Maureen O'Sullivan

What strikes me about Maureen O'Sullivan is the quiet endurance behind the glamour. Forever remembered as Tarzan's Jane, she could easily have been typecast and forgotten, yet she worked alongside Garbo, Olivier and the Marx Brothers across more than half a century. I admire that an Irish girl from rural Boyle carved out a lasting place in golden-age Hollywood on her own terms. Her appeal, for me, lies less in spectacle than in an intelligent, warm screen presence that aged gracefully. She represents a vanished kind of star: dignified, resilient, and far more substantial than the roles she's most famous for.

Name (English)

Maureen O'Sullivan

Name (Japanese)

モーリン・オサリヴァン

Reading

もーりん・おさりゔぁん

Born

May 17, 1911 – June 23, 1998

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Boar

Origin

Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.farrow-osullivan.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen%20O'Sullivan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230084

Tags

• County Roscommon
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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