Line #16 Creator/MaureenOHara


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3	Maureen O'Hara, born Maureen [=FitzSimons=] (17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015), was an Irish actress and probably the most famous FieryRedhead leading lady in film history. She was (more or less) "discovered" by Creator/CharlesLaughton, who gave her an important part in ''Jamaica Inn'' and her first starring role as Esmeralda in 1939's ''[[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''.
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5	With her flaming red hair and deep green eyes, O'Hara -- called at one time "The Queen of Technicolor" -- is considered one of the greatest beauties of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. She was so popular that many around the world began to link [[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead red hair and green eyes]] with Irish people. She was also one of Hollywood's earliest {{Action Girl}}s, donning PirateGirl garb and seizing a sword, or sporting the flimsiest of veils in Hollywood's best ArabianNightsDays style, to appear as the strong-willed heroine of quite a few {{Swashbuckler}}s.
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7	O'Hara was a long time friend and collaborator with the legendary Creator/JohnWayne. The two appeared in five movies together: ''Film/RioGrande'', ''Film/TheQuietMan'', ''The Wings of Eagles'', ''Film/McLintock'' and ''Big Jake''. Like Wayne, she worked extensively with iconic director Creator/JohnFord, although they later grew to loathe each other.
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9	In 2014, she was slated to win a Lifetime Achievement UsefulNotes/AcademyAward at the Governor's Awards Show function. (She was and still is considered one of the more notable Golden Age actresses never to have even been nominated for a competitive Oscar.) Maureen passed away on October 24, 2015 at the age of 95.
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12	!!Some notable films Maureen O'Hara appeared in include:
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14	* ''Kicking the Moon Around'', as the Secretary (1938)
15	* ''Little Miss Molly'', as Eileen O'Shea (1938)
16	* ''Film/JamaicaInn'', as Mary, niece of [[EvilUncle pirate gangleader]] Joss Merlyn and object of interest for [[DastardlyWhiplash Bad Baronet]] Sir Humphrey Pengallen (1938)
17	* ''[[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', as Esmeralda (1939)
18	* ''A Bill of Divorcement'', as Sydney Fairfield (1940) -- A remake of Creator/KatharineHepburn's 1932 premiere movie.
19	* ''Film/DanceGirlDance'', as Judy O'Brien (1940)
20	* ''Film/HowGreenWasMyValley'', as Angarad Morgan (1941) -- Her first film directed by Creator/JohnFord
21	* ''To the Shores of Tripoli'', as Mary Carter (1942)
22	* ''Ten Gentlemen from West Point'', Carolyn Bainbridge (1942)
23	* Creator/RafaelSabatini's ''Film/{{The Black Swan\|1942}}'', as Lady Margaret Denby (1942) -- She appears opposite Creator/TyronePower in her first {{Swashbuckler}}, in which she transforms at the end into a PirateGirl
24	* ''Immortal Sergeant'', as Valentine Lee (1943) -- With Creator/HenryFonda
25	* ''Film/ThisLandIsMine'', as Louise Martin (1943) -- A moving drama of Occupied France, in which Creator/CharlesLaughton is a reluctant saboteur.
26	* ''Buffalo Bill'', as Louisa Frederici Cody (1944) -- Opposite Creator/JoelMcCrea as the titular William Frederick Cody. Her first [[TheWestern Western]].
27	* ''The Spanish Main'', as Contessa Francesca (1945) -- Another {{Swashbuckler}} film, very similar to ''The Black Swan'', but with Paul Henried as the raffish (though in this case rather elderly) {{Pirate}}. Walter Slezak steals the show.
28	* ''Film/SinbadTheSailor'', as Shireen (1947) -- Her first ArabianNightsDays {{Swashbuckler}}, opposite Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr, as Sinbad. Walter Slezak doesn't ''quite'' steal the show.
29	* ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet'', as Doris Walker (1947)
30	* ''Sitting Pretty'', as Tracey King (1948) -- The film that introduced Clifton Webb as Mr. Belvedere.
