Personal Info
Birth date
1920-08-17 (104 Years)
Day of death
2015-10-24
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland
Also known as
Maureen FitzSimons
مورین اوهارا
Maureen O'Hara
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.
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4
Overview:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.What's My Line?
6.9
Overview:
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.Golden Globe Awards
7
Overview:
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
5.8
Overview:
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 1969 through June 1972 on CBS. He was offered the show after he hosted a 1968 summer replacement for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Campbell used "Gentle on My Mind" as the theme song of the show. The show was one of the few rural-oriented shows to survive CBS's rural purge of 1971.The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
6
Overview:
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors and its theme song, sung by Shore, was "See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet", which continued to be used in Chevrolet advertising for several more years after the cancellation of the show.Tony Awards
5.1
Overview:
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.Richard & Judy
2.9
Overview:
Richard & Judy was a British chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The show originally aired on Channel 4, from 2001 to 2008, but later moved to digital channel, Watch, in October 2008. The programme featured a number of celebrities and a book club. Its final episode aired in July 2009 due to low ratings.The Bell Telephone Hour
7.333
Overview:
“The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that showcased the best in Broadway, Classical, Concert, Jazz and Popular music each week. The series had its’ own house band appropriately named the “Bell Telephone Orchestra”. The show also had its’ own theme song being the “Bell Waltz” composed by “Donald Voorhees” who was also the show's Orchestra conductor. Some of the greatest violinists of the 1960’s performed on this show that aired in the old “Black & White” format. Some of these great violinists included “Erica Mornin”, “Isaac Stern", "Michael Rabin", "Ruggiero Ricci", "Yehudi Menuhin" and "Zino Francesacatti". From time to time some of the great singers and bandleaders of the 1960’s would perform on the show as well. Some of these were “Bing Crosby”, “Gordon MacRae”, “John Gary”, “Leslie Uggams”, “Mary Martin”, “Nelson Eddy”, “Patti Page” and “Roy Rogers”. The TV show followed on the heels of its’ predecessor with the same name on “NBC” radio that aired from 29 April 1940 to 1958 on Monday nights at 8 PM. The name of the show was derived from its’ Major sponsor “Bell Telephone Laboratories”. The TV version began airing on Friday nights at 8:30 PM once a month. It later was given it’s same time slot now airing every other week alternating with another show on the other weeks such as News shows and specials. The show time slot changed quite often over the years. In September 1960 it aired at 9 PM and in September 1961 it moved to 9:30 PM. In October 1963 it moved to Tuesday nights at 10 PM, September 1965 it moved to Sunday night at 6:30 PM and in September 1967 it made its' final move back to Friday night at 10 PM.DuPont Show of the Month
6.75
Overview:
DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.The George Gobel Show
7.333
Overview:
The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960.The Hollywood Greats
3.5
Overview:
Hollywood Greats was a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates. He later made a series called British Greats in 1980. A series of books, entitled The Hollywood Greats, The Movie Greats and The British Greats, which were authored by Norman were subsequently published. A series of the same name was later presented by Jonathan Ross from 1999 to 2006.Screen Actors Guild Awards
6.2
Overview:
One of awards season's premier events, the SAG Awards annually celebrates the outstanding motion picture and television performances of the year, as voted on by SAG-AFTRA's robust and diverse membership of 122,000+ performers.The American Film Institute Salute to ...
6.3
Overview:
In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally advanced the film art; whose accomplishments have been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time.Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Overview:
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.The Parent Trap
7
Overview:
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.McLintock!
