Janet Behan (22 July 1954) is an English-Irish writer and actress.
Biography
Behan was born in London, the daughter of Irish parents Celia Behan and
Brian Behan. Her father was a playwright, while her mother was the great-niece of the songwriter
Peadar Kearney (author of
Amhrán na bhFiann, the Irish national anthem), and niece of the writers
Brendan Behan
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( ; ga, Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English and ...
and
Dominic Behan. Her husband is the television director
Dermot Boyd. Her siblings include journalist
Rosemary Behan
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, writer and musician
Ruth Behan
Ruth (or its variants) may refer to:
Places
France
* Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France
Switzerland
* Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny
United States
* Ruth, Alabama
* Ruth, Ark ...
, and poet Daniel Tobias Behan.
Behan trained first as an actress at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and appeared in numerous plays and on television, including a role in Eastenders and productions at the National Theatre.
In 2011, her play ''Brendan At The Chelsea'' was produced at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, with
Adrian Dunbar starring. The production went on to tour New York and Dublin, to critical acclaim.
The play was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2014, and Behan appeared in an RTE television documentary 'Brendan Behan - The Roaring Boy', alongside Adrian Dunbar.
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In 2016, Behan premiered her new one-woman play 'Realtine / Noreen' at the Camden Fringe, Tristan Bates theatre.
References
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1954 births
English writers
English actresses
Living people