Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Harawas an Irish actress and singer. The famously red-headed O'Hara was known for her beauty and playing fiercely passionate but sensible heroines, often in westerns and adventure films. She worked on numerous occasions with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne, and was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth17 August 1920
CityRanelagh, Ireland
CountryIreland
I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart.
I knew that Jamaica Inn was going to make me a star.
As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.
My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace.
I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.
A sense of belonging is a sine qua non of healthy psychological functioning everywhere. Such a sense, beginning in infancy and continuing throughout life, comes about by experiencing mutual empathy; by sensing oneself as part of a whole, which recognizes and accepts that one is a member.
I really wanted to be an opera soprano.
My whole life was foretold to me. An old Romany gypsy read my fortune.
I began to rationalize marrying Will[iam Houston Price]. 'He comes from a good family. A girl could do worse.' (As it turned out, I couldn't, but I didn't know that yet
When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god.
Audiences in London called me the girl with the black cherry eyes.
Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.
When I was young, I was told that I had a sulky, pouty face.
How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?