Maureen O'Hara
Maureen FitzSimons (17 August 1920 to 24 October 15th, 2015) was an Irish actor, singer and actor who gained fame in Hollywood during the 1940s through 1960s. Her natural redhead nature was a draw for strong but smart heroines in Westerns and adventure movies. Charles Laughton, an actor who first saw her potential as a star, introduced her to Hollywood. Numerous times, she also worked with John Ford, longtime friend John Wayne and John Ford. O'Hara was born in Dublin, Ireland and was raised Catholically. She was destined from at an early age to be an actor. From the age 10 she studied at the Rathmines Theatre Company and the Abbey Theatre. Screen tests were given to her, but it did not go as well as expected. Charles Laughton, however was able to see potential and agreed to allow her to join him on stage in Alfred Hitchcock’s Jamaica Inn (1939). RKO Pictures offered her a contract. The actress also moved to Hollywood in 1939 to appear alongside Hitchcock in The Hunchback of Notre D...