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Maureen O'Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish-American actress, who played Jane in the Tarzan series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She performed with such actors as Laurence Olivier, Greta Garbo, William Powell, and Myrna Loy. In 2020, she was listed at number eight on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.[1]

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Maureen O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan in 1930s
Born	Maureen Paula O'Sullivan (1911-05-17)17 May 1911 Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland
Died	23 June 1998(1998-06-23) (aged 87) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Resting place	Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Niskayuna, New York
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1930–1994
Known for	Jane Parker in Tarzan films
Spouse(s)	John Farrow ​ ​ (m. 1936; died 1963)​ James Cushing ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	7, including Patrick, Maria (Mia), Prudence, and Tisa Farrow
Relatives	Ronan Farrow (grandson)

Early life

O'Sullivan was born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1911, the daughter of Mary Eva Lovatt (née Frazer)[2] and Charles Joseph O'Sullivan, an officer in the Connaught Rangers who served in World War I.[3][4] Maureen returned to Boyle in 1988 to be honoured by the town. She attended a convent school in Dublin, then the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Roehampton (now Woldingham School), England. One of her classmates there was Vivian Mary Hartley, future Academy Award-winning actress Vivien Leigh. After attending finishing school in France, O'Sullivan returned to Dublin to work with the poor. In October 1929, she sailed to New York with her mother on the British steamer RMS Baltic, on the way to Hollywood to work for the Fox Film Corporation.

Film career

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O'Sullivan's film career began when she met motion picture director Frank Borzage, who was doing location filming on Song o' My Heart (released in 1930) for 20th Century Fox. He suggested she take a screen test. She did and won a part in the movie, which starred Irish tenor John McCormack. She traveled to the United States to complete the movie in Hollywood. She appeared in six movies at Fox, then made three more at other studios.

In 1932 she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. After several roles there and other studios, she was chosen by Irving Thalberg to appear as Jane Parker in Tarzan the Ape Man, with costar Johnny Weissmuller. One of MGM's more popular ingenues through the 1930s, she appeared in a number of other productions with various stars. She played Jane in six Tarzan features between 1932 and 1942.[5]

She was featured with William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man (1934) and played Kitty in Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo, Fredric March, and Basil Rathbone. After costarring with the Marx Bros in A Day at the Races (1937), she appeared as Molly Beaumont in A Yank at Oxford (1938), written partly by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

She appeared in Pride and Prejudice (1940) with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson, and supported Ann Sothern in Maisie Was a Lady (1941). After appearing in Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942), O'Sullivan asked MGM to release her from her contract so she could care for her husband, John Farrow, who had just left the Navy with typhoid. She retreated from show business, devoting her time to her family. In 1948, she reappeared on the screen in The Big Clock, directed by her husband for Paramount Pictures. She continued to appear occasionally in her husband's movies and on television.

In 1958, Michael Farrow, eldest son of John Farrow and Maureen O'Sullivan, died in a plane crash in California.[6]

By 1960, O'Sullivan believed she had permanently retired. However, actor Pat O'Brien encouraged her to take a part in summer stock, and the play A Roomful of Roses opened in 1961. It led to her Broadway debut in Never Too Late with costar Paul Ford. Shortly after it opened, Farrow died of a heart attack.

O'Sullivan stuck with acting after Farrow's death; she was the Today Girl for NBC for a while, then made the movie version of Never Too Late (1965) for Warner Bros. She was also an executive director of a bridal consulting service, Wediquette International.

In June and July 1972, O'Sullivan was in Denver, Colorado, to star in the Elitch Theatre production of Butterflies are Free with Karen Grassle and Brandon deWilde. The show ended on 1 July 1972.[7][8]

When her daughter, actress Mia Farrow, became involved with Woody Allen both professionally and romantically, she appeared in Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters, playing Farrow's mother. She had roles in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and the science fiction oddity Stranded (1987). In 1994, she appeared with Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers in Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is, a feature-length made-for-TV movie with the wealthy husband-and-wife team from the popular weekly detective series Hart to Hart.

Personal life

O'Sullivan's first husband was Australian-American writer, award-winning director and Catholic convert John Villiers Farrow, from 12 September 1936 until his death on 28 January 1963. She and Farrow had seven children: Michael Damien (1939–1958), Patrick Joseph (Patrick Villiers Farrow, 1942–2009), Maria de Lourdes Villiers (Mia Farrow, b. 1945), John Charles (b. 1946),[9] Prudence Farrow (b. 1948), Stephanie Farrow (b. 1949) and Theresa Magdalena "Tisa" Farrow (b. 1951). Mia Farrow gave two of her children, Dylan and Ronan, the middle name of O'Sullivan.

O'Sullivan married James Cushing, a wealthy businessman, on 22 August 1983; they remained wed until her death in 1998. She became a U.S. citizen on 22 October 1947 (Petition for Naturalization #133033) in Los Angeles, California.[10]

O'Sullivan was a Catholic.[11] A Democrat, she supported Adlai Stevenson during the 1952 presidential election.[12]

Death

O'Sullivan died in Scottsdale, Arizona, of complications from heart surgery, on 23 June 1998, at age 87.[13] She was buried at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Niskayuna, New York, Cushing's hometown.^{[citation needed]}

Legacy

O'Sullivan has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard, facing the star of Johnny Weissmuller.[14] A black plaque marks her home on Main Street in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. Just around the corner from there, opposite King House, is a tree, ceremonially planted by O'Sullivan to mark her return to her birthplace.[15]

