"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
…She became known as the Queen of Technicolor because of the camera's love affair with her vivid hair, pale complexion and fiery nature.
She also appeared in Miracle on 34th Street, the classic 1947 Christmas story in which O'Hara was little Natalie Wood's skeptical mother and among those charmed by Edmund Gwenn as a man who believed he was Santa Claus.
She is survived by her daughter, Bronwyn FitzSimons, her grandson, Conor FitzSimons and two great-grandchildren.
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