
Maureen performed well in athletics and enjoyed rough, physical games. Her inherent ability to perform was the perfect match for the passion she had for sport. Her talent was exemplified by getting almost every Feis award in drama or performances in the theater that her nation offered. In her teens, she had been accepted to the Abbey Theater, where her passion for classical theatre and operatic music was pursued. However, this plan was later altered, however, when Charles Laughton, after seeing an audition for a film of Maureen and was mesmerized by her hauntingly beautiful eyes. Laughton changed the name of Maureen FitzSimons to Maureen FitzSimons, to "Maureen O'Hara", which was a shorter form of her previous name. The name change took place before Laughton decided to use her for Jamaica Inn. Maureen FitzSimons' second movie (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1939-1939) was scheduled to be shot at RKO Pictures in America under agreement with Laughton. Maureen's contract with Laughton was acquired by RKO following this film was a great big success. At the age of 19, Maureen had already starred in two motion picture majors with Laughton.
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