Irish-American Celebrities
John Ford
Born John Martin Feeney to parents who came to America from Ireland, John Ford was a popular and influential Hollywood film director known for his westerns, inlcuding Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Among the more than 140 movies he directed are The Grapes of Wrath and How Green Was My Valley. Ford won FOUR Best Director Oscars. Many of the Hollywood elite of the time including Orson Welles called John The Great American Director.
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Don't forget Quiet Man which was filmed in Ireland and starred Maureen O'Hara and her whole family who lived in Ireland.
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