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.
Known For
Complete Filmography
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
2012
as Self
Dreaming the Quiet Man’ includes interviews with aficionados of Ford like, Martin, Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovicz, Jim Sheridan, William Dowling, and Jo...
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western...
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.
The Quiet Man: The Joy of Ireland
2002
as Self
Maureen O'Hara, Andrew McLaglen, and others recollect how The Quiet Man came to be in this documentary.
The Queen of the Sky: The Story of the Sikorsky VS-44A Flying Boat
2001
as Self
Built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft, the VS-44 was a large four-engine flying boat designed primarily for the transatla...
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
The Last Dance
2000
as Helen Parker
A retired school teacher is reminded of her past after she befriends with one of her former students, Todd Cope.
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
as Self
Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an enduring masterpiece despite the challenges of wart...
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Recap of The Duke's career from its beginning in the silent era up to his final film "The Shootist".
Cab to Canada
1998
as Katherine
Fact-based story about a Pasadena cab driver who picks up what he believes is a routine fare, an elderly woman on her way to a funeral. However, the w...
The Christmas Box
1995
as Mary Parkin
A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. While struggling to balan...
Perry Como's Irish Christmas
1994
as Self
Perry Como's last great concert special, filmed in Ireland and screened in 1994. Como appears before an audience of 4,500 in Ireland's celebrated Poin...
Only the Lonely
1991
as Rose Muldoon
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns the...
John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende
1991
Film traces the career of the actor who embodied classic American values like no other - in his film and television roles as well as in his private li...
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
The Red Pony
1973
as Ruth Tiflin
A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red pony.
Directed by John Ford
1971
as Self (1992)
A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.
Big Jake
1971
as Martha McCandles
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.
How Do I Love Thee?
1970
as Elsie Waltz
A professor recalls his atheistic father, his devoted mother and his father's blousy mistress.
The Rare Breed
1966
as Martha Price
When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle i...
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
as Moira
Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair with an Italian concert pianist.
A Cry of Angels
1963
Hallmark presents the story of how the greatest oratorio, George Frederic Handel's "The Messiah," came to be written in the English language.
McLintock!
1963
as Katherine Gilhooley McLintock
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly ...
Spencer's Mountain
1963
as Olivia Spencer
Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the t...
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
as Peggy Hobbs
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...
The Deadly Companions
1961
as Kit Tilden
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 Parent Trap
1961
as Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick
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 ...
Our Man in Havana
1960
as Beatrice Severn
Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. He owns a vacuum cleaner shop but isn’t ve...
Mrs. Miniver
1960
as Mrs. Miniver
A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Min Wead
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
Everything But the Truth
1956
as Joan Madison
Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at school, with the blessings of his pretty teacher Joan Ma...
Lisbon
1956
as Sylvia Merrill
For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But one day he's hired by Aristides Mavros for a more involv...
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
as Lady Godiva
Fictionalized account of events leading up the famous nude ride (alas, her hair covers everything) of the militant Saxon lady.
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
as Self
A promotional film for United States Savings Bonds
The Magnificent Matador
1955
as Karen Harrison
Karen Harrison is a spoiled, rich, American predator who falls head-over-heels for the brooding, tormented, about-to-retire matador, Luis Santos who h...
The Long Gray Line
1955
as Mary O'Donnell
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States ...
Malaga
1954
as Joanna Dana
A female former OSS agent is sent to Tangiers, Morocco, to infiltrate and destroy an international smuggling ring.
War Arrow
1953
as Elaine Corwin
A thrilling Cavalry-versus-Indians adventure starring Jeff Chandler as an Army official recruiting Seminole allies, against his superior's wishes, to ...
The Redhead from Wyoming
1953
as Kate Maxwell
A saloonkeeper sides with the sheriff for justice after she's framed for rustling.
Against All Flags
1952
as Spitfire Stevens
In the 18th century, the pirates of Madagascar, lords of the Republic of Libertatia and masters of the Indian Ocean, live in an impregnable natural fo...
The Quiet Man
1952
as Mary Kate Danaher
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Kangaroo
1952
as Dell McGuire
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals ...
At Sword's Point
1952
as Claire - daughter of Athos
France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is in virtually open rebellion, scheming to seize pow...
Flame of Araby
1951
as Princess Tanya
An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to oppose the Corsair Lords.
Rio Grande
1950
as Mrs. Kathleen Yorke
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable st...
Tripoli
1950
as Gräfin D'Arneau
In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag.
Comanche Territory
1950
as Katie Howard
Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into t...
Bagdad
1949
as Princess Marjan
An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and his Black Riders.
Father Was a Fullback
1949
as Elizabeth Cooper
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and...
The Forbidden Street
1949
as Adelaide 'Addie' Culver
In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarre...
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Marian Washburn
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal p...
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Tacey King
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter,...
The Foxes of Harrow
1947
as Odalie D'Arceneaux
An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Doris Walker
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgivin...
The Homestretch
1947
as Leslie Hale Wallace
A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
as Shireen
Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexander the Great. His first stop is the port of Basra,...
Do You Love Me
1946
as Katherine 'Kitten' Hilliard
Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band leader Barry Clayton on a train. To "show" him she takes ...
Sentimental Journey
1946
as Julie Beck Weatherly
An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She dec...
The Spanish Main
1945
as Contessa Francesca
Laurent van Horn is the leader of a band of Dutch refugees on a ship seeking freedom in the Carolinas, when the ship is wrecked on the coast of Cartag...
Buffalo Bill
1944
as Louisa Frederici
Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.
The Fallen Sparrow
1943
as Toni Donne
Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to Americ...
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Louise Martin
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and c...
Immortal Sergeant
1943
as Valentine Lee
During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty about his strength as a leader.
The Black Swan
1942
as Lady Margaret Denby
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 buccane...
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942
as Mary Carter
Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally becomes a battle-wise soldier.
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Carolyn Bainbridge
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress...
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Angharad Morgan
A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.
They Met in Argentina
1941
as Lolita O'Shea
A Texas oil millionaire, after failing to secure oil lands in Argentina, seeks out a famous racehorse in Buenos Aires and orders his representative to...
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
as Judy O'Brien
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career...
A Bill of Divorcement
1940
as Sydney Fairfield
Father's return from the insane asylum spells calamity for the Fairfield family.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Esmeralda
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback...
Jamaica Inn
1939
as Mary Yellan
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 innkeep...
My Irish Molly
1938
as Eileen O'Shea
Binkie Stuart, a child star whose career briefly flourished before the outbreak of war in 1939, takes the titular role in this heart-warming musical c...
Kicking the Moon Around
1938
as Secretary
Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall and Harry Richman. In an...