31	* ''Bagdad'', as Princess Marjan (1949) -- Another ArabianNightsDays {{Swashbuckler}}, with Paul Christian as Prince Hassan and Creator/VincentPrice as the [[EvilChancellor Evil Vizier]] lusting after the princess.
32	* ''Comanche Territory'', as Katie Howard (1950) -- Another {{Western}}, opposite Creator/MacdonaldCarey of SoapOpera fame.
33	* ''Tripoli'', as the Comtesse D'Arneau (1950) -- A War Movie, {{Pirate}} movie, and ArabianNightsDays movie, featuring the U.S. Marines fighting Barbary Pirates and Maureen in the inevitable yashmak.
34	* ''Film/RioGrande'', as Kathleen Yorke (1950) -- Maureen's first picture with Creator/JohnWayne and the last of Ford's great "Cavalry Trilogy".
35	* ''Flame of Araby'', as Princess Tanya (1951) -- ArabianNightsDays again, this time opposite Jeff Chandler.
36	* ''At Sword's Point'', as Claire, the Daughter of Athos (1952) -- Another {{Swashbuckler}}, in which the children of Literature/TheThreeMusketeers unite to oppose the [[AristocratsAreEvil evil Duc de Lavalle]]. Maureen is a full-blown sword-swinging ActionGirl in this one, opposite Cornell Wilde as the Son of D'Artagnan.
37	* ''Film/TheQuietMan'', as Mary Kate Danaher (1952) -- Her second with Ford and Wayne, Maureen is cast [[SarcasmMode entirely against type]] as a FieryRedhead from {{Oireland}}.
38	* ''Film/AgainstAllFlags'', as Prudence "Spitfire" Stephens (1952) -- Her last, and possibly best, {{Pirate}} {{Swashbuckler}}, fittingly opposite Creator/ErrolFlynn.
39	* ''The Long Gray Line'', as Mary O'Donnell (1955) -- Her third with John Ford, this time opposite Tyrone Power.
40	* ''Lady Godiva of Coventry'', as Lady Godiva (1955) -- Maureen does indeed play the first nude tax-protestor, though her GodivaHair ensures that she does not shock the sensibilities even of the nun who leads her horse.
41	* ''Lisbon'', as Sylvia Merrill (1956) -- Chiefly interesting for having been directed by her co-star, Ray Milland.
42	* ''The Wings of Eagles'', as Min Wead (1957) -- Her third with John Wayne and fourth with John Ford. A military RomanticComedy.
43	* ''The Deadly Companions'', as Kit Tilden (1961)--Another film she did with Brian Keith and a western.
44	* ''Film/{{The Parent Trap\|1961}}'', as Maggie [=McKendrick=] (1961) -- The Creator/{{Disney}} comedy, with Maureen as the mother of Hayley Mills -- and Hayley Mills -- and estranged wife of Mitch Evers.
45	* ''Film/MrHobbsTakesAVacation'', as Peggy Hobbs (1962) -- Opposite Creator/JimmyStewart.
46	* ''Spencer's Mountain'', as Olivia Spencer (1963) -- Opposite Henry Fonda. The film that inspired ''Series/TheWaltons''.
47	* ''Film/McLintock'', as Katherine Gilhooley [=McLintock=] (1963) -- Her fourth with John Wayne, but no John Ford this time around.
48	* ''The Rare Breed'', as Martha Price (1966) -- A {{Western}} opposite Jimmy Stewart.
49	* ''Film/BigJake'', as Martha [=McCandles=] (1971) -- Her fifth and last film with John Wayne. [[note]]Eight years later, O'Hara initiated the petition to have Wayne awarded a Congressional Gold Medal inscribed "John Wayne -- American", which was awarded to him on May 26, 1979 -- 17 days before his death from cancer.[[/note]]
50	* ''Literature/TheRedPony'', as Ruth Tiflin (1973) -- Opposite Henry Fonda.
51	* ''Film/OnlyTheLonely'', as Rose Muldoon (1991) -- As John Candy's domineering mother. Her last cinematic film.

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