One of the greatest ladies with a capital "L". I would have loved her in THE KING AND I film that she was about to be cast as Anna, but Rodgers wanted Deborah Kerr and while it became one of Kerr's best roles, O'Hara's singing would've been very beautiful to hear.

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Happy 94th Birthday Maureen O'Hara!!
Posted: 8/17/14 at 10:26pm

The Quiet Man is still my fav of hers.

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Happy 94th Birthday Maureen O'Hara!!
Posted: 8/23/14 at 08:19pm

Here's a song from Christine, her flop Broadway musical. I agree she would've been a lovely Anna.
"Room in my Heart"

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Happy 94th Birthday Maureen O'Hara!!
Posted: 8/23/14 at 09:24pm

^I heard on the THE KING AND I 50th anniversary DVD commentary that O'Hara did sing "Hello Young Lovers" on a show from the 50's. I wish I could find the footage of that.

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Happy 94th Birthday Maureen O'Hara!!
Posted: 8/28/14 at 02:31pm

She'll be receiving an honorary Oscar

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Happy 94th Birthday Maureen O'Hara!!
Posted: 8/28/14 at 03:55pm

Absolutely wonderful!

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Happy 94th Birthday Maureen O'Hara!!
Posted: 8/28/14 at 10:17pm

Here's Maureen singing "Hello Young Lovers".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pog4TGmNWpw

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Happy 94th Birthday Maureen O'Hara!!
Posted: 8/30/14 at 06:49pm

^Thank you so much, her singing reminds me so much of Gertrude Lawrence if she was younger. Deborah was a great Anna who had equal star power to Yul (he actually wanted her to play the role), if she was too busy, I guess Rodgers would've had no choice to cast O'Hara despite of what he thought of her (he loved her singing, but he thought of her as a "pirate queen").

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