Maureen O'Sullivan Overview:

Legendary actress, Maureen O'Sullivan, was born Maureen Paula O'Sullivan on May 17, 1911 in Boyle, Ireland. O'Sullivan died at the age of 87 on Jun 23, 1998 in Scottsdale, AZ and was laid to rest in Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY.

MINI BIO:

Demure, wistful, dark-haired Irish actress, most often in quiet roles, but carving her special niche in film history as Tarzan's Jane in the thirties. Married to director John Farrow from 1936 to his death in 1963. They had seven children, including actress Mia Farrow. In Hollywood from 1930, she was still to be seen in the occasional character role into her eighties. Died from a heart attack.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. O'Sullivan was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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Maureen O'Sullivan Quotes:

Mrs. Claire Donahue: I'd kiss you, but you're not sterile.


Tarzan: [inside the smoke-filled Club Moonbeam in New York] Smell like a Swahili swamp. Why people stay?
Jane: It's what they call having a good time.


Jane: We are going into places where men's minds are tangled worse that the worst underbrush in the jungle, and I'm afraid. More afraid than I've ever been in my life. Everywhere we'll be met with lies and deceit. Your honesty and directness will only be handicaps.


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Maureen O'Sullivan Facts
Despised working with the chimpanzee 'Cheetah' during the filming of the Tarzan movies at MGM and, according to daughter Mia Farrow, privately referred to the primate as "that ape son of a bitch".

Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "I Was a Monster Movie Maker" (McFarland & Co., 2001).

Is often dubbed 'Ireland's first film star'.

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