Overview
Maureen O'Hara
Known For
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest...
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
A look at one hundred years of romance in American...
The Quiet Man: The Joy of Ireland
Maureen O'Hara, Andrew McLaglen, and others recollect how The Quiet...
The Queen of the Sky: The Story of the Sikorsky VS-44A Flying Boat
Built in the United States in the early 1940s by...
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film...
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck...
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.