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- Born Dublin, Ireland on July 11 1929. Educated at Synge Street Catholic boys school. Started acting aged 8 in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. Playing everything from Beckett to Shakespeare, he has appeared in theatre, TV and film constantly since 1959. Awards include: Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production (1991) for "The Playboy of the Western World"; nominated for SAG Award, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (1999) for Waking Ned Devine (1998); ESB Lifetime Achievement award for work in the Irish theatre. He lived in Dublin, Ireland, where he died on 12 February 2012 at the age of 82. Children: Son, David. Daughter, Miriam.
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One of Hollywood's finest character actors and most accomplished scene stealers, Barry Fitzgerald was born William Joseph Shields in 1888 in Dublin, Ireland. Educated to enter the banking business, the diminutive Irishman with the irresistible brogue was bitten by the acting bug in the 1920s and joined Dublin's world-famous Abbey Players. He subsequently starred in the Abbey Theatre production of Sean O'Casey's Juno And The Paycock, a role that he recreated in his film debut for director Alfred Hitchcock in 1930. He was coaxed to the U.S. in 1935 by John Ford to appear in Ford's film adaptation of another O'Casey masterpiece, The Plough and the Stars (1936). Fitzgerald took up residence in Hollywood and went on to give outstanding performances in such films as The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), None But the Lonely Heart (1944), And Then There Were None (1945), Two Years Before the Mast (1946) and what is probably the role for which he is most fondly remembered, The Quiet Man (1952). He won the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of gruff, aging Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way (1944). He was also nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for the same role and was the only actor to ever be so honored. Barry Fitzgerald died in his beloved Dublin in 1961.- James Flynn was born on 21 August 1965 in Kilmacud, Ireland. He was a producer, known for Vikings (2013), Becoming Jane (2007) and The Count of Monte Cristo (2002). He was married to Juanita Wilson. He died on 11 February 2023 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Eddie Byrne was born on 31 January 1911 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Island of Terror (1966) and Odd Man Out (1947). He died on 21 August 1981 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Siobhan McKenna was born on 24 May 1923 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. She was an actress, known for Doctor Zhivago (1965), King of Kings (1961) and Of Human Bondage (1964). She was married to Denis O'Dea. She died on 16 November 1986 in Dublin, Ireland.- Johnny Murphy was born on 2 October 1943 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Commitments (1991), Waiting for Godot (2001) and Remington Steele (1982). He died on 22 February 2016 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Born in Limerick on July 27, 1913, versatile Irish actor Liam Redmond was one of four children (the others were Thomas, Mary and Eileen), born to Thomas, a master carpenter who also taught woodworking, and Eileen Redmond, a homemaker. He received his early education at the Christian Brothers junior and secondary schools in Dublin. Upon completing secondary school, he attended UCD (University College, Dublin -- a constituent college of the National University of Ireland (NUI) -- and originally studied medicine before shifting his career focus to the arts. He met his wife Barbara MacDonagh there while he was the Director of the Dramatic Society and she was the Secretary. They had four children.
It was William Butler Yeats, the renowned Irish poet, dramatist, and literary figure who saw one Liam's productions at the college and saw a bright promise in him, inviting the young hopeful to join the Abbey Theatre in 1935 as a guest producer. This completely ended any serious designs to return to medicine. Yeates went on to write his play "Death of Cuchullain" particularly for Liam. Wife Barbara's brother was Donagh MacDonagh, who was not only a judge, but a playwright, poet and author.
Liam made his Abbey Theatre acting debut that same year in Sean O'Casey's "The Silver Tassie." In 1939, he made his first stage appearance in New York in "The White Steed." He left America at the outbreak of WWII and played regularly on the London stage, returning from time to time to the Abbey for a season or performance. Some of his more sterling performances over time included "The Playboy of the Western World" (in the course of his career he played every male role in "Playboy"), "Juno and the Paycock", "The Square Ring," "The Doctor's Dilemma," "Loot" and "The Island".
