Happy 94th Birthday Maureen O'Hara!!

[daisybeetle]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 5:24pm

She's a treasure. Loved her recent interview on TCM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3IhZu6Fb6w

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 9:53pm

She was and always will be a gem.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 10:25pm

One of the greatest ladies with a capital "L". I would have loved her in THE KING AND I film that she was about to be cast as Anna, but Rodgers wanted Deborah Kerr and while it became one of Kerr's best roles, O'Hara's singing would've been very beautiful to hear.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 8/17/14 at 10:26pm

The Quiet Man is still my fav of hers.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 8/23/14 at 8:19pm

Here's a song from Christine, her flop Broadway musical. I agree she would've been a lovely Anna.
"Room in my Heart"

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/23/14 at 9:24pm

^I heard on the THE KING AND I 50th anniversary DVD commentary that O'Hara did sing "Hello Young Lovers" on a show from the 50's. I wish I could find the footage of that.

[Tag]

Posted: 8/28/14 at 2:31pm

She'll be receiving an honorary Oscar

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 8/28/14 at 3:55pm

Absolutely wonderful!

[daisybeetle]

Posted: 8/28/14 at 10:17pm

Here's Maureen singing "Hello Young Lovers".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pog4TGmNWpw

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/30/14 at 6:49pm

^Thank you so much, her singing reminds me so much of Gertrude Lawrence if she was younger. Deborah was a great Anna who had equal star power to Yul (he actually wanted her to play the role), if she was too busy, I guess Rodgers would've had no choice to cast O'Hara despite of what he thought of her (he loved her singing, but he thought of her as a "pirate queen").

[Tag]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 3:36pm

Oscar Acceptance Speech from last night

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 3:41pm

My God, she looks fabulous!!!

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 11/10/14 at 8:14pm

That video was wonderful.

The original 'Parent Trap' was the first time I ever saw her. Her first scene always stood out in my mind.


Parent Trap, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Welcome Home, Sharon!

[dreaming]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 10:05am

I love her in "Miracle on 34th Street" and "The Parent Trap". She was one of my favorites growing up (Irish-American family on one side).

[Tag]

Posted: 10/24/15 at 1:07pm

She has passed away.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 10/24/15 at 4:17pm

Sad, but she had a good innings. 95's not so bad. I'm glad she lived long enough to get her overdue honorary Oscar last year. 

 

Maureen O’Hara is one of the many, many great stars who never won an Oscar. More surprisingly, she never even managed a nomination. The Academy rectified the situation in time (just) when she was granted an honorary Oscar last year.

Only she and the equally great Myrna Loy have received honorary statuettes for careers in acting without having been previously nominated. She was frail, but she still looked rather fabulous. “What’s this?” she commented. “I only hope it’s silver or gold and not like a spoon out of the kitchen.” Her Dublin accent remained almost entirely unaltered.

 

Obituary

 

She'll be buried at Arlington Cemetery.

 

(P.S. Kinda weird to bump her Happy Birthday thread?)

Updated On: 10/24/15 at 04:17 PM

[Tag]

Posted: 10/24/15 at 4:52pm

^Thought to keep it all in one place, and people would see the other info in this thread too.

[daisybeetle]

Posted: 10/24/15 at 9:53pm

Slainte to Maureen! She was fabulous.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/25/15 at 1:14pm