Maureen Paula O'Sullivan
Maureen Paula O'Sullivan (May 17, 1911 – June 23, 1998)In 1932, she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. After several roles there and at other movie studios, she was chosen by Irving Thalberg to appear as Jane Parker in Tarzan the Ape Man, opposite co-star Johnny Weissmuller. She was one of the more popular ingenues at MGM throughout the 1930s and appeared in a number of other productions with various stars. In all, O'Sullivan played Jane in six features between 1932 and 1942. She also starred with William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man (1934) and played Kitty in Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo and Basil Rathbone. She played another Jane in Pride and Prejudice (1940) with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson, and supported Ann Sothern in Maisie Was a Lady (1941). Her first husband was John Farrow, writer and an award winning director, and she is the Mother of actress Mia Farrow. Maureen O'Sullivan died of complications from heart surgery in 1998, at age 87. O'Sullivan is buried at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Niskayuna, NY
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