The actor joined the Dublin Verse-Speaking Society and occasionally read poetry on radio. Redmond went back to Broadway in the 50s to play Canon McCooey in "The Wayward Saint" and won the George Jean Nathan Award for his performance.
Liam's easygoing nature and erudite presence proved quite suitable for film and TV character parts, and he wound up a regular presence on such popular British TV series fare as "Z Cars" and "The Avengers." Flavorful roles in films include I See a Dark Stranger (1946), Captain Boycott (1947), High Treason (1951), The Cruel Sea (1953), The Playboy of the Western World (1962), one of Elvis Presley's better vehicles Kid Galahad (1962), The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964), Tobruk (1967) and his last Barry Lyndon (1975). Walt Disney himself personally requested Liam for a couple of Disney projects, including The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967). Over the years he specialized in playing captains, priests, police inspectors and professors.
In later years Liam developed a special interest and talent for cooking. He eventually retired to a quiet life in Dublin and, following a decade of declining health, died at age 76 in his beloved Dublin on October 28, 1989. He was predeceased by wife Barbara.- Actor
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Donal McCann was born on 7 May 1943 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Stealing Beauty (1996), The Dead (1987) and High Spirits (1988). He died on 17 July 1999 in Dublin, Ireland.- Kathleen Ryan was born on 8 September 1922 in Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Odd Man Out (1947), Christopher Columbus (1949) and The Yellow Balloon (1953). She was married to Dermod Devane. She died on 11 November 1985 in Dublin, Ireland.
- American character actor of rather bizarre range, a member of the so-called "John Ford Stock Company." Originally a New York stage actor of some repute, Whitehead entered films in the 1930s. He played a wide variety of character parts, often quite different from his own actual age and type. He is probably most familiar as Al Joad in 'John Ford (I)''s The Grapes of Wrath (1940). But twenty-two years later, in his fifth film for Ford, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Whitehead at 51 was playing a lollipop-licking schoolboy! He continued to work predominantly on the stage, appearing now and again in films or on television. In his last years, he suffered from cancer and died in 1998 in Dublin, Ireland, where he had lived in semi- retirement for many years.
- Sean Lawlor was born on 25 January 1954 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Braveheart (1995), In the Name of the Father (1993) and Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009). He died on 10 October 2009 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Noel Purcell was born on 23 December 1900 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Lust for Life (1956), The Crimson Pirate (1952) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). He was married to Eileen Marmion. He died on 3 March 1985 in Dublin, Ireland.- Maureen Cusack was born on 24 November 1920 in Glenties, Co. Donegal, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Rising of the Moon (1957) and Von Richthofen and Brown (1971). She was married to Cyril Cusack. She died on 18 December 1977 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Niall Toibin was born in Cork, Ireland in 1929. Married Judy Kenny (1931-2001) in 1957. Five children and six grand-children. He has had an illustrious acting career spanning over four decades. On October 29 2002 he received the CFT Excellence Award for Best Actor.- Actor
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Denis O'Dea was born on 26 April 1905 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Fallen Idol (1948), Odd Man Out (1947) and Esther and the King (1960). He was married to Siobhan McKenna. He died on 5 November 1978 in Dublin, Ireland.- Director
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Brother of Oscar nominated actor Dan O'Herlihy, Michael O'Herlihy was a major TV director in the US from the 1950s to the 1980s. His credits include Star Trek (1966), Maverick (1957), Gunsmoke (1955), M*A*S*H (1972), Hawaii Five-O (1968), The A-Team (1983) and Miami Vice (1984) to name but a few.
He worked for Disney in the late 1960s and his feature film debut was for them in 1966 with The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), a family classic.
