Mary Margaret O'Hara
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Mary Margaret O'Hara is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for the album Miss America, released in 1988.
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Discography
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Albums
- Miss America 1988
- Apartment Hunting (Soundtrack Album) 2001
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EP
- Christmas EP 1991
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Contributions
- John & Mary, The Weedkiller's Daughter (1993) - background vocals
- Count Your Blessings (1994) - collaborative concert with Jane Siberry, Holly Cole, Rebecca Jenkins and Victoria Williams
- Songs for My Mother and Father (1996) - guest vocal on Hugh Marsh album
- Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation (1996) - "Florida"
- September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (1997) - "Fürchte Dich Nicht"
- O'Hara participated in some concerts of Hal Wilner's Harry Smith Project Revisited tour during 1999-2001. On the concert album, released in 2006, she performs the folk song "He Got Better Things for You" and on the accompanying DVD she can also be seen singing backing vocals to Gavin Friday's version of "When That Great Ship Went Down".
- Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen (2003) - "Blues in the Night"
- Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (2006) - "The Cry of Man"
- Tindersticks, Falling Down a Mountain (2010) - Guest vocal on "Peanuts"
- Garth Hudson Presents: A Canadian Celebration of The Band (2010) - "Out of the Blue"
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Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 1977 | Second City TV | Prisoner | Television series (appeared in one episode) |
| 1985 | The Last Polka | Lemon twin | Television series |
| 1988 | Candy Mountain | Darlene | |
| 1991 | The Events Leading Up to My Death | Rita | |
| 2000 | Apartment Hunting | Helen | |
| 2003 | Squeezebox | Vivienne | short film by Andrew Hull |
| 2004 | Youkali Hotel | Television series | |
| 2005 | Mr Happy | Mother | Released in 2005 and 2006 |
| Black Widow | Elizabeth Peyton |
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