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Maureen O'Hara was an Irish and American actress and singer. She was a famous redhead who was known for playing fiercely passionate but sensible heroines, often in westerns and adventure films. On numerous occasions, she worked with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne. O'Hara was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Birth Name
Maureen FitzSimons
Born
Tuesday, 17 August 1920
Died
Saturday, 24 October 2015
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| The 70th Annual Tony Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2016 |
| The Oscars | Self - Honorary Award Recipient | 2015 |
| Autopsy: The Last Hours of | Self | 2014 |
| Dreaming the Quiet Man | Self | 2012 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Judy O'Brien | 2011 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories | Self | 2002 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| The 70th Annual Tony Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2016 |
| The Oscars | Self - Honorary Award Recipient | 2015 |
| Autopsy: The Last Hours of | Self | 2014 |
| Dreaming the Quiet Man | Self | 2012 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Judy O'Brien | 2011 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories | Self | 2002 |
| Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self | 2001 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Cab to Canada | Katherine Eure / Katherine | 1998 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Tacey King | 1997 |
| The Christmas Box | Mrs. Mary Parkin / Mary Parkin | 1995 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
| A Century of Cinema | Self | 1994 |
| Only the Lonely | Rose Muldoon | 1991 |
| John Wayne: Eine Amerikanische Legende | 1991 | |
| Doogie Howser, M.D. | Angharad | 1989 |
| Biography | Self / Katherine Gilhooley McLintock | 1987 |
| The Red Pony | Ruth Tiflin | 1973 |
| The Fabulous Fordies | Self | 1972 |
| The American West of John Ford | Mrs. Kathleen Yorke | 1971 |
| Directed by John Ford | Self (1992) / Herself (archive footage) | 1971 |
| Big Jake | Martha McCandles | 1971 |
| How Do I Love Thee? | Elsie Waltz | 1970 |
| The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour | Self | 1969 |
| The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show | Self - Guest | 1968 |
| Off to See the Wizard | Mother Goose | 1967 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Herself - Guest | 1966 |
| The Rare Breed | Martha Price | 1966 |
| The Battle of the Villa Fiorita | Moira | 1965 |
| The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) | Self - Panelist | 1965 |
| McLintock! | Katherine Gilhooley McLintock | 1963 |
| The Jimmy Dean Show | Self - Guest | 1963 |
| Spencer's Mountain | Olivia Spencer | 1963 |
| You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself / Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Andy Williams Show | Self - Guest | 1962 |
| Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Peggy Hobbs | 1962 |
| Theatre '62 | Constance Peterson | 1961 |
| The Parent Trap | Maggie McKendrick / Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick | 1961 |
| The Deadly Companions | Kit Tildon / Kit Tilden | 1961 |
| Our Man in Havana | Beatrice Severn | 1960 |
| Startime | Self | 1959 |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Host | 1959 |
| The Garry Moore Show | Self - Guest / Self - Sara Longstreet | 1958 |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | Lady Marguerite Blakeney | 1957 |
| The Wings of Eagles | Min Wead | 1957 |
| Everything But the Truth | Joan Madison | 1956 |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Herself - Actress | 1956 |
| Lisbon | Sylvia Merrill | 1956 |
| Lady Godiva of Coventry | Lady Godiva | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self / Self (via telephone) | 1955 |
| The Magnificent Matador | Karen Harrison | 1955 |
| The Long Gray Line | Mary O'Donnell | 1955 |
| Malaga | Joanna Dana | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Maggie McKendrick | 1954 |
| The George Gobel Show | Herself - Guest | 1954 |
| War Arrow | Elaine Corwin | 1954 |
| The Redhead from Wyoming | Kate Maxwell | 1953 |
| Against All Flags | Prudence 'Spitfire' Stevens / Prudence "Spitfire" Stevens | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| The Quiet Man | Mary Kate Danaher | 1952 |
| Kangaroo | Dell McGuire | 1952 |
| At Sword's Point | Claire - Daughter of Athos | 1952 |
| Flame of Araby | Princess Tanya | 1951 |
| Sheilah Graham in Hollywood | Herself | 1951 |
| Rio Grande | Mrs. Kathleen Yorke | 1950 |
| Tripoli | Countess D'Arneau / Gräfin D'Arneau | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Self - Intermission Guest | 1950 |
| Comanche Territory | Katie Howard | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Bagdad | Princess Marjan | 1949 |
| Father Was a Fullback | Elizabeth Cooper | 1949 |
| The Forbidden Street | Adelaide 'Addie' Culver | 1949 |
| A Woman's Secret | Marian Washburn | 1949 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Herself - Guest / Herself | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self / Self - Singer / Self - Guest | 1948 |
| Sitting Pretty | Tacey King | 1948 |
| The Foxes of Harrow | Odalie 'Lilli' D'Arceneaux / Odalie D'Arceneaux | 1947 |
| Miracle on 34th Street | Doris Walker | 1947 |
| The Homestretch | Leslie Hale / Leslie Hale Wallace | 1947 |
| Sinbad, the Sailor | Shireen | 1947 |
| Do You Love Me | Katherine 'Kitten' Hilliard | 1946 |
| Sentimental Journey | Weatherly / Julie Beck / Julie Beck Weatherly | 1946 |
| The Spanish Main | Contessa Francesca | 1945 |
| Buffalo Bill | Louisa Frederici Cody / Louisa Frederici | 1944 |
| The Fallen Sparrow | Toni Donne | 1943 |
| This Land Is Mine | Louise Martin | 1943 |
| Immortal Sergeant | Valentine Lee | 1943 |
| The Black Swan | Lady Margaret Denby / Margaret Denby | 1942 |
| To the Shores of Tripoli | Lt. Mary Carter / Mary Carter | 1942 |
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Carolyn Bainbridge | 1942 |
| How Green Was My Valley | Angharad / Angharad Morgan | 1941 |
| They Met in Argentina | Lolita O'Shea | 1941 |
| Dance, Girl, Dance | Judy O'Brien / Judy | 1940 |
| A Bill of Divorcement | Sydney Fairfield | 1940 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Esmeralda | 1939 |
| Jamaica Inn | Mary Yellan | 1939 |
| Little Miss Molly | Eileen O'Shea | 1938 |
| The Playboy | Secretary | 1938 |
