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Eileen Crowe
Born(1899-03-02)2 March 1899
Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Died8 May 1978(1978-05-08) (aged 79)
Dublin
OccupationActor
SpouseF. J. McCormick

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.

Career

Eileen had a career with the Abbey Theatre from 1921 to 1970.[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 (1931), Katie Roche (1936), (1937), (1949), (1953), Temporal Powers (1932), (1937) and The Reapers (1930).[2]

Later life and death

Upon her entry to the Abbey School of Acting, Crowe made her debut in 1921 in the play The revolutionist, taking the lead role of Nora Mangan.[3] Crowe played her last role of Miss Hatty in 'Grogan and the ferret',[4] after which retired. During these near five decades, she starred in many plays, some of which included The marriage of Columbine (1921) and Juno and the Paycock (1924). Even more, following her film debut in 1925 in The Land of her Fathers, Crowe made her last film appearance in Girl with Green Eyes, which debuted in 1964. That same year she appeared in the Aldwych Theatre's production of Juno and the Paycock in London.[5] She worked in the Abbey for the vast majority of her career, except for when she was on a six month tour for Peg O' My Heart, touring Northern Ireland and England.[6]

In 1924, when the play Grasshopper[7] was being produced, Crowe met her husband Peter Judge, also known as F.J. McCormick. They got married in 1925, and later on they had a daughter and a son.[5]

Crowe passed away on the 8 May 1978, and was buried in the Deansgrange Cemetery in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland, with her husband.[8]

Legacy

Eileen Crowe died on 8 May 1978 aged 79 and was buried in Dublin,Ireland.

After a 49 year long career with the Abbey Theater[3] performing alongside her husband F.J. McCormick, she is now remembered as a devoted artist and a devoted wife.[9] The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.

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. ^ a b "Crowe, Eileen | Abbey Archives | Abbey Theatre - Amharclann na Mainistreach". Abbey Theatre. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  4. ^ "Grogan and the Ferret". www.irishplayography.com. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  5. ^ a b Clarke, Frances (2020-11-27). "Crowe, Eileen (Alice Izabella)". Dictionary of Irish Biography - Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  6. ^ Crowe, Eileen (1988), Mikhail, E. H. (ed.), "Eileen Crowe Tells Her Story", The Abbey Theatre: Interviews and Recollections, Interviews and Recollections, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 130–133, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-08508-8_32, ISBN 978-1-349-08508-8, retrieved 2020-11-27
  7. ^ "Grasshopper 1924 (Abbey) | Abbey Archives | Abbey Theatre - Amharclann na Mainistreach". Abbey Theatre. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  8. ^ Dictionary of Irish Biography
  9. ^ DeBurca, Seamus (1989). F. J. McCormick and Eileen Crowe Abbey Stars. Old Dublin Society.
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