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Search - Maureen O'Sullivan: No Average Jane

Maureen O'Sullivan No Average Jane
Author: David A. Fury, Carolin Kopplin (Editor)

After several years of research the true life story of the beloved Irish actress Maureen O?Sullivan has been published by Artist?s Press. The actress previously wrote the Foreword to David Fury?s 1994 McFarland history, "Kings of the Jungle." This biography follows her fascinating life after being discovered in Ireland at age 18 by director Fran... more »k Borzage, who brought her to Hollywood to star in Song O? My Heart (1930) with the legendary Irish tenor, John McCormack. Her life became a storybook tale when she was chosen to co-star with Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932), Tarzan and His Mate (1934), and four more jungle adventures.

While Maureen O?Sullivan is fondly remembered as "Jane" of the Tarzan pictures, she was also a major star with MGM and had lead roles in many classic films including Payment Deferred (1932); The Thin Man (1934);The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934); David Copperfield (1935); Anna Karenina (1935); A Day at the Races (1937); A Yank at Oxford(1938); Pride and Prejudice (1940); and The Big Clock (1948).

She co-starred with the greats of Hollywood: Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Charles Laughton, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Will Rogers, Robert Taylor, Joel McCrea, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Henry Fonda, Greer Garson, Ray Milland, Edna May Oliver, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Montgomery, the Marx Brothers, and directors George Cukor, Tod Browning, and Woody Van Dyke.

Maureen starred in 70 films over a sixty-year career, added radio acting to her repertory in the 1940s, and television drama when the medium boomed in the early 1950s. The talented actress was equally adept performing drama or comedy; she was invariably cast as a woman of intelligence, character, and personality regardless of the film genre. She was also considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood during the 1930s and ?40s, and appeared on the cover of countless popular magazines.

In 1962 O?Sullivan made a critical career move to the legitimate stage in the hit comedy, Never Too Late, which ran for two years on Broadway and then was produced as a popular motion picture in 1965. The actress stayed on the stage for over 25 years and had another Broadway success in 1980, Morning?s At Seven, which won the Tony Award for Best Revival. Maureen was also presented a special Drama Desk Award for her stellar performance.

After being off the big screen for 20 years, she made a strong comeback in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). In a critically acclaimed role, Maureen portrayed the boozy mother of her own real-life daughter, Mia Farrow. The veteran actress landed another memorable character as Kathleen Turner?s grandmother in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), and had featured roles in numerous dramas over the next decade.

Maureen O?Sullivan was also a busy mother and had seven children with first husband John Farrow. After Farrow died of a heart attack in 1963, she raised her children as a single mother. Maureen married James Cushing in 1983, and their very happy relationship lasted until her death in 1998. Maureen loved acting and was still plying her trade as an octogenarian when her fellow actresses of the 1930s were long gone from the scene. In later years she accepted her legacy as Jane to Weissmuller?s Tarzan, but in this biography you will discover that she was "No Average Jane."

2008 Press Release

ISBN-13: 9780924556067
ISBN-10: 0924556064
Publication Date: 4/4/2007
Pages: 450
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Publisher: Artist's Press Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
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