Tag: film legend

October 24, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Maureen FitzSimons, a.k.a., Maureen O’Hara, was born on Aug. 17, 1920, in Ranelagh, Ireland, on the outskirts of Dublin.

Although Ms. O’Hara took on dual citizenship, she was intensely proud of her Irishness. She served as the grand marshal of New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in 1999. When a journalist asked her in 2004 how she remained so beautiful, she explained: “I was Irish. I remain Irish. And…

Read the post

October 24, 2015 / Vickie Lester

May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be at your back and may the sun shine warmly upon your face. Maureen O’Hara (1920-2015)

October 24, 2015 / Vickie Lester

“I have always believed my most compelling quality to be my inner strength, something I am easily able to share with an audience. I’m very comfortable in my own skin. I never thought my looks would have anything to do with becoming a star. Yet it seems that in some ways they did.” Maureen O’Hara

August 28, 2013 / Vickie Lester

AVA GARDNER

From the marvelous short story, “A Toast to Ava Gardner”, by a friend of Miss Gardner’s, and author of, “I, Claudius”, Robert Graves: “Questioned about the monstrous legendary self which towers above her, Ava told us that she does everything possible to get out from under, though the publicity-boys and…

Read the post

June 18, 2012 / Vickie Lester

WHOA, NELLY!

From 1925 to 1928 William Wyler cranked out twenty-nine westerns – most of them were two reelers (24 minutes) in the Universal Mustang series. In later years he had this to say: “I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of…

Read the post