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Maureen O'Hara

Acting · Born August 17, 1920 · Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland

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.

Movies with Maureen O'Hara

• John Candy: I Like Me (2025) — Self (archive footage)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947) — Doris Walker
• The Parent Trap (1961) — Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — Esmeralda
• McLintock! (1963) — Katherine Gilhooley McLintock
• The Quiet Man (1952) — Mary Kate Danaher
• How Green Was My Valley (1941) — Angharad Morgan
• Only the Lonely (1991) — Rose Muldoon
• The Black Swan (1942) — Lady Margaret Denby
• Rio Grande (1950) — Mrs. Kathleen Yorke
• Jamaica Inn (1939) — Mary Yellan
• Big Jake (1971) — Martha McCandles