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Angel, Devil, Princess – Three Irish Film Stars
Tom McParland looks at the lives and careers of three Irish filmstars – Maureen O’Sullivan, Maureen O’Hara and Grace Kelly – who blazed a Hollywood trail for those that followed.
Modern movie actors like Brenda Fricker or Saoirse Ronan are up there with the world’s best in the Hollywood firmament. But they would be the first to admit that they sit on the shoulders of three giant Irish stars that successfully trod tinseltown’s path when Hollywood once meant the world.
For over three decades like pretty shamrocks, we felt that Maureen O’Sullivan, Maureen O’Hara and Grace Kelly represented Ireland as the ‘girl’ wife or mother in movies. Space dictates but a brief assessment of their varied careers, characteristics and star worthiness.