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Maureen Toal
Maureen Toal (7 September 1930 – 24 August 2012) was an Irish stage and television actress whose professional career lasted for more than sixty years. She was born in 1930 and was originally from Fairview, Dublin. Toal began performing at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1946, when she was just sixteen years old. She became a fixture at the theatre, portraying Bessie Burgess in ''The Plough and the Stars'' and the Widow Quinn in ''The Playboy of the Western World''. She also appeared in several one woman shows, including ''Baglady'', which was written by Irish playwright Frank McGuinness. Another playwright, John B. Keane, wrote the role of Mame Fadden in his play, ''The Change in Mame Fadden'', specifically for Toal. Hugh Leonard also penned characters in his plays ''A life'' and ''Great Big Blonde'' with the intention of casting Toal in the parts. Toal was best known to Irish television audiences for her role as Teasy McDaid on RTÉ One's '' Glenroe'' during the 1990s. Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairview, Dublin
Fairview () is an inner coastal suburb of Dublin in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, in the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council and in the city's Dublin 3, D03 postal district. Part of the area forms Fairview Park, a recreational amenity laid out on land reclaimed from the sea. Location Modern-day Fairview is a popular inner suburb of Dublin that stretches northeast from the River Tolka to Clontarf Road DART Station along Fairview Park to the south, and along the redbrick Victorian part of Philipsburgh Avenue to the north. It is bounded by Marino, Dublin, Marino which was developed in 1924 in the area of Fairview on the former estate lands of Lord Charlemont. The grounds of St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview and Drumcondra, Dublin, Drumcondra are to the west. Fairview is reached on a main arterial road, road artery from Dublin city via North Strand, which continues on as the Malahide, Howth and Clontarf Roads. It is served by the Clontarf Road Dublin Area Rapid Transit, DART station. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milo O'Shea
Milo Donal O'Shea (2 June 1926 – 2 April 2013) was an Irish actor. He was twice nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performances in ''Staircase'' (1968) and '' Mass Appeal'' (1982). Early life O'Shea was born and brought up in Dublin and educated by the Christian Brothers at Synge Street school, along with his friend Donal Donnelly. His father was a singer and his mother a ballet teacher. Because he was bilingual, O'Shea performed in English-speaking theatres and in Irish in the Abbey Theatre Company. At age 12, he appeared in George Bernard Shaw's '' Caesar and Cleopatra'' at the Gate Theatre. He later studied music and drama at the Guildhall School in London and was a skilled pianist. He was discovered in the 1950s by Harry Dillon, who ran the 37 Theatre Club on the top floor of his shop the Swiss Gem Company, 51 Lower O'Connell Street Dublin. Early in his career O'Shea toured with the theatrical company of Anew McMaster. Career O'Shea bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Television Actresses
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2012 Deaths
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1930 Births
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Snakes And Ladders (1996 Film)
''Snakes and Ladders'' is a 1996 Irish comedy film directed by Trish McAdam. Plot summary Jean (Pom Boyd) and Kate (Gina Moxley) are two "nearing-thirty" best friends, who share a flat in contemporary Dublin and support themselves by working as street performers in the city. The two women do battle with the conflicting pressures of friendship, family, love and the struggle for success. The unsettled Jean has a major attitude problem, and while she rejects the older generation as represented by her interfering mother Nora (Rosaleen Linehan), she is also unable to fully embrace the alternative lifestyle of her boyfriend musician, Martin (Sean Hughes), her partner Kate and their gay friend Orla (Cathy White). Impulsively accepting a marriage proposal from Martin, she soon panics at the prospect of the wedding and sets in motion a chaotic series of events which affect all the characters' lives. Cast * Pom Boyd - Jean * Gina Moxley - Kate * Sean Hughes - Martin * Rosaleen Linehan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy (film)
