Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2017 -- Tarzan Revisited | Self (archive footage)
2007 -- Where Danger Lives: White Rose for Julie |
2004 -- Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self (archive footage)
2003 -- Complicated Women | Self (archive footage)
1998 -- In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross | Herself
1994 -- Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | Eleanor Biddlecomb
1992 -- The Habitation of Dragons | Helen Taylor
1992 -- With Murder in Mind | Aunt Mildred
1988 -- Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood | Aunt Sue
1987 -- Stranded | Grace Clark
1986 -- Peggy Sue Got Married | Elizabeth Alvorg
1986 -- Hannah and Her Sisters | Norma
1984 -- Too Scared to Scream | Marian Hardwick
1982 -- Morning's at Seven | Esther "Esty" Crampton
1978 -- Mandy's Grandmother | Grandmother
1976 -- The Great Houdinis | Lady Conan Doyle
1976 -- That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage)
1976 -- It's Showtime | Self (archive footage)
1972 -- The Crooked Hearts | Lillian Stanton
1972 -- Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage)
1970 -- The Phynx | Maureen O'Sullivan
1965 -- Never Too Late | Edith Lambert
1958 -- Wild Heritage | Emma Breslin
1957 -- The Edge of Innocence | Julia Williams
1957 -- The Tall T | Doretta Mims
1956 -- The Blessed Midnight | Sister Mary Benedict
1955 -- The Little Lamb: A Christmas Story | Mother
1954 -- The Steel Cage | Gladys Duffy
1954 -- Duffy of San Quentin | Gladys Duffy
1953 -- Mission Over Korea | Nancy Slocum
1953 -- All I Desire | Sara Harper
1952 -- Bonzo Goes to College | Marion Gateson Drew
1952 -- Ellis in Freedomland | The Dishwasher (voice)
1951 -- No Resting Place | Nan Kyle
1950 -- Where Danger Lives | Julie Dorn
1950 -- Screen Actors | Self (uncredited)
1948 -- The Big Clock | Georgette Stroud
1942 -- Tarzan's New York Adventure | Jane
1941 -- Tarzan's Secret Treasure | Jane
1941 -- Maisie Was a Lady | Abby Rawlston
1940 -- Pride and Prejudice | Jane Bennet
1940 -- Sporting Blood | Linda Lockwood
1940 -- Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self
1939 -- Tarzan Finds a Son! | Jane Parker
1939 -- Let Us Live | Mary Roberts
1938 -- Spring Madness | Alexandra Benson
1938 -- The Crowd Roars | Sheila 'Shelia' Carson
1938 -- Port of Seven Seas | Madelon
1938 -- Hold That Kiss | June Evans
1938 -- A Yank at Oxford | Molly Beaumont
1937 -- My Dear Miss Aldrich | Martha Aldrich
1937 -- The Romance of Celluloid | Self
1937 -- Between Two Women | Claire Donahue
1937 -- The Emperor's Candlesticks | Maria Orlich
1937 -- A Day at the Races | Judy Standish
1936 -- Tarzan Escapes | Jane
1936 -- The Devil-Doll | Lorraine Lavond
1936 -- Hollywood - The Second Step | Herself
1936 -- The Voice of Bugle Ann | Camden Terry
1935 -- The Bishop Misbehaves | Hester Grantham
1935 -- Anna Karenina | Kitty
1935 -- Woman Wanted | Ann
1935 -- The Flame Within | Linda Belton
1935 -- Cardinal Richelieu | Lenore
1935 -- West Point of the Air | 'Skip' Carter
1935 -- David Copperfield | Dora Spenlow
1934 -- The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Henrietta Barrett
1934 -- Hide-Out | Pauline Miller
1934 -- The Thin Man | Dorothy Wynant
1934 -- Tarzan and His Mate | Jane Parker
1934 -- Screen Snapshots No. 11 | Herself
1933 -- Stage Mother | Shirley Lorraine
1933 -- Tugboat Annie | Patricia 'Pat' Severn
1933 -- The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble | Molly Kelly
1932 -- Robbers' Roost | Helen Herrick
1932 -- Strange Interlude | Madeline Arnold
1932 -- Payment Deferred | Winnie Marble
1932 -- Okay, America! | Sheila Barton
1932 -- Skyscraper Souls | Lynn Harding
1932 -- Fast Companions | Sally
1932 -- The Silver Lining | Joyce Moore
1932 -- Tarzan the Ape Man | Jane Parker
1931 -- The Big Shot | Doris Thompson
1931 -- Skyline | Katherine Kearny
1931 -- A Connecticut Yankee | Alisande / Woman in Mansion
1930 -- The Princess and the Plumber | Princess Louise
1930 -- Just Imagine | LN-18
1930 -- So This Is London | Elinor Worthing
1930 -- Song o' My Heart | Eileen
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