Gerry Meets... Maureen O'Hara
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The Last Ever
- Belfast
- 2005-12-16
Gerry Meets... Maureen O'Hara
The actress speaks about the Golden Age of Hollywood and filming The Quiet Man.
Gerry Kelly interviews Maureen O'Hara at Ashford Castle, Co. Mayo where much of the filming for The Quiet Man took place.
O'Hara talks about her early theatre career, her naivety at the beginning of her time in Hollywood, and what it was like to work with John Wayne and notorious director John Ford. She speaks about some of the leading men she has worked with and remains tight-lipped about what she infamously whispered to John Wayne at the end of The Quiet Man.
Known for her natural red hair, Dublin-born Maureen O'Hara became a successful Hollywood actress from the 1940s-1960s, often playing the heroine in Westerns. She starred alongside John Wayne in the 1952 romantic comedy The Quiet Man, for which John Ford won an Oscar for Best Director.
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Northern Ireland’s genial chat show king shares time with a host of famous names from across the world of entertainment, sport and politics.
From 1989 to 2005 there was one unrivalled claimant to the crown of Northern Ireland’s favourite talk show host – UTV’s Gerry Kelly. Kelly’s easy-going interviewing style and his always-eclectic mix of guests and musical acts ensured that his show was one of the weekly jewels in the crown of Ulster Television’s schedules.
This collection of highlights from the series includes his talks with famous faces from Northern Ireland such as George Best, Dame Mary Peters and a young Rory McIlroy, who spoke to Gerry when he was just a primary school child embarking upon his golfing career. Also included are longer chats from the ‘Gerry Meets...’ series where he sits down to talk with Hollywood legends such as Maureen O’Hara and Robin Williams. Always with a friendly twinkle in his eye, Gerry demonstrates how he became one of Northern Ireland’s most beloved television personalities.
10 videos in this collection
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The Last Ever
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American WWII Veterans in Northern Ireland
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Anthony Daniels (Kelly)
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Overturned Conviction of the Guildford Four
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Queen's University Belfast 150th Anniversary
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Gerry Adams Interview
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Robin Williams (Kelly)
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Gerry Meets... Maureen O'Hara
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Banjo Bannon
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