She was given a screen test, which was deemed unsatisfactory, but Charles Laughton saw potential in her, and arranged for her to co-star with him in Alfred Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn in 1939. She trained with the Rathmines Theatre Company from the age of 10 and at the Abbey Theatre from the age of 14.
She aspired to become an actress from a very young age. O'Hara was born into a Catholic family and raised in Dublin, Ireland. She worked with director John Ford and long-time friend John Wayne on numerous projects. She was a natural redhead who was known for playing passionate but sensible heroines, often in Westerns and adventure films. Maureen O'Hara ( née FitzSimons 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was an Irish-born naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s.
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