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Eileen Crowe

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Eileen Crowe was an Irish actress. She was born in 1898 in Dublin, Ireland. She was married to Peter Judge, an actor whose stage name was F. J. McCormick.

Eileen had a career with the Abbey Theatre from 1921–1970. During that time, she appeared in many productions where she had a variety of roles, these can be found in the Abbey theatre Archives[1]

She appeared in many films from 1936–1964 including The Plough and the Stars (1936), The Quiet Man (1952), Home is the Hero (1959) and Girl with Green Eyes (1964).

Between 1931–1953 she appeared in the Abbey Theatre productions of plays by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy including A Disciple[2] (1931), Katie Roche (1936[3]), (1937[4]), (1949[5]), (1953[6]), Temporal Powers (1932[7]), (1937[8]) and The Reapers[9] (1930).

She died on Monday 8 May 1978 in Dublin.

Playography

  • A Disciple 1931
  • Katie Roche 1936, 1937, 1949, 1953
  • Temporal Powers 1932, 1937
  • The Reapers 1930

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1936 The Plough and the Stars Bessie Burgess
1947 Hungry Hill Bridget
1949 Top o' the Morning Biddy O'Devlin
1951 The Promise of Barty O'Brien Mrs. O'Brien
1952 Steel Town Millie McNamara
1952 The Quiet Man Mrs. Elizabeth Playfair
1957 The Rising of the Moon Mrs. O'Hara - Police Sergeant's Wife (3rd Episode)
1959 Home is the Hero Daylia O'Reilly
1959 Shake Hands with the Devil Mrs. Madigan
1960 A Terrible Beauty Mrs. Kathleen O'Neill
1960 Boyd's Shop Miss McClure
1964 Girl with Green Eyes Mrs. Byrne (final film role)

References

  1. ^ "Abbey Theatre Archives".
  2. ^ "Teresa Deevy Archive".
  3. ^ "Teresa Deevy Archive".
  4. ^ "Teresa Deevy Archive".[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Teresa Deevy Archive".
  6. ^ "Teresa Deevy Archive".
  7. ^ "Teresa Deevy Archive".
  8. ^ "Teresa Deevy Archive".
  9. ^ "Teresa Deevy Archive".