In 1982, O'Sullivan received the George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.[16]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Role
1930	So This Is London	Elinor Worthing
	Song o' My Heart	Eileen
	Just Imagine	LN-18
	The Princess and the Plumber	Princess Louise
1931	A Connecticut Yankee	Alisande / Woman in Mansion
	Skyline	Kathleen Kearny
	The Big Shot	Doris Thompson
1932
	Tarzan the Ape Man	Jane Parker
	The Silver Lining	Joyce Moore
	Fast Companions	Sally
	Strange Interlude	Madeline
	Skyscraper Souls	Lynn Harding
	Okay, America!	Sheila Barton
	Payment Deferred	Winnie Marble
	Robbers' Roost	Helen Herrick
1933	The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble	Molly Kelly
	Tugboat Annie	Patricia 'Pat' Severn
	Stage Mother	Shirley Lorraine
1934	Tarzan and His Mate	Jane Parker
	The Thin Man	Dorothy Wynant
	Hide-Out	Pauline Miller
	The Barretts of Wimpole Street	Henrietta Barrett
1935	David Copperfield	Dora
	West Point of the Air	'Skip' Carter
	Cardinal Richelieu	Lenore di Brissac
	The Flame Within	Linda Belton
	Woman Wanted	Ann Gray
	Anna Karenina	Kitty
	The Bishop Misbehaves	Hester
1936	The Voice of Bugle Ann	Camden Terry
	The Devil-Doll	Lorraine Lavond
	Tarzan Escapes	Jane Parker
1937	A Day at the Races	Judy Standish
	The Emperor's Candlesticks	Maria Orlich
	Between Two Women	Claire Donahue
	My Dear Miss Aldrich	Martha Aldrich
1938	A Yank at Oxford	Molly Beaumont
	Hold That Kiss	June Evans
	Port of Seven Seas	Madelon
	The Crowd Roars	Sheila Carson
	Spring Madness	Alexandra Benson
1939	Let Us Live	Mary Roberts
	Tarzan Finds a Son!	Jane Parker
1940	Sporting Blood	Linda Lockwood
	Pride and Prejudice	Jane Bennet
1941	Maisie Was a Lady	Abby Rawlston
	Tarzan's Secret Treasure	Jane Parker
1942	Tarzan's New York Adventure	Jane Parker
1948	The Big Clock	Georgette Stroud
1950	Where Danger Lives	Julie
1951	No Resting Place	Nan Kyle
1952	Bonzo Goes to College	Marion Gateson Drew
1953	All I Desire	Sara Harper
	Mission Over Korea	Nancy Slocum
1954	Duffy of San Quentin	Gladys Duffy
	The Steel Cage	Gladys Duffy
1957	The Tall T	Doretta Mims
1958	Wild Heritage	Emma Breslin
1965	Never Too Late	Edith Lambert
1970	The Phynx	Maureen O'Sullivan
1985	Too Scared to Scream	Inez Hardwick
1986	Hannah and Her Sisters	Norma
	Peggy Sue Got Married	Elizabeth Alvorg
1987	Stranded	Grace Clark
1988	Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood	Aunt Sue

Short subjects

• Hollywood Extra: The First Step (1936) as Herself
• Hollywood – The Second Step (1936)
• Unusual Occupations: Film Tot Holiday (1947)
• Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Shower of Stars (1955)
• Mandy's Grandmother (1978) as Grandmother

Television work

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	Jukebox Jury
1957	Crossroads	Mrs. Day	Episode: "The Man Who Walked on Water"
	Playhouse 90	Julia Williams	Episode: "The Edge of Innocence "
1965	What's My Line?	Contestant	Episode: "14 November 1965"
1972	The Crooked Hearts	Lillian Stanton	TV movie
1976	The Great Houdini	Lady Conan Doyle	TV movie
1982	Morning's at Seven	Esther Crampton	TV movie
1983	All My Children	Olive Whelan
1984	Guiding Light	Miss Emma Witherspoon
1985	Search for Tomorrow	Elaine Descot
1992	With Murder in Mind	Aunt Mildred	TV movie
	The Habitation of Dragons	Helen Taylor	TV movie
1994	Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is	Eleanor Biddlecomb	Final film role

Radio appearances

Year	Program	Episode/source
1941	Philip Morris Playhouse	Night Must Fall[17]

References

External links

• Official website
• Maureen O'Sullivan at IMDb
• Maureen O'Sullivan at the Internet Broadway Database
• Maureen O'Sullivan at Find a Grave
• Maureen O'Sullivan as "Jane" Photo Gallery
• Photographs of Maureen O'Sullivan

На других языках

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[de] Maureen O’Sullivan (Schauspielerin)

Maureen Paula O’Sullivan (* 17. Mai 1911 in Boyle, Irland; † 23. Juni 1998 in Scottsdale, Arizona) war eine irisch-US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, die durch die Rolle der Jane in insgesamt sechs Tarzan-Filmen mit Johnny Weissmüller berühmt wurde.

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- [en] Maureen O'Sullivan

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[es] Maureen O'Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan (Boyle, Roscommon, Irlanda, 17 de mayo de 1911-Scottsdale, Arizona, Estados Unidos, 23 de junio de 1998) fue una actriz irlandesa. Alcanzó popularidad interpretando el papel de Jane, la compañera de Tarzán, junto a Johnny Weissmüller.

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[ru] О’Салливан, Морин

Морин О’Салливан (англ. Maureen O'Sullivan, 17 мая 1911[1][2][3][…], Бойл, Коннахт — 23 июня 1998[3][4][5], Скотсдейл, Аризона) — ирландская актриса, сделавшая успешную карьеру в Голливуде в 1930-е годы. Мать актрисы Мии Фэрроу.

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