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Maureen O'Hara
Irish-American actress (1920–2015)
This article is about the actress and singer. For the financial economist, see Maureen O'Hara (financial economist).
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| Born | Maureen FitzSimons (1920-08-17)17 August 1920 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 24 October 2015(2015-10-24) (aged 95) Boise, Idaho, US |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
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| Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music |
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| Years active | |
| Works | Filmography |
| Spouses | George H. Brown (m. 1939; annul.Tooltip annulled 1941)William Houston Price (m. 1941; div. 1953) |
| Children | 1 |
Maureen O'Hara (née FitzSimons; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was an Irish-born naturalized American actress who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s.[1] She was a natural redhead who was known for playing passionate but sensible heroines, often in Westerns and advent
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Maureen O'Hara filmography
List of films
Maureen O'Hara (1920–2015) was an Irish singer and actress from Dublin, who worked primarily in American film and television. She was born into a close-knit and artistically talented family; her mother was a contralto vocalist, and her three sisters and two brothers were budding actors and musical performers. O'Hara received music and dance lessons at the Ena Burke School of Elocution and Drama, becoming a member of the Rathmines Theatre Company when she was 10 years old. While still a teenager, she won several Radio Éireann Players contests to perform with them. She also won the Dublin Feis Award, for her performance as Portia in The Merchant of Venice. O’Hara was a member of the Abbey Theatre School, and a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music.
O'Hara's entry into films was the result of her and her parents meeting actor Harry Richman, who offered her a one-line part in the British comedy film Kicking the Moon Around (1938). Within the next year she had made a screen test, following which, actor Charles Laughton cast her in
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Maureen O’Hara “An Irishwoman has guts and stands up for what she believes in”
Maureen O’Hara, the late Hollywood actor, grew up in Ranelagh, Co. Dublin: “I didn’t take discipline very well”.
Early Life
Before she was one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors, Maureen O’Hara was born in August 1920 as Maureen FitzSimons on Beechwood Avenue in Ranelagh. Her mother was an operatic contralto, and her father was involved in the clothing industry. O’Hara was born during a tumultuous moment in Irish history. It was the middle of the War of Independence and the Civil War was looming, while nation was beginning to define itself. The Proclamation of the Irish Republic in 1916 had promised “civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens” and throughout her life O’Hara was determined to seize those opportunities.
An active, physically capable child, she earned the nickname “baby elephant”. O’Hara enjoyed football, swimming in the river Dodder and horse riding. She was the only red-haired child in the family, and stood ou
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