A first-ever revealing and candid look at the life and career of one of Hollywoodâs brightest and most beloved stars, Maureen OâHara.
In an acting career of more than seventy years, Hollywood legend Maureen OâHara came to be known as âthe queen of Technicolorâ for her fiery red hair and piercing green eyes. She had a reputation as a fiercely independent thinker and champion of causes, particularly those of her beloved homeland, Ireland. In âTis Herself, OâHara recounts her extraordinary life and proves to be just as strong, sharp, and captivating as any character she played on-screen.
OâHara was brought to Hollywood as a teenager in 1939 by the great Charles Laughton, to whom she was under contract, to costar with him in the classic film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She has appeared in many other classics, including How Green Was My Valley, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, and Miracle on 34th Street. She recalls intimate memories of working with the actors and directors of Hollywoodâs Golden Age, including Laughton, Alfred Hitchcock, Tyrone Power, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, and John Candy. With characteristic frankness, she describes her tense relationship with the mercurial director John Ford, with whom she made five films, and her close lifelong friendship with her frequent costar John Wayne. Successful in her career, OâHara was less lucky in love until she met aviation pioneer Brigadier General Charles F. Blair, the great love of her life, who died in a mysterious plane crash ten years after their marriage.
Candid and revealing, âTis Herself is an autobiography as witty and spirited as its author.
