Maureen O'Sullivan
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-05-17 (87 years old)
Deathday
1998-06-23
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. 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,...
Acting
1986
as Elizabeth Alvorg
1934
as Dorothy Wynant
1950
as Julie Dorn
1986
as Norma
1972
as Lillian Stanton
1937
as Judy Standish
1932
as Jane Parker
1939
as Jane Parker
1942
as Jane
1941
as Jane
1932
as Winnie Marble
1936
as Lorraine Lavond
1957
as Doretta Mims
1940
as Jane Bennet
1934
as Henrietta Barrett
1935
as Dora Spenlow
1970
as Maureen O'Sullivan
1953
as Sara Harper
1934
as Pauline Miller
1936
as Jane
1939
as Mary Roberts
1934
as Jane Parker
1948
as Georgette Stroud
1932
as Sheila Barton
1935
as Kitty
1937
as Maria Orlich
1930
as LN-18
1932
as Lynn Harding
1984
as Marian Hardwick
1933
as Patricia 'Pat' Severn
1987
as Grace Clark
1952
as Marion Gateson Drew
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1935
as 'Skip' Carter
1931
as Alisande / Woman in Mansion
1988
as Aunt Sue
1954
as Gladys Duffy
1938
as Molly Beaumont
1941
as Abby Rawlston
1932
as Madeline Arnold
1938
as Madelon
1937
as Martha Aldrich
1936
as Camden Terry
1930
as Eileen
1954
as Gladys Duffy
1933
as Shirley Lorraine
1965
as Edith Lambert
1931
as Doris Thompson
1937
as Claire Donahue
1978
as Grandmother
1958
as Emma Breslin
1938
as June Evans
1935
as Ann
1938
as Alexandra Benson
1994
as Eleanor Biddlecomb
1935
as Linda Belton
1938
as Sheila 'Shelia' Carson
1935
as Lenore
1955
as Mother
1940
as Linda Lockwood
1998
as Herself
1953
as Nancy Slocum
1935
as Hester Grantham
1937
as Self
1936
as Herself
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1931
as Katherine Kearny
1940
1932
as Helen Herrick
1932
as Sally
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as (archive footage)
1932
as Joyce Moore
1957
as Julia Williams
1930
as Elinor Worthing
1930
as Princess Louise
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1952
as The Dishwasher (voice)
1992
as Aunt Mildred
1934
as Herself
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1992
as Helen Taylor
1976
as Lady Conan Doyle
1982
as Esther "Esty" Crampton
1956
as Sister Mary Benedict
1950
as Self (uncredited)
1951
as Nan Kyle
1933
as Molly Kelly
1987
as Self
1987
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