Maureen O'Sullivan

Personal Info

Birthday

May 17, 1911

Day of Death

1998-06-23

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland

Also Known As

Maureen Paula O'Sullivan

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Maureen O’Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan

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.

Known For

Four Star Playhouse

Climax!

Lux Video Theatre

Cavalcade of America

The Tall T

Peggy Sue Got Married

Tarzan the Ape Man

Hannah and Her Sisters

Filmography

2017
Tarzan Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
1998
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
as Self
1994
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
as Eleanor Biddlecomb
1992
The Habitation of Dragons
as Helen Taylor
With Murder in Mind
as Aunt Mildred
1988
Good Old Boy
as Aunt Sue
1987
Platinum Bombshell
as Self
Stranded
as Grace Clark
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1986
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Elizabeth Alvorg
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Norma
1984
Too Scared to Scream
as Marian Hardwick
1982
Morning's at Seven
as Esther "Esty" Crampton
1978
Mandy's Grandmother
as Grandmother
1976
The Great Houdinis
as Lady Conan Doyle
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1972
The Crooked Hearts
as Lillian Stanton
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1970
The Phynx
as Maureen O'Sullivan
1965
Never Too Late
as Edith Lambert
1958
Wild Heritage
as Emma Breslin
1957
The Edge of Innocence
as Julia Williams
The Tall T
as Doretta Mims
1956
The Blessed Midnight
as Sister Mary Benedict
1955
The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story
as Mother
1954
The Steel Cage
as Gladys Duffy
Duffy of San Quentin
as Gladys Duffy
1953
Mission Over Korea
as Nancy Slocum
All I Desire
as Sara Harper
1952
Bonzo Goes to College
as Marion Gateson Drew
Ellis in Freedomland
as The Dishwasher (voice)
1951
No Resting Place
as Nan Kyle
1950
Where Danger Lives
as Julie Dorn
Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
1948
The Big Clock
as Georgette Stroud
1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Jane
1941
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
as Jane
Maisie Was a Lady
as Abby Rawlston
1940
Pride and Prejudice
as Jane Bennet
Sporting Blood
as Linda Lockwood
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1939
Tarzan Finds a Son!
as Jane Parker
Let Us Live
as Mary Roberts
1938
Spring Madness
as Alexandra Benson
The Crowd Roars
as Sheila 'Shelia' Carson
Port of Seven Seas
as Madelon
Hold That Kiss
as June Evans
A Yank at Oxford
as Molly Beaumont
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Martha Aldrich
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self
Between Two Women
as Claire Donahue
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Maria Orlich
A Day at the Races
as Judy Standish
1936
Tarzan Escapes
as Jane
The Devil-Doll
as Lorraine Lavond
Hollywood - The Second Step
as Herself
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Camden Terry
1935
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Hester Grantham
Anna Karenina
as Kitty
Woman Wanted
as Ann
The Flame Within
as Linda Belton
Cardinal Richelieu
as Lenore
West Point of the Air
as 'Skip' Carter
David Copperfield
as Dora Spenlow
1934
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Henrietta Barrett
Hide-Out
as Pauline Miller
The Thin Man
as Dorothy Wynant
Tarzan and His Mate
as Jane Parker
Screen Snapshots No. 11
as Herself
1933
Stage Mother
as Shirley Lorraine
Tugboat Annie
as Patricia 'Pat' Severn
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
as Molly Kelly
1932
Robbers' Roost
as Helen Herrick
Strange Interlude
as Madeline Arnold
Payment Deferred
as Winnie Marble
Okay, America!
as Sheila Barton
Skyscraper Souls
as Lynn Harding
Fast Companions
as Sally
The Silver Lining
as Joyce Moore
Tarzan the Ape Man
as Jane Parker
1931
The Big Shot
as Doris Thompson
Skyline
as Katherine Kearny
A Connecticut Yankee
as Alisande / Woman in Mansion
1930
The Princess and the Plumber
as Princess Louise
Just Imagine
as LN-18
So This Is London
as Elinor Worthing
Song o' My Heart
as Eileen