Nominated for an Emmy in 1979 for his NBC miniseries Backstairs at the White House (1979), O'Herlihy, like his brother, never received the accolades in his home country that he did in the US.- Actor
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Born in Kent, England, songwriter/poet Shane MacGowan attended Westminster School (and was later expelled for drug use). After a brief time with the Nips (77-79), Shane MacGowan formed the democratically operated Pogues, a successful '80s group which released a handful of well-received records (e.g. If I Should Fall From Grace with God) and many songs considered classics (e.g. Fairytale of New York, A Pair of Brown Eyes). Expelled from the Pogues for his reckless lifestyle, MacGowan lived and wrote in London throughout the '90s, releasing two albums with his band, the Popes. He now resides in the county of Tipperary, Ireland, putting together the occasional tour.- Nika McGuigan was born on 4 January 1986 in Newry, Northern Ireland, UK. She was an actress, known for Philomena (2013), Wildfire (2020) and Malicious Intent (2000). She died on 23 July 2019 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Jimmy T. Murakami was born on 5 June 1933 in San Jose, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Heavy Metal (1981), Breath (1967) and When the Wind Blows (1986). He was married to Ethna Murakami. He died on 16 February 2014 in Dublin, Ireland.- Pert blonde actress Marjorie Steele was in films for a very short time, making only four in all. She was born in Reno, Nevada on August 27, 1930 in a log cabin built by her father, a contractor. Her mother was part Russian and Swedish while her father came from German and Sioux Indian parentage. Marjorie's family moved to San Francisco when she was 9. It was here that she took an interest in acting while still young. She started with acting lessons and eventually won a scholarship to the Actors Lab in Hollywood.
To support herself in the early days, she worked as a cigarette girl at Ciro's, L.A.'s top nightclub. In what was to become a Cinderella story, the working teenager attracted the attention of multimillionaire Huntington Hartford. Smitten, Hartford not only signed her to a contract with a motion picture company he owned, he married her in 1949--shortly after her nineteenth birthday. She built up her reputation on stage and appeared in two films produced by her husband: Hello Out There (1949) and Face to Face (1952).
Her other two "B" films were Tough Assignment (1949) and No Escape (1953). Marjorie scored well in theater assignments, notably as the title role in "Sabrina Fair" in 1954, which played in London, and on Broadway when she took over the role of Maggie the Cat from Barbara Bel Geddes in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Shortly after this, she suddenly lost interest in her career and decided to retire and raise a family.
She married British actor Dudley Sutton following her 1961 divorce to Hartford, with whom she had two children,, but the marriage lasted only a few years. Her daughter by this marriage predeceased her mother, dying of a drug overdose at age 28. Steele's third husband was American-born Irish author Major Constantine Robert Louis Lee-Dillon FitzGibbon, who wrote "When the Kissing Had to Stop" and "The Irish in Ireland," and was the biographer of friend Dylan Thomas. Together the couple wrote "Teddy in the Tree." He died in 1983 from cancer and she never remarried.
Living in Ireland, Marjorie occupied her later years with painting and sculpting and has been commissioned for her work. She died on January 19, 2018 in Dublin. - Brian McGrath was born on 23 August 1943 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for P.S. I Love You (2007), Alexander (2004) and Evelyn (2002). He was married to Carolyn. He died on 10 November 2010 in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland.
- Birdy Sweeney began acting when he was in his 50s having spent much of his earlier life as a comic and bird impersonator. He won his distinctive nickname while still a schoolboy making his debut mimicking blackbirds as an 11-year-old on BBC Radio Ulster. Sweeney had a heart attack when he was only 40 and suffered from diabetes throughout his life. Despite his late start as an actor he managed to pick up many credits.
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Jimmy O'Dea was born on 26 April 1899 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), Let's Be Famous (1939) and Blarney (1926). He died on 7 January 1965 in Dublin, Ireland.- Pat Laffan was born on 8 June 1939 in County Meath, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Saint (1997), Leap Year (2010) and War Horse (2011). He was married to Eileen. He died on 14 March 2019 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Godfrey Quigley was born on 4 May 1923 in Jerusalem, Palestine [now Israel]. He was an actor, known for A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975) and Get Carter (1971). He was married to Genevieve Lyons. He died on 7 September 1994 in Dublin, Ireland.
