Maureen Paula O'Sullivan ( May â€" June ) was an Irish-American
actress. She was best known for playing Jane Parker in the Tarzan
series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. In , she was
listed at number on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film
actors. She was also the mother of actress Mia Farrow. When told Frank
Sinatra wanted to marry Mia, she famously remarked "At his age, he
should marry me."O'Sullivan was born in Boyle, County Roscommon,
Ireland, in , the daughter of Mary Eva Lovatt (née Frazer) and
Charles Joseph O'Sullivan, an officer in the Connaught Rangers who
served in World War I. Maureen returned to Boyle in to be honoured by
the town. She attended a convent school in Dublin, then the Convent of
the Sacred Heart at Roehampton (now Woldingham School), England. One
of her classmates there was Vivian Mary Hartley, future Academy
Award-winning actress Vivien Leigh. After attending finishing school
in France, O'Sullivan returned to Dublin to work with the poor. In
October , she sailed to New York with her mother on the British
steamer RMS Baltic, on the way to Hollywood to work for the Fox Film
Corporation.O'Sullivan's film career began when she met motion picture
director Frank Borzage, who was doing location filming on Song o' My
Heart (released in ) for th Century Fox. He suggested she take a
screen test. She did and won a part in the movie, which starred Irish
tenor John McCormack. She traveled to the United States to complete
the movie in Hollywood. O'Sullivan appeared in six movies at Fox, then
made three more at other movie studios.
actress. She was best known for playing Jane Parker in the Tarzan
series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. In , she was
listed at number on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film
actors. She was also the mother of actress Mia Farrow. When told Frank
Sinatra wanted to marry Mia, she famously remarked "At his age, he
should marry me."O'Sullivan was born in Boyle, County Roscommon,
Ireland, in , the daughter of Mary Eva Lovatt (née Frazer) and
Charles Joseph O'Sullivan, an officer in the Connaught Rangers who
served in World War I. Maureen returned to Boyle in to be honoured by
the town. She attended a convent school in Dublin, then the Convent of
the Sacred Heart at Roehampton (now Woldingham School), England. One
of her classmates there was Vivian Mary Hartley, future Academy
Award-winning actress Vivien Leigh. After attending finishing school
in France, O'Sullivan returned to Dublin to work with the poor. In
October , she sailed to New York with her mother on the British
steamer RMS Baltic, on the way to Hollywood to work for the Fox Film
Corporation.O'Sullivan's film career began when she met motion picture
director Frank Borzage, who was doing location filming on Song o' My
Heart (released in ) for th Century Fox. He suggested she take a
screen test. She did and won a part in the movie, which starred Irish
tenor John McCormack. She traveled to the United States to complete
the movie in Hollywood. O'Sullivan appeared in six movies at Fox, then
made three more at other movie studios.
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