kathleen York (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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Comanche Territory | Katie Howard (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tripoli | Countess D'Arneau (Character) | - | 1950 |
43% |
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A Woman's Secret | Marian Washburn (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet |
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Father Was a Fullback | Elizabeth Cooper (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Forbidden Street | Adelaide "Addie" Culver (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bagdad | Princess Marjan (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet |
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Sitting Pretty | Tacey King (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Homestretch | Leslie Hale (Character) | - | 1947 |
96% |
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Miracle on 34th Street | Doris Walker (Character) | - | 1947 |
80% |
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Sinbad the Sailor | Shireen (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Foxes of Harrow | Odalie "Lilli" D'Arceneaux (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Do You Love Me? | Katherine "Kitten" Hilliard (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet |
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Sentimental Journey |
Julie Beck/ |
- | 1946 |
No Score Yet |
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The Spanish Main | Contessa Francesca (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet |
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Buffalo Bill | Louisa Frederici Cody (Character) | - | 1944 |
71% |
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This Land Is Mine | Louise Martin (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet |
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The Fallen Sparrow | Toni Donne (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet |
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The Immortal Sergeant | Valentine Lee (Character) | - | 1943 |
83% |
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The Black Swan | Lady Margaret Denby (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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To the Shores of Tripoli | Mary Carter (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ten Gentlemen From West Point | Carolyn Bainbridge (Character) | - | 1942 |
93% |
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How Green Was My Valley | Angharad Morgan, Eldest Daughter (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They Met in Argentina | Lolita O'Shea (Character) | - | 1941 |
83% |
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Dance, Girl, Dance | Judy O'Brien (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Bill of Divorcement | Sydney Fairfield (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Irish Molly | Eileen O'Shea (Character) | - | 1940 |
94% |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Esmeralda (Character) | - | 1939 |
52% |
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Jamaica Inn | Mary (Character) | - | 1939 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Startime | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1959 |