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John McGuire was born on 22 October 1910. He was an actor, known for Stranger on the Third Floor (1940), Invisible Ghost (1941) and Your Uncle Dudley (1935). He died on 30 September 1980 in Dublin, Ireland.- Actress
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Rynagh O'Grady was born on 18 April 1951 in Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress and director, known for Far and Away (1992), Breakfast on Pluto (2005) and The Commitments (1991). She died on 8 February 2021 in Dublin, Ireland.- John McGahern was born on 12 November 1934 in Leitrim, Ireland. He was a writer, known for That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023), Korea (1995) and Amongst Women (1998). He was married to Madeline Green, Annikki Laksi and Anikki Laaki. He died on 30 March 2006 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Patrick O'Brian was born on 12 December 1914 in Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Van der Valk (1972) and Close Up (1998). He was married to Frieda Mary Wicksteed Tolstoy-Miroslavska and Sarah Russ. He died on 2 January 2000 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Educated at Loreto College, North Great George's Street, Dublin. Joined Gaiety School of Acting in 1947, began acting professionally with the Radio Éireann Players in 1948, later joining the Abbey Theatre company. She soon became recognised as a character actress of exceptional force and talent. Received Jacob's Television Award in 1964 for her performance as Winnie in Beckett's Happy Days. Won nationwide popularity as Mrs Kennedy in the Radio Éireann serial 'The Kennedys of Castleross'. She later played with the Royal Shakespeare Company, toured France and Canada, and appeared on television and in films.
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Karl Shiels was born on 1 January 1972 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor and producer, known for Batman Begins (2005), Haywire (2011) and Into the Badlands (2015). He died on 14 July 2019 in Dublin, Ireland.- Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 - 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".
Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms-such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier-or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.
His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian". - Producer
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Kevin McClory was born on 8 June 1924 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. He was a producer, known for Thunderball (1965), Never Say Never Again (1983) and The Boy and the Bridge (1959). He was married to Fredericka (Bo) Sigrist and Elizabeth O'Brien. He died on 20 November 2006 in Loughlinstown, County Dublin, Ireland.- Actor
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Brendan Grace was born on 1 April 1951 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Father Ted (1995), Moondance (1994) and Backyard Ashes (2013). He was married to Eileen Grace. He died on 11 July 2019 in Dublin, Ireland.- Actor
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Micheál MacLiammóir was a theatrical giant who dominated Irish theatre for over 50 years. Actor, designer, playwright and brilliant raconteur he was very much his own creation. He cut an imposing figure under the spotlight and in real life dressed flamboyantly wearing full make-up at all times and a jet black hairpiece. When he died in 1978 aged 79 The Irish Times wrote, "Nobody can assess the contribution that Micheál MacLiammóir made to Irish theatre." Throughout his life MacLiammóir closely guarded the fact that he was not in fact Irish at all but had been born in London. As Alfred Willmore he had been a child actor on the London stage in the company of Noël Coward. He later travelled widely throughout Europe, studying arts and languages, before reaching Ireland where he met his future partner, the actor Hilton Edwards. In 1928 the two men started the world famous Gate Theatre in Dublin and among the early players were James Mason and Orson Welles, the latter employing him later to be Iago to Welles' cinematic Othello.
