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Maureen O'Hara

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.

Highest rated movies

96% 87% Miracle on 34th Street
95% 77% Our Man in Havana
94% 87% The Hunchback of Notre Dame
93% 81% How Green Was My Valley
91% 91% The Quiet Man
90% 75% The Parent Trap
90% 74% The Long Gray Line
86% 37% The Deadly Companions

Filmography

Movies

Credit
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 67% The Christmas Box Mary Parkin (Character) - 1995
65% 50% 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% 85% Big Jake Martha McCandles (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet How Do I Love Thee? Elsie Waltz (Character) - 1970
29% 58% The Rare Breed Martha Price (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Battle of the Villa Fiorita Moira (Character) - 1965
80% 67% Spencer's Mountain Olivia Spencer (Character) - 1963
57% 84% McLintock! Katherine Gilhooley McLintock (Character) - 1963
80% 69% Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation Peggy Hobbs (Character) - 1962
86% 37% The Deadly Companions Kit Tildon (Character) - 1962
90% 75% The Parent Trap Maggie McKendrick (Character) - 1961
95% 77% Our Man in Havana Beatrice Severn (Character) - 1960
40% 56% 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 27% Lisbon Sylvia Merrill (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 33% Lady Godiva Lady Godiva (Character) - 1955
90% 74% 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 46% War Arrow Elaine Corwin (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 50% Flame of Araby Princess Tanya (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 53% Against All Flags Prudence `'Spitfire'` Stevens (Character) - 1952
50% 75% The Redhead From Wyoming Kate Maxwell (Character) - 1952
91% 91% The Quiet Man Mary Kate Danaher (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 12% Kangaroo Dell McGuire (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 60% At Sword's Point Claire (Character) - 1952
71% 70% Rio Grande Mrs. Kathleen York (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 83% Comanche Territory Katie Howard (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tripoli Countess D'Arneau (Character) - 1950
43% 36% A Woman's Secret Marian Washburn (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 27% 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 77% Sitting Pretty Tacey King (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Homestretch Leslie Hale (Character) - 1947
96% 87% Miracle on 34th Street Doris Walker (Character) - 1947
80% 58% 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 33% Sentimental Journey Julie Beck/Weatherly (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 50% The Spanish Main Contessa Francesca (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 45% Buffalo Bill Louisa Frederici Cody (Character) - 1944
71% 81% This Land Is Mine Louise Martin (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 50% The Fallen Sparrow Toni Donne (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 56% The Immortal Sergeant Valentine Lee (Character) - 1943
83% 73% The Black Swan Lady Margaret Denby (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 56% 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% 81% 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% 64% 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% 87% The Hunchback of Notre Dame Esmeralda (Character) - 1939
52% 35% Jamaica Inn Mary (Character) - 1939

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Startime Unknown (Character) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1959