Maureen O'Hara | Biography, Movies, & Facts | Britannica [7], O'Hara was so keen on soccer that at one point, she pressed her father to found a women's team, and professed that Glenmalure Park, the home ground of Shamrock Rovers F.C., became "like a second home". Pop. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Price also continued to harass O'Hara for dating Parra and filed a case against her on 20 June 1955, seeking custody of Bronwyn and accusing her of immorality. [145] The film was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture,[51][146] though O'Hara was devastated at not even being nominated for an award. She's big, lusty, absolutely marvelousdefinitely my kind of woman. [166] In the film, the first Hollywood production to be shot in Portugal,[167] she is caught in a love triangle with Ray Milland and Claude Rains, who according to Malone both attempted to "outsuave each other" during the whole production. Natalie loved this because it meant she was allowed to stay up late. On the series, she impersonated the likes of Lucille Ball, Tammy Faye Bakker, Gilda Radner, Katharine Hepburn, and Brooke Shields. She found the scenario to be "ridiculous", but stated that it made a "pot of money for RKO action-adventures almost always did". Producer Zanuck scoffed at the operation, thinking it was an excuse for a break. [174] Though she was quite proud of her own versatility as an actress, saying "I played every kind of role. So they give her the glamour treatment and the pretty girl gets left behind". While still in her early teens, Maureen enrolled at Dublin's prestigious Abbey Theatre School, where she studied drama and music. [103] TCM state that O'Hara had been "angling" to star in Forever Amber (1947), Fox's big historical romance at the time, but believe that due to a contractual clause, neither of her joint contract owners, Fox and RKO, would accept her appearing in a "major star vehicle" at the time. Astrological Sign: Leo, Death Year: 2015, Death date: October 24, 2015, Death State: Idaho, Death City: Boise, Death Country: United States, Article Title: Maureen O'Hara Biography, Author: Biography.com Editors, Website Name: The Biography.com website, Url: https://www.biography.com/actors/maureen-ohara, Publisher: A&E; Television Networks, Last Updated: May 19, 2021, Original Published Date: April 2, 2014. [276], In 1985 she was awarded the Career Achievement Award from the American Cinema Foundation. [22] She was offered an initial seven-year contract with their new company, Mayflower Pictures.