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Maureen O'Hara (née FitzSimons; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was an Irish-born naturalized American actress who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. [1] She was a natural redhead who was known for playing passionate but sensible heroines, often in Westerns and adventure films.
Maureen O'Hara (sister) Charles B. Fitzsimons (8 May 1924 – 14 February 2001) was an Irish actor who emigrated to the United States, where he became a film producer after ending his acting career. He was a younger brother of famed actress Maureen O'Hara .
Leading man Brian Keith who was the star of Sam Peckinpah's 1960 TV series The Westerner, was also Maureen O'Hara's co-star in The Parent Trap which they completed immediately before The Deadly Companions and which premiered on June 12, 1961, six days after the Tucson premiere of The Deadly Companions.
O'Hara was born in 1920 near Dublin as Maureen Fitzsimons. She played feisty women in swashbucklers such as "The Black Swan" in 1942, "Sinbad the Sailor" in 1947 and "At Sword's Point" in 1952.
Her parents separated before her birth. ... Four months after her out-of-court settlement for $10,000, she and actress Maureen O'Hara, ...
O’Hara was a member of the Abbey Theatre School, and a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music. [3] O'Hara's entry into films was the result of her and her parents meeting actor Harry Richman, who offered her a one-line part in the British comedy film Kicking the Moon Around (1938). [4]
“Parents are showing children, children are showing grandchildren something that I was a part of. ... “Home Alone was, is, and always will be a beloved global sensation,” said O’Hara, 70.
Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith play the parents. Although the plot is very close to that of the 1945 film Twice Blessed, The Parent Trap is based on the 1949 German children's novel Das doppelte Lottchen by Erich Kästner. [3] [4] Produced by Walt Disney Productions, The Parent Trap was released on June 21, 1961, by Buena Vista Distribution.