Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Maureen O'Sullivan: An Irish Beauty.

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I thought that I could could talk about an over-looked lady who hails from Ireland. Maureen O'Sullivan is Mia Farrows mother, but she's much more then that. Maureen O'Sullivan was born on May 17th, 1911 in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. She signed a contract with MGM in 1932 and it was Irving Thalberg (who seemed to want to plan a big career for her, but after he died in 1936 that died with him) who choose her to play Jane in Tarzan the Ape Man (1932). She played Jane in five more Tarzan films until in 1942 when O'Sullivan asked MGM to release her from her contract. This was so she could care for her husband (director John Farrow), who had just left the Navy with typhoid.

O'Sullivan usually played sweet ingenue roles at MGM in the 1930's through the early 1940's, but she most certainly had the potential to be a great star. So today, lets remember Maureen O'Sullivan, a lovely lady onscreen and off! She starred in 6 Tarzan films (1932-1942), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), Hide-Out (1934), The Thin Man (1934), Anna Karenina (1935), The Devil-Doll (1936), A Day at the Races (1937), A Yank at Oxford (1938), and much more!

Publicity photo of Maureen O'Sullivan.

Maureen O'Sullivan and Robert Montgomery in a publicity photo for Hide-Out (1934). This a movie that I have been wanting to see! 

Maureen O'Sullivan with William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man (1934). 

Maureen O'Sullivan in costume for The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934).

Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane and Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan in a publicity photo for Tarzan Escapes (1936).