MacLiammóir appeared on Broadway in the 1930s and from the 1950s onwards toured the world in an acclaimed one man show 'The Importance of Being Oscar', based on the life of Oscar Wilde. He followed this in 1963 with 'I Must Be Talking to My Friends', a show about Irish writers, and lastly with 'Talking About Yeats', his final one man entertainment. On MacLiammóir's death Sir John Gielgud commented, "Designer, wit, linguist and boon companion as well as actor, he was a uniquely talented and delightful creature."- Actor
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Dermot Kelly was born on 15 May 1917 in County Laois, Irish Republic. He was an actor, known for The Plank (1967), Mess Mates (1960) and Devil's Bait (1959). He died on 18 February 1980 in Dublin, Ireland.- Stephen Clinch was an actor, known for Cardboard Gangsters (2017), Jack and Ralph Plan a Murder (2014) and Stalker (2012). He died on 24 May 2022 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Sheridan Le Fanu was born on 28 August 1814 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. Sheridan was a writer, known for Mystery and Imagination (1966), The Judge's House and Vampyr (1932). Sheridan was married to Susanna Bennett. Sheridan died on 7 February 1873 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland].
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Nuala Moiselle was born on 4 May 1928 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. She was a casting director and actress, known for Vikings (2013), The Devil's Own (1997) and King Arthur (2004). She was married to Louis Moiselle. She died on 5 November 2018 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland.- Emmet Bergin was born on 3 June 1944 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Excalibur (1981), Veronica Guerin (2003) and Glenroe (1983). He was married to Sarah. He died on 15 March 2024 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Mick Lally was born on 10 November 1945 in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Alexander (2004), The Secret of Kells (2009) and Glenroe (1983). He was married to Peige Lally. He died on 31 August 2010 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Hilton Edwards was born on 2 February 1903 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Return to Glennascaul (1952), Othello (1951) and Half a Sixpence (1967). He died on 18 November 1982 in Dublin, Ireland.- Maeve Binchy was born on 28 May 1940 in Dalkey, Ireland. She was a writer, known for Echoes (1988), Circle of Friends (1995) and How About You (2007). She was married to Gordon Snell. She died on 30 July 2012 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Tom Murphy was born on 15 January 1968 in Salisbury, Rhodesia [now Harare, Zimbabwe]. He was an actor, known for Adam & Paul (2004), Pure Mule (2005) and Michael Collins (1996). He died on 6 October 2007 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Karl Slover was 21 years old when he auditioned for the "Wizard Of Oz" movie and met the other 123 little people with whom he worked through a grueling two-month production schedule. "Standing four feet four inches tall, I was the smallest Munchkin," recalls Karl. "I couldn't even reach the doorknob." He is best known for being the first trumpeter in the film, but that was only one of his four roles in it: he was also one of the Munchkin soldiers, the only sleepyhead boy in the nest of Munchkin eggs, and one of the singers who led Dorothy down the Yellow Brick Road. After completing the "Wizard of Oz" he joined the "Original World Famous Singers Midget Show" and sang and danced across America. He also appeared in several films. His advice for having a long life: "Just do the best you can. Enjoy what you have. Enjoy where you live. Most of all, remember what Judy Garland said in the movie: 'There's no place like home.'"
- Frank Murray was born in 1950 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Eat the Rich (1987), Straight to Hell (1987) and Father Ted (1995). He died on 22 December 2016 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Brendan Behan was born on 9 February 1923 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a writer, known for Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Borstal Boy (2000) and The Quare Fellow (1962). He was married to Beatrice Ffrench-Salkeld. He died on 20 March 1964 in Dublin, Ireland.- Arthur O'Sullivan was born in 1912 in Ireland. He was an actor, known for Barry Lyndon (1975), Ryan's Daughter (1970) and BBC2 Play of the Week (1977). He died on 17 February 1981 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Eileen Crowe was born on 2 March 1899 in Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress, known for The Quiet Man (1952), Top o' the Morning (1949) and The Plough and the Stars (1936). She was married to F.J. McCormick. She died on 8 May 1978 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Newton Blick was born on 10 June 1899 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Barnaby Rudge (1960), Morgan! (1966) and The Avengers (1961). He died on 14 October 1965 in Dublin, Ireland.