She studied at the Ena Mary Burke School of Elocution and Drama and by age ten had joined the Rathmines Theatre Company working in amateur productions. She is widely recognized as Ireland's most renowned and celebrated actress.īorn Maureen FitzSimons on Augin Ranelagh, Ireland, O’Hara began acting at age five with her own shadow. In a career that has spanned over seventy-five years, she has starred in over sixty motion pictures including such critically acclaimed classics as Miracle on 34th Street, The Quiet Man, and How Green Was My Valley. Known for playing feisty heroines, O'Hara's famously flame-red hair lit up the screen like no other star from Hollywood’s golden age. Maureen O’Hara first captured the public’s eye in her breakout role as the dancing gypsy, Esmeralda, in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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