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Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

as Eleanor Biddlecomb

1994
Stranded

as Grace Clark

1987
Too Scared to Scream

as Marian Hardwick

1984
The Phynx

as

1970
The Tall T

as Doretta Mims

1957
Duffy of San Quentin

as Gladys Duffy

1954
Where Danger Lives

as Julie Dorn

1950
The Big Clock

as Georgette Stroud

1948
Pride and Prejudice

as Jane Bennet

1940
Tarzan Finds a Son!

as Jane Parker

1939
Let Us Live

as Mary Roberts

1939
A Yank at Oxford

as Molly Beaumont

1938
Hold That Kiss

as June Evans

1938
Spring Madness

as Alexandra Benson

1938
A Day at the Races

as Judy Standish

1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Maria Orlich

1937
The Devil-Doll

as Lorraine Lavond

1936
Tarzan Escapes

as Jane

1936
Anna Karenina

as Kitty

1935
Woman Wanted

as Ann

1935
Cardinal Richelieu

as Lenore

1935
The Thin Man

as Dorothy Wynant

1934
Tarzan and His Mate

as Jane Parker

1934
The Barretts of Wimpole Street

as Henrietta Barrett

1934
Hide-Out

as Pauline Miller

1934
Maureen O'Sullivan Maureen O'Sullivan

Birthday

1911-05-17

Place of Birth

Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland

Biography

Maureen Paula O'Sullivan was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, on May 17, 1911. The future mother of Mia Farrow was a schooldays classmate of Vivien Leigh at the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Roehampton in London. Even as a schoolgirl, Maureen desired an acting career; she studied hard and read widely. When the opportunity to be an actress came along, it almost dropped in her lap. The director Frank Borzage was in Dublin filming “Song o’ My Heart” (1930) when Maureen, then 18, met him. Borzage suggested a screen test, which she took. The results were more than favorable, as she won the part of Eileen O’Brien. The part was a substantial one, so much so that Maureen went on to Hollywood to complete the filming. Once in sunny California, Maureen wasted no time landing roles in other films such as “Just Imagine” (1930), “Princess and the Plumber” (1930), and “So This Is London” (1930). Maureen was on a roll that her contemporaries could only have wished for when they were coming up through the ranks. In 1932, Maureen was teamed up with Olympic medal winner Johnny Weissmuller for the first time in “Tarzan the Ape Man” (1932). Five other Tarzan films followed, the last being “Tarzan’s New York Adventure” (1942). The Tarzan epics rank as one of the most memorable series ever made. Most people agree that those movies would not have been successful had it not been for the fine acting talents, not to mention beauty, of Maureen O’Sullivan. But she was more than Jane Parker in the Tarzan films; she had great roles and played beautifully in films such as “The Flame Within” (1935), “David Copperfield” (1935), and “Anna Karenina” (1935). She turned in yet another fine performance in “Pride and Prejudice” (1940). After the 1940s, Maureen made far fewer films, not because she lost popularity but by choice. It isn’t always easy to walk away from a lucrative career, but she did because she wanted to devote more time to her husband, John Farrow, an Australian writer, and their seven children. The couple were married from 1936 until his death in 1963. She did not, however, retire completely; Maureen still found time to make an occasional appearance in films or TV or on the stage. Later movie-goers remember her as Elizabeth Alvorg in the hit film “Peggy Sue Got Married” (1986). Her final silver screen appearance was in “The River Pirates” (1988). Some TV movies followed, but only until 1996. She maintained homes in New Hampshire and Arizona, and it was in Scottsdale that Maureen died on June 23, 1998, of a heart attack. She was 87 years old.
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