Damn she was a pretty woman. and tough as nails I understand. Reminds me of Mrs Raljr1.
Rio Grande with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
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I was fortunate enough to spend time with her in/about 1990.
She was about 70+ then and I can tell you that she was extraordinarily beautiful. Both inside and out.
She exhibited a level of class that I still recall in awe when I remember her.
I have no doubt that she was very capable of the "tough as nails" as you stated based on what I had heard and considering the company she kept (the Duke) himself. With all the time they shared over decades, I'm sure she acquired the finer points of taking care of herself.
She was about 70+ then and I can tell you that she was extraordinarily beautiful. Both inside and out.
She exhibited a level of class that I still recall in awe when I remember her.
I have no doubt that she was very capable of the "tough as nails" as you stated based on what I had heard and considering the company she kept (the Duke) himself. With all the time they shared over decades, I'm sure she acquired the finer points of taking care of herself.
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Two people I would have loved to have met.
The reason I hold that memory as special goes a little deeper.
Through out the 50's and up to that time (1990), I grew up knowing that for all those years, she was my father's favorite as was John Wayne, my mother's favorite was Anthony Quinn and Elizabeth Taylor.
Now I'm assigned as a police officer to a movie being filmed in Chicago (Only the Lonely) starring John Candy, Jim Belushi AND Maureen O'Hara along with Anthony Quinn.
One morning, I find myself sitting in the typical set chair, on my right sits Ms. O'Hara and on my left, Mr. Quinn.
We talked for a couple hours, even took Mr Quinn shopping for some cd's he was looking for, not once could I mention the previous 4 decades of constant praise that my parents had expounded them on without sounding like a star struck teenager.
Unfortunately, my father had died ten years earlier and my mother was in the early stages of Alzhiemers so the event could not be shared with them although my sister got a bang out of it.
Through out the 50's and up to that time (1990), I grew up knowing that for all those years, she was my father's favorite as was John Wayne, my mother's favorite was Anthony Quinn and Elizabeth Taylor.
Now I'm assigned as a police officer to a movie being filmed in Chicago (Only the Lonely) starring John Candy, Jim Belushi AND Maureen O'Hara along with Anthony Quinn.
One morning, I find myself sitting in the typical set chair, on my right sits Ms. O'Hara and on my left, Mr. Quinn.
We talked for a couple hours, even took Mr Quinn shopping for some cd's he was looking for, not once could I mention the previous 4 decades of constant praise that my parents had expounded them on without sounding like a star struck teenager.
Unfortunately, my father had died ten years earlier and my mother was in the early stages of Alzhiemers so the event could not be shared with them although my sister got a bang out of it.
In her "pirate movies" she was the best gal wielding a sword EVER !
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16T1clzMqLw[/ame]
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16T1clzMqLw[/ame]
UncleEd
Member
Where the producers or directors
allowed, she was game to do her
own stunts.
allowed, she was game to do her
own stunts.
PeterJ
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Their best movie ever was Quiet Man.
ACORN
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The Quiet Man, my favorite too.
She played Esmerelda in the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the love interest of Quasimodo. She was 18-19 years old and quite a looker!
She played Esmerelda in the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the love interest of Quasimodo. She was 18-19 years old and quite a looker!
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texmex
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And in the movie RIO GRANDE, there was Ken Curtis (Festus Hagen from Gunsmoke) singing "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen".
I loved the Quiet Man but the two of them in Big Jake..........You could tell they had been working together for a loooooong time.
"I was wrong. You haven't changed, have you, Jacob McCandles."
"Not one bit."
"I was wrong. You haven't changed, have you, Jacob McCandles."
"Not one bit."
jcs266
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Probably my favorite of the John Wayne movies, though I love them all.
