Kari and Maureen

Canadian actress. Matchett began the acting profession in Ontario following her move from Saskatchewan's village of Spalding. In the latter part of the nineties, she began acting through Canadian television. Then she went to the United States where she starred in The Secrets of Nero Wolfe Invasion 24 Hours at Studio 60 as well as Ambulance Earth. It was the Last Conflict . The actress won the Gemini Award in 2001 for her role as Estelle in the Canadian television series The Department of Wet Cases. The character she played was the wife of one of Impact's leading characters for several seasons. Joan Campbell has played her in Covert Operations on TV since the year 2010. Cube 2, a 2002 Canadian film that was her first major-screen part. In addition to Hypercube, she was also in Angel Eyes Boys with Broomsticks The Tree of Life and Boys with Broomsticks. Divorced. Her first child was a son, named Jude Lyon Matchett was born in June 2013. Maureen O'hara..........................From her first appearances on the stage and screen Maureen O'Hara (b. 1920) attracted attention for her beautiful beauty and sparkling red hair, and her passionate depictions of strong heroines. She was a powerful actress and a confident lady. Whether it was her being rescued by Charles Laughton in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), falling in love in the dark coal skies with Walter Pidgeon in How Green Was My Valley (How Green Was My Valley 1941) and learning about miraculous happenings through Natalie Wood in Miracle on 34th Street (Miracle on 34th Street 1947) or in a battle against John Wayne in The Quiet Man (The Quiet Man 1952) Maureen O'Hara was the first biographies written about the screen icon, known as the Queen of Technicolor. Aubrey Malone, a film critic who follows the star's life from her early years in Dublin until her peak of success in Hollywood and draws fresh details as well as information from Irish Film Institute film production documents and newspaper articles from the past and fan publications. Malone also examines her relationship with frequent co-star John Wayne and her relationship with director John Ford and he addresses the controversial issue of whether the screen siren was a feminist or antifeminist persona. While she was an iconic figure of film's golden era, her penchant for privacy and habit of making public statements that contradicted her personal choices have made her an enigma. The first biography of her provides an inside look at the woman behind her larger than life persona. Through sifting through the myths surrounding her, the book provides a realistic assessment of a famous film actress.