''Paddy'' is a 1970 Irish comedy film directed by Daniel Haller and starring Milo O'Shea, Des Cave and Dearbhla Molloy. The film follows the adventures of a Dublin butcher's assistant. It was made for $250,000 and sold to Allied Artists for $750,000. Roger Corman Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he w ... helped finance it. Cast * Milo O'Shea – Harry Redmond * Des Cave – Paddy Maguire * Dearbhla Molloy – Maureen * Maureen Toal – Clair Kearney * Peggy Cass – Irenee * Judy Cornwell – Breeda * Donal LeBlanc – Larry Maguire * Lillian Rapple – Mrs Doyle * Desmond Perry – Cahill * Marie O'Donnell – Mrs Maguire References External links * 1970 films Irish comedy films 1970 comedy films Films directed by Daniel Haller 1970s English-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otley (film)
''Otley'' is a 1968 British comedy thriller film directed by Dick Clement and starring Tom Courtenay and Romy Schneider. It was adapted by Clement and Ian La Frenais from the 1966 novel of the same name by Martin Waddell, and released by Columbia Pictures. Plot Gerald Arthur "Gerry" Otley is a charming but feckless young drifter who scrapes a living from selling antiques in trendy 1960s London. Gerry's responsibility-free life suddenly takes a serious turn, when he finds himself caught up in a round of murder, espionage and quadruple crossing. He is mistaken for a spy, is kidnapped and detained several times, and becomes romantically involved with a foreign agent working for British Intelligence. Cast * Tom Courtenay as Gerald Arthur Otley, "Gerry" * Romy Schneider as Imogen * Alan Badel as Sir Alec Hadrian * James Villiers as Hendrickson * Leonard Rossiter as Johnston * Freddie Jones as Philip Proudfoot * Fiona Lewis as Lin * James Bolam as Albert * James Cossins as Jeffcock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulysses (1967 Film)
''Ulysses'' is a 1967 drama film based on James Joyce's 1922 novel '' Ulysses''. It concerns the meeting of two Irishmen, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, in 1904 Dublin. Starring Milo O'Shea as Leopold Bloom, Barbara Jefford as Molly Bloom, Maurice Roëves as Stephen Dedalus, and T. P. McKenna as Buck Mulligan, it was adapted by Fred Haines and Joseph Strick and directed by Strick. Haines and Strick shared an Oscar nomination for the screenplay. Production This was the first film adaptation of the novel, 45 years after its publication. The film was shot on location in Dublin on a modest budget. Although the novel is set in 1904, the film portrays the city as it was in the 1960s. Critical reception Strick earned an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. It was reportedly jeered at its first screening, but during the second showing, French subtitles in which Molly Bloom described sexual intercourse were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maigret (1960 TV Series)
''Maigret'' is a British television series made by the BBC and which – following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959 – ran for 52 episodes from 1960 to 1963. Based on the Maigret stories of Georges Simenon, the series starred Rupert Davies in the title role. Unlike most BBC series produced in the 1960s, all episodes (bar the pilot) have survived intact, and are available as a complete set on DVD and Blu-ray. In 2022 the series was broadcast by UK television channel Talking Pictures TV. Cast Main * Rupert Davies as Central Directorate of the Judicial Police, Police Judiciaire detective Commissaire Jules Maigret * Ewen Solon as Lucas * Neville Jason as Lapointe * Victor Lucas as Torrence * Helen Shingler as Madame Maigret Guests * Stratford Johns * Leon Cortez as Lapie * Terence Alexander * Roger Delgado * William Franklyn * John Carson (actor), John Carson * Michael Goodliffe as Dr Javet * Barry Foster (actor), Barry Foster * Paul Eddington as Harry Brown * Warren Mitc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only The Wind
''Only the Wind'' is a 1961 West German crime film directed and written by Fritz Umgelter and starring Freddy Quinn, Gustav Knuth and Heinz Weiss. The film is a crime drama film set off the western Irish coast. Cast * Freddy Quinn as Mike * Gustav Knuth as Sean O'Connor * Cordula Trantow Cordula Trantow (born 29 December 1942 in Berlin) is a German actress and director. For her performance as Geli Raubal in the 1962 film, ''Hitler'', she was nominated for a 1962 Golden Globe in the category Most Promising Newcomer - Female. T ... as Eileen O'Connor * Heinz Weiss as Jack Johnston * Maureen Toal as Mrs. Collins * Georg Lehn as Nicholas * Gudrun Schmidt as Dinah * Helmut Oeser as Roger * Gottfried Herbe as Tim O'Connor * Dorit Amann as Celia * as Finn * Hans E. Schons as Paddy MacPhail * Walter Wilz as Angus References External links * 1961 films 1961 crime drama films 1961 musical films German musical films West German films 1960s German-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
