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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Anna Manahan Biography