Sexiest Pictures Of Maureen O’Hara. Maureen O’Hara was and will always be an icon. She was an Irish actress and singer. She, through her work, became a very known redhead. Her best-known parts were all passionate, but sensible heroines appearing in westerns and adventure films.
She is known for her collaborations with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne. She was one of the most respected actresses from the “Golden Age” of Hollywood. The beautiful actress was born and raised in Dublin. She belongs from a Catholic family and, since a very young age, had aspirations to become an actress.
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To pursue her dreams, she began training with Rathmines Theatre Company at the age of 10. After turning 14, she joined the Abbey Theatre. She got her start when Charles Laughton gave her an opportunity to co-star with him in Alfred Hitchcock’s Jamaica Inn in 1939.
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That same year she moved to Hollywood and starred in the production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She then garnered a contract with RKO Pictures. This contract turned out to be game-changing for her, and she became the literal “The Queen of Technicolor.”
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Some of her best known big-screen features have been How Green Was My Valley (1941) (her first collaboration with John Ford), The Black Swan with Tyrone Power (1942), The Spanish Main (1945), Sinbad the Sailor (1947), the Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street (1947) with John Payne and Natalie Wood, and Comanche Territory (1950).
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O’Hara was married three times and had a deep relationship with Enrique Parra, a wealthy Mexican politician, and banker. She was a devout catholic and had one daughter.