Quinn O'Hara (January 3, 1941 – May 5, 2017), born Alice Jones, was a Scottish-born American actress.
Early life
O'Hara was born in Edinburgh. Later, she and her mother moved to Cardiff where she attended a convent school, then to Quebec when she was a teen, and eventually to Long Beach, California.[1]
Career
O'Hara was crowned Miss Scotland in a beauty contest held in Long Beach in 1960.[2][3] In April 1963, photographer Gene Lester introduced O'Hara to singer-actor Fabian; they became a couple for a time in the 1960s. In 1964, she was the decorative "queen" of the American Road Race of Champions in Riverside, greeting and posing with winners for photographs.[4] In 1969, she was chosen on The Dating Game and went on a chaperoned trip to Nepal.[5]
In 1978, O'Hara was working as a real estate agent in Beverly Hills.[10] She became a United States citizen in 1992, and later worked as a nurse, known as Alice Kirk.[8]
Death
In 1986, O'Hara married William Kirk,[1] some two decades her junior.[citation needed] She died at her home in Los Angeles on May 5, 2017, aged 76.[8]