Maureen O'Hara - Actor Profile

Maureen O'Hara

50Movies
8.2 Best Rating

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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 John Candy: I Like Me Self (archive footage) ★ 7.9 HIT
2012 John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man Self ★ 7.8 HIT
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year Self (archive footage) ★ 7.5 HIT
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Self (archive footage) ★ 7.8 HIT
2002 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories Self ★ 6.5 HIT
2001 Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood Self ★ 7.2 HIT
2000 The Last Dance Helen Parker ★ 7.6 HIT
1991 Only the Lonely Rose Muldoon ★ 6.1 FLOP
1991 John Wayne - Eine amerikanische Legende - ★ 6.0 FLOP
1971 Directed by John Ford Self (1992) ★ 6.9 HIT
1971 Big Jake Martha McCandles ★ 6.9 HIT
1966 The Rare Breed Martha Price ★ 6.1 FLOP
1963 McLintock! Katherine Gilhooley McLintock ★ 6.6 HIT
1963 Spencer's Mountain Olivia Spencer ★ 6.7 HIT
1962 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation Peggy Hobbs ★ 6.4 FLOP
1961 The Deadly Companions Kit Tilden ★ 5.6 FLOP
1961 The Parent Trap Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick ★ 7.0 HIT
1960 Our Man in Havana Beatrice Severn ★ 6.7 HIT
1957 The Wings of Eagles Min Wead ★ 6.2 FLOP
1956 Everything But the Truth Joan Madison ★ 8.2 HIT
1956 Lisbon Sylvia Merrill ★ 6.4 FLOP
1955 The Red, White and Blue Line Self ★ 6.0 FLOP
1955 The Long Gray Line Mary O'Donnell ★ 7.0 HIT
1953 War Arrow Elaine Corwin ★ 5.6 FLOP
1953 The Redhead from Wyoming Kate Maxwell ★ 6.1 FLOP
1952 Against All Flags Spitfire Stevens ★ 6.0 FLOP
1952 The Quiet Man Mary Kate Danaher ★ 7.3 HIT
1951 Flame of Araby Princess Tanya ★ 6.1 FLOP
1950 Rio Grande Mrs. Kathleen Yorke ★ 6.8 HIT
1949 Bagdad Princess Marjan ★ 5.6 FLOP
1949 Father Was a Fullback Elizabeth Cooper ★ 6.0 FLOP
1949 The Forbidden Street Adelaide 'Addie' Culver ★ 6.7 HIT
1949 A Woman's Secret Marian Washburn ★ 5.6 FLOP
1948 Sitting Pretty Tacey King ★ 7.1 HIT
1947 The Foxes of Harrow Odalie D'Arceneaux ★ 5.7 FLOP
1947 Miracle on 34th Street Doris Walker ★ 7.4 HIT
1947 Sinbad the Sailor Shireen ★ 5.9 FLOP
1946 Sentimental Journey Julie Beck Weatherly ★ 6.4 FLOP
1945 The Spanish Main Contessa Francesca ★ 6.3 FLOP
1944 Buffalo Bill Louisa Frederici ★ 5.6 FLOP
1943 The Fallen Sparrow Toni Donne ★ 5.8 FLOP
1943 This Land Is Mine Louise Martin ★ 7.2 HIT
1943 Immortal Sergeant Valentine Lee ★ 5.8 FLOP
1942 The Black Swan Lady Margaret Denby ★ 6.5 HIT
1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point Carolyn Bainbridge ★ 5.8 FLOP
1941 How Green Was My Valley Angharad Morgan ★ 7.3 HIT
1940 Dance, Girl, Dance Judy O'Brien ★ 6.4 FLOP
1940 A Bill of Divorcement Sydney Fairfield ★ 7.0 HIT
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Esmeralda ★ 7.3 HIT
1939 Jamaica Inn Mary Yellan ★ 6.1 FLOP