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'''Maureen O'Hara'''
With her flaming red hair and deep green eyes, O'Hara (called at one time "The Queen of Technicolor") is considered one of the greatest beauties of the [[Golden Age of Hollywood]]. She was also one of Hollywood's earliest [[Action Girl|Action Girls]], donning [[Pirate Girl]] garb and seizing a sword (though she was never a [[Hot Chick
O'Hara was a long time friend and collaborator with the legendary [[John Wayne]]. The two appeared in five movies together: ''[[Rio Grande]]'', ''[[The Quiet Man]]'', ''[[The Wings of Eagles]]'', ''[[McLintock!]]'' and ''[[Big Jake]]''. Like Wayne, she worked extensively with iconic director [[John Ford]].▼
▲O'Hara was a long time friend and collaborator with the legendary [[John Wayne]]. The two appeared in five movies together: ''Rio Grande'', ''[[The Quiet Man]]'', ''The Wings of Eagles'', ''McLintock!'' and ''Big Jake''. Like Wayne she worked extensively with iconic director John Ford.
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Look at that photo. ''It's not a dye job''!
* [[Significant Green-Eyed Redhead|Green-Eyed Redhead]]: Probably popularized the [[Phenotype Stereotype]] of Irish being green-eyed redheads. Notably, she's one of the few famous actresses ''ever'' to naturally be a green-eyed redhead.
* [[Hot Mom]]: In movies like ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]'' and ''McLintlock!''
* [[Oireland]]: Her fame probably helped foster the misleading view that the Irish are all redheads.
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[So Beautiful It's a Curse]]: She had trouble landing roles at times, because directors thought her ''too pretty''. There was also a common attitude at the time that pretty actresses couldn't actually act, despite the fact that O'Hara had won numerous awards for it in Ireland.
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* ''Kicking the Moon Around'', as the Secretary (1938)
* ''Little Miss Molly'', as Eileen O'Shea (1938)
* ''Jamaica Inn'', as Mary, niece of [[Dastardly Whiplash|Bad Baronet]] Sir Humphrey Pengallen (1938)
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (
* ''A Bill of Divorcement'', as Sydney Fairfield (1940) -- A remake of [[Katherine Hepburn]]'s 1932 premiere movie.
* ''Dance, Girl, Dance'', as Judy O'Brien (1940)
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* ''The Spanish Main'', as Contessa Francesca (1945) -- Another [[Swashbuckler]] film, very similar to ''The Black Swan'', but with Paul Henried as the raffish (though in this case rather elderly) [[Pirate]]. Walter Slezak steals the show.
* ''[[Sinbad the Sailor]]'', as Shireen (1947) -- Her first [[Arabian Nights Days]] [[Swashbuckler]], opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., as the eponymous mariner. Walter Slezak doesn't ''quite'' steal the show.
* ''[[Miracle
* ''Sitting Pretty'', as Tracey King (1948) -- The film that introduced Clifton Webb as Mr. Belvedere.
* ''Bagdad'', as Princess Marjan (1949) -- Another [[Arabian Nights Days]] [[Swashbuckler]], with Paul Christian as Prince Hassan and [[Vincent Price]] as the [[Evil Chancellor|Evil Vizier]] lusting after the princess.
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* ''Rio Grande'', as Kathleen Yorke (1950) -- Maureen's first picture with [[John Wayne]], her first with John Ford, and the last of Ford's great "Cavalry Trilogy".
* ''Flame of Araby'', as Princess Tanya (1951) -- [[Arabian Nights Days]] again, this time opposite Jeff Chandler.
* ''At Sword's Point'', as Claire, the Daughter of Athos (1952) -- Another [[Swashbuckler]], in which the children of [[The Three Musketeers (
* ''[[The Quiet Man]]'', as Mary Kate Danaher (1952) -- Her second with Ford and Wayne, Maureen is cast [[Hypocritical Humor|entirely against type]] as a [[Fiery Redhead]] from [[Oireland]].
* ''Against All Flags'', as Prudence "Spitfire" Stephens (1952) -- Her last, and possibly best, [[Pirate]] [[Swashbuckler]], fittingly opposite [[Errol Flynn]].
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* ''Lisbon'', as Sylvia Merrill (1956) -- Chiefly interesting for having been directed by her co-star, Ray Milland.
* ''The Wings of Eagles'', as Min Wead (1957) -- Her third with [[John Wayne]] and fourth with John Ford. A military [[Romantic Comedy]].
* ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]'', as Maggie McKendrick (1961) -- The [[Disney]] comedy, with Maureen as the mother of Hayley Mills -- and Hayley Mills -- and estranged wife of Mitch Evers.
* ''Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation'', as Peggy Hobbs (1962) -- Opposite [[Jimmy Stewart]].
* ''Spencer's Mountain'', as Olivia Spencer (1963) -- Opposite Henry Fonda. The film that inspired ''[[The Waltons]]''.
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* ''Big Jake'', as Martha McCandles (1971) -- Her fifth and last film with [[John Wayne]]. <ref> Eight years later, O'Hara initiated the petition to have Wayne awarded a Congressional Gold Medal inscribed "[[John Wayne]] -- American", which was awarded to him on May 26, 1979 -- 17 days before his death from cancer.</ref>
* ''[[The Red Pony]]'', as Ruth Tiflin (1973) -- Opposite Henry Fonda.
* ''Only the Lonely'', as Rose Muldoon (1991) -- As John Candy's domineering mother. Her last cinematic film
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