6.555
Overview:
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.Miracle on 34th Street
7.367
Overview:
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7.299
Overview:
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.The Black Swan
6.4
Overview:
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.How Green Was My Valley
7.266
Overview:
A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.The Deadly Companions
5.7
Overview:
Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.The Quiet Man
7.309
Overview:
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.Jamaica Inn
6.097
Overview:
In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.Kangaroo
5.2
Overview:
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the rancher's beautiful daughter.Rio Grande
6.8
Overview:
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.Big Jake
6.9
Overview:
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.This Land Is Mine
7.1
Overview:
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
6.4
Overview:
Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey, embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as does TV-addicted son Danny. When the family is joined by Hobbs' two unhappily married daughters and their husbands, he must help everyone with their problems to get some peace.Acting
2012John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man as Self
20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
2002The Quiet Man: The Joy of Ireland as Self
2001The Queen of the Sky: The Story of the Sikorsky VS-44A Flying Boat as Self
2001Richard & Judy (1 Episode) as Self
2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood as Self
2000The Last Dance as Helen Parker
2000Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' as Self
2000John Wayne-A Life on Film as Self (archive footage)
1998Cab to Canada as Katherine
1995The Christmas Box as Mary Parkin
1995Screen Actors Guild Awards (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994Perry Como's Irish Christmas as Self
1991Only the Lonely as Rose Muldoon
1991John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende as Unknown
1977The Hollywood Greats (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1 Episode) as Self
1973The Red Pony as Ruth Tiflin
1971Directed by John Ford as Self (1992)
1971Big Jake as Martha McCandles
1970How Do I Love Thee? as Elsie Waltz
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1 Episode) as Self
1968The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
1966The Rare Breed as Martha Price
1965The Battle of the Villa Fiorita as Moira
1963A Cry of Angels as Unknown
1963McLintock! as Katherine Gilhooley McLintock
1963Spencer's Mountain as Olivia Spencer
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1 Episode) as Self
1962Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Peggy Hobbs
1961The Deadly Companions as Kit Tilden
1961The Parent Trap as Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick
1960Our Man in Havana as Beatrice Severn
1960Mrs. Miniver as Mrs. Miniver
1959The Bell Telephone Hour (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Self - Hostess, Self - Host
1957DuPont Show of the Month (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957The Wings of Eagles as Min Wead
1956Everything But the Truth as Joan Madison
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1 Episode) as Self
1956Lisbon as Sylvia Merrill
1956Tony Awards (1 Episode) as Self - In Memoriam (archive footage)
1955Lady Godiva of Coventry as Lady Godiva
1955The Red, White and Blue Line as Self
1955The Magnificent Matador as Karen Harrison
1955The Long Gray Line as Mary O'Donnell
1954The George Gobel Show (1 Episode) as Self
1954Malaga as Joanna Dana
1953War Arrow as Elaine Corwin
1953The Redhead from Wyoming as Kate Maxwell
1952Against All Flags as Spitfire Stevens
1952The Quiet Man as Mary Kate Danaher
1952Kangaroo as Dell McGuire
1952At Sword's Point as Claire - daughter of Athos
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Susanna Cibber
1951Flame of Araby as Princess Tanya
1950Rio Grande as Mrs. Kathleen Yorke
1950Tripoli as Gräfin D'Arneau
1950Comanche Territory as Katie Howard
1950What's My Line? (1 Episode) as Self - Mystery Guest
1949Bagdad as Princess Marjan
1949Father Was a Fullback as Elizabeth Cooper
1949The Forbidden Street as Adelaide 'Addie' Culver
1949A Woman's Secret as Marian Washburn
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1948Sitting Pretty as Tacey King
1947The Foxes of Harrow as Odalie D'Arceneaux
1947Miracle on 34th Street as Doris Walker
1947The Homestretch as Leslie Hale Wallace
1947Sinbad the Sailor as Shireen
1946Do You Love Me as Katherine 'Kitten' Hilliard
1946Sentimental Journey as Julie Beck Weatherly
1945The Spanish Main as Contessa Francesca
1944Buffalo Bill as Louisa Frederici
1944Golden Globe Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Presenter
1943The Fallen Sparrow as Toni Donne
1943This Land Is Mine as Louise Martin
1943Immortal Sergeant as Valentine Lee
1942The Black Swan as Lady Margaret Denby
1942To the Shores of Tripoli as Mary Carter
1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Carolyn Bainbridge
1941How Green Was My Valley as Angharad Morgan
1941They Met in Argentina as Lolita O'Shea
1940Dance, Girl, Dance as Judy O'Brien
1940A Bill of Divorcement as Sydney Fairfield
1939The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Esmeralda
1939Jamaica Inn as Mary Yellan
1938My Irish Molly as Eileen O'Shea
1938Kicking the Moon Around as Secretary