Maureen O'Sullivan

Actor May 17 (died age 87) Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland 1930–2022 (92 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Hannah and Her Sisters

Norma

Film

The Thin Man

Dorothy Wynant

Film

Peggy Sue Got Married

Elizabeth Alvorg

Film

A Day at the Races

Judy Standish

Film

The Big Clock

Georgette Stroud

Film

Tarzan the Ape Man

Jane Parker

Film

The Tall T

Doretta Mims

Film

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Bennet

Filmography

Acting (105)

Movies (92)

Famous T&A 2

2022

as Jane Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Tarzan Revisited

2017

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie

2007

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross

1998

as Self

Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell

1996

as Self

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

1994

as Eleanor Biddlecomb

6.5

The Habitation of Dragons

as Helen Taylor

With Murder in Mind

as Aunt Mildred

Good Old Boy

as Aunt Sue

Stranded

as Grace Clark

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986

as Elizabeth Alvorg

6.1

Hannah and Her Sisters

as Norma

Too Scared to Scream

as Marian Hardwick

Morning's at Seven

as Esther "Esty" Crampton

Mandy's Grandmother

as Grandmother

The Great Houdinis

as Lady Conan Doyle

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

The Crooked Hearts

as Lillian Stanton

The Phynx

as Maureen O'Sullivan

Never Too Late

as Edith Lambert

Wild Heritage

as Emma Breslin

The Tall T

as Doretta Mims

The Edge of Innocence

1957

as Julia Williams

The Blessed Midnight

1956

as Sister Mary Benedict

5.0

The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story

1955

as Mother

2.0

The Steel Cage

1954

as Gladys Duffy

Duffy of San Quentin

as Gladys Duffy

All I Desire

as Sara Harper

Mission Over Korea

as Nancy Slocum

Ellis in Freedomland

as The Dishwasher (voice)

Bonzo Goes to College

1952

as Marion Gateson Drew

No Resting Place

as Nan Kyle

Screen Actors

as Self (uncredited)

Where Danger Lives

as Julie

The Big Clock

as Georgette Stroud

Tarzan's New York Adventure

1942

as Jane

6.3

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

as Jane

Maisie Was a Lady

as Abby Rawlston

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

as Self

Pride and Prejudice

as Jane Bennet

Sporting Blood

as Linda Lockwood

Let Us Live

as Mary Roberts

Tarzan Finds a Son!

as Jane Parker

The Crowd Roars

as Sheila 'Shelia' Carson

A Yank at Oxford

as Molly Beaumont

Hold That Kiss

as June Evans

Spring Madness

as Alexandra Benson

Port of Seven Seas

as Madelon

A Day at the Races

as Judy Standish

My Dear Miss Aldrich

as Martha Aldrich

Between Two Women

as Claire Donahue

The Emperor's Candlesticks

1937

as Maria Orlich

4.7

The Romance of Celluloid

as Self

The Devil-Doll

as Lorraine Lavond

Tarzan Escapes

as Jane

Hollywood - The Second Step

1936

as Herself

8.0

The Voice of Bugle Ann

as Camden Terry

The Flame Within

as Linda Belton

David Copperfield

as Dora Spenlow

Cardinal Richelieu

as Lenore

Woman Wanted

as Ann

Anna Karenina

as Kitty

West Point of the Air

1935

as 'Skip' Carter

6.0

The Bishop Misbehaves

as Hester Grantham

Tarzan and His Mate

as Jane Parker

The Thin Man

as Dorothy Wynant

Hide-Out

as Pauline Miller

Screen Snapshots No. 11

1934

as Herself

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1934

as Henrietta Barrett

6.0

Tugboat Annie

1933

as Patricia 'Pat' Severn

7.2

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble

1933

as Molly Kelly

Stage Mother

as Shirley Lorraine

Tarzan the Ape Man

as Jane Parker

Payment Deferred

as Winnie Marble

Skyscraper Souls

as Lynn Harding

Okay, America!

as Sheila Barton

Fast Companions

as Sally

The Silver Lining

as Joyce Moore

Strange Interlude

as Madeline Arnold

Robbers' Roost

as Helen Herrick

The Big Shot

as Doris Thompson

A Connecticut Yankee

1931

as Alisande / Woman in Mansion

6.0

Skyline

1931

as Katherine Kearny

The Princess and the Plumber

1930

as Princess Louise

Just Imagine

as LN-18

So This Is London

as Elinor Worthing

Song o' My Heart

as Eileen

Television (13)

Leg Work

1987

as Dorothy Richardson

5.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Ben Casey

Matinee Theater

Climax!

as Lady Dominey

The Whistler

Four Star Playhouse

as Minna Baxter

Cavalcade of America

as Sister Mary Benedict

3.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.2

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

Lux Video Theatre

1950

as Agnes Fisher

6.3