Leading Lady

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- She came from Ireland, a flame-haired colleen with extraordinary beauty and fire in her hazel eyes. Maureen O'Hara became the Queen of Technicolor and John Wayne's favorite leading lady.

Leading Lady

Looking back over the studio years, O'Hara laments that all of her leading men are gone now: "Laughton ... Tyrone Power, John Payne, Cornel Wilde, Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, Brian Keith, Walter Pidgeon, and, of course, the old Duke himself. 041b061a72