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Not to be confused with the earlier actress
Maureen O'Sullivan.
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Maureen O'Hara, born Maureen FitzSimons (b. August
17, 1920), is an Ireland|Irish-United
States|American film actor|actress.  Born in
Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland, the famously red
hair|red-headed beauty is noted for playing
fiercely passionate heroines with a highly
sensible attitude. She often worked with director
John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne.

She came from a theatrical family and began acting
at the age of 14 with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
(Ireland's National Theatre). At the age of 17,
she was offered a screen test in London. Initially
reluctant, she was persuaded to attend. Famed
actor Charles Laughton attended the screen test.
She performed poorly in the test and returned to
Ireland. However, Charles Laughton believed she
had "something."  Laughton looked at the test
again and, while he thought it was awful, he
couldn't forget her eyes. He told his business
partner he was signing her and sent him the test
tape. When he saw the tape, the partner was
furious as he believed it was a poor choice.
However, he came around when he too found he
couldn't forget her eyes. As a result she was
offered an initial seven year contract. Her first
major film was to be Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica
Inn.

In 1939, she and Laughton went to the U.S. to
appear in  The Hunchback of Notre Dame. This film
contains one of her most famous roles, playing
Esmeralda alongside Laughton's Quasimodo.

For her contribution to the motion picture
industry, Maureen O'Hara has a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7004 Hollywood Blvd. In
1993, she was inducted into the Western Performers
Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western
Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In
March 1999 Maureen was selected to be the Grand
Marshal of the New York City St. Patrick's Day
Parade. In 2004 Maureen O'Hara released her
autobiography Tis Herself published by Simon &
Schuster she was also honored with The Lifetime
Achievement Award by the Irish Film and Television
Academy in her native Dublin Ireland.

==Filmography==
*My Irish Molly (1938)
*Kicking the Moon Around (1938)
*Jamaica Inn (1939)
*The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
*A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
*Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
*They Met In Argentina (1941)
*How Green Was My Valley (1941)
*To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
*Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
*The Black Swan (1942)
*Immortal Sergeant (1943)
*This Land Is Mine (1943)
*The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
*Buffalo Bill (1944)
*The Spanish Main (1945)
*Sentimental Journey (1946)
*Do You Love Me (1946)
*Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
*The Homestretch (1947)
*Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
*The Foxes of Harrow (1947)
*Sitting Pretty (1948)
*A Woman's Secret (1949)
*The Forbidden Street (1949)
*Father Was a Fullback (1949)
*Bagdad (movie)|Bagdad (1949)
*Comanche Territory (1950)
*Tripoli (1950)
*Rio Grande (movie)|Rio Grande (1950)
*Flame of Araby (1951)
*At Sword's Point (1952)
*Kangaroo (1952)
*The Quiet Man (1952)
*Against All Flags (1952)
*The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
*War Arrow (1953)
*Fire Over Africa (1954)
*The Long Gray Line (1955)
*The Magnificent Matador (1955)
*Lady Godiva (1955)
*Lisbon (1956)
*Everything But the Truth (1956)
*The Wings of Eagles (1957)
*Our Man in Havana (1959)
*The Deadly Companions (1961)
*The Parent Trap (1961)
*Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
*McLintock! (1963)
*Spencer's Mountain (1963)
*The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)
*The Rare Breed (1966)
*How Do I Love Thee? (1970)
*Big Jake (1971)
*Only the Lonely (movie)|Only the Lonely (1991)
*A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
*The Christmas Box - Television Movie  (1995)
*Cab to Canada -Television Movie  (1998)
*The Last Dance - Television Movie  (2000)

==External links==

* imdb name|id=0000058|name=Maureen O'Hara
* http://www.moharamagazine.com

See also: Notable figures in Western films|Other
notable figures in Western films


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