Maureen O'Hara

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Aug 17, 1920 (104 years old)
Death date
Oct 24, 2015

Maureen O'Hara

Known For

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1h 9m
Movie 2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
3h 0m
Movie 2002

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

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

The Quiet Man: The Joy of Ireland
0h 30m
Movie 2002

The Quiet Man: The Joy of Ireland

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

The Queen of the Sky: The Story of the Sikorsky VS-44A Flying Boat
0h 56m
Movie 2001

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-engine flying boat designed primarily for the transatlantic passenger market, with a capacity of 40+ passengers. Three units were produced: Excalibur, Exeter - and Excambian, "The Queen of the Sky" to its final owners Charlie Blair and his wife, actress Maureen O'Hara. The film explores aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky and the eleven-year restoration of Excambian by volunteers at Sikorsky's Stratford plant.

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
1h 59m
Movie 2001

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

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

The Last Dance
1h 45m
Movie 2000

The Last Dance

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

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
0h 24m
Movie 2000

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an enduring masterpiece despite the challenges of wartime production.

John Wayne-A Life on Film
0h 50m
Movie 2000

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".

Cab to Canada
2h 0m
Movie 1998

Cab to Canada

Fact-based story about a Pasadena cab driver who picks up what he believes is a routine fare, an elderly woman on her way to a funeral. However, the wealthy woman is soon is insisting that the cabbie drive her on a cross-country trip that ends up entailing 3100 miles and ending in Vancouver. Initially contentious, the two eventually find a reluctant friendship growing.

Perry Como's Irish Christmas
1h 25m
Movie 1994

Perry Como's Irish Christmas

Perry Como's last great concert special, filmed in Ireland and screened in 1994. Como appears before an audience of 4,500 in Ireland's celebrated Point Theater, with Irish President Mary Robinson and actress Maureen O'Hara in attendance.

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.

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