The best Maureen O'Sullivan’s comedy movies

Maureen O'Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan

17/05/1911- 23/06/1998
We present our ranking of the best Maureen O'Sullivan’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Maureen O'Sullivan.
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The Thin Man

The Thin Man
7.9/10
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters
7.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 07/02/1986
  • Character: Norma
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue Got Married
6.4/10
Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

A Day at the Races

A Day at the Races
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 11/06/1937
  • Character: Judy Standish
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.

Spring Madness

Spring Madness
5.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 11/11/1938
  • Character: Alexandra Benson
Harvard senior Sam Thatcher (Lew Ayres) and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott" (Burgess Meredith), plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson (Maureen O'Sullivan).

Tugboat Annie

Tugboat Annie
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 04/08/1933
  • Character: Patricia 'Pat' Severn
Waterfront couple raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up to be rather snotty and rebels against drunken Beery. Valiant Dressler keeps things moving even as hubby ruins their tugboat business.

Hide-Out

Hide-Out
6.9/10
Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record. Lucky is fully prepared to shoot his way out when the cops come calling, but he is softened by the daughter's affections.

Maisie Was a Lady

Maisie Was a Lady
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 10/01/1941
  • Character: Abby Rawlston
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.

The Phynx

The Phynx
4.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/03/1970
  • Character: Maureen O'Sullivan
A rock band becomes embroiled in foreign affairs when they're sent to go on tour in Albania as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle held by communist enemies of the USA.

Just Imagine

Just Imagine
5.4/10
New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished" enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.

My Dear Miss Aldrich

My Dear Miss Aldrich
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 17/09/1937
  • Character: Martha Aldrich
A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.

Woman Wanted

Woman Wanted
6.5/10
Ann Grey is wrongly convicted of murder. On her way to prison a car accident gives her the opportunity to escape. She is helped by young lawyer Tony Baxter. He hides her from the police, as well as his fiancée, with the help of his butler Peedles. Ann is also wanted by the mobsters who really committed the murder as they think she knows where $250,000 worth of bonds are hidden. When the mobsters find and abduct her, Tony enlists the help of the D.A. and the police to try to get her back.

A Connecticut Yankee

A Connecticut Yankee
6.3/10
Making a delivery to a mysterious mansion in a rainstorm, radio salesman Hank Martin is knocked out when a suit of armor topples on him. Upon awakening, Hank finds himself in the time of King Arthur. At Camelot Castle, Hank uses a cigarette lighter and his skill with a lasso to save himself from being executed as a demon. Hank so impresses Arthur that the king orders him to joust with one of his knights to save the life of Princess Alisande.

Never Too Late

Never Too Late
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/11/1965
  • Character: Edith Lambert
A 60-year-old lumber supply businessman is dismayed to learn his 50-year-old wife is pregnant. A film adaptation of the hit Broadway comedy, with Paul Ford repeating his stage role as the flabbergasted papa-to-be.

The Crooked Hearts

The Crooked Hearts
6.4/10
A charming but somewhat larcenous widow attempts to snare a rich bachelor through a lonely hearts club, but her scheme boomerangs into a deadly cat-and-mouse game. This marked the TV-movie debut of both Rosalind Russell and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and was sadly also Russell's last film role.

The Bishop Misbehaves

The Bishop Misbehaves
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 13/09/1935
  • Character: Hester Grantham
On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she has planned. Thinking it a joke, he plays along; but Hester is serious, and hearing that she plans to rob Mr. Waller, the man who has cheated her father out of thousands of pounds, Donald agrees. A robbery at a pub is arranged, but the Bishop of Broadminster, an avid mystery fan, and his sister stumble into it. Playing detective the Bishop complicates matters and each side, the Bishop, the unscrupulous Waller, the gang Hester hires, and Hester and Donald, each get the upper hand along the way.

The Big Shot

The Big Shot
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 31/12/1931
  • Character: Doris Thompson
Eddie Quillan stars in this 1931 comedy as a hapless hotel clerk who tries to impress his sweetheart (Maureen O'Sullivan) with a series of money-making schemes.

Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss
6.2/10
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/04/1933
  • Character: Molly Kelly
Kelly's daughter falls for a revenue agent, and his divorced wife is after alimony.

Bonzo Goes to College

Bonzo Goes to College
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/09/1952
  • Character: Marion Gateson Drew
When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him college.

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