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Maureen O’Hara
(1920-2015)
Who Was Maureen O'Hara?
Maureen O'Hara was a Hollywood actress who was paired with Hollywood's leading men in such swashbucklers as Sinbad the Sailor and The Black Swan.
O'Hara went on to further fame starring in the Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street, Our Man in Havana and The Parent Trap.
Early Life
Born Maureen FitzSimons, on August 17, 1920, in Ranelagh, Ireland.
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The second oldest of six children, Maureen was raised in a close-knit Irish Catholic family. Her father, Charles, was a businessman, and her mother, Marguerite, was an accomplished stage actress and opera singer. Maureen displayed a penchant for dramatics at an early age when she staged presentations for her family; in school she was active in singing and dancing.
While still in her early teens, Maureen enrolled at Dublin's prestigious Abbey Theatre School, where she studied drama and music.
Upon her graduation in 1937, she was offered a lead role with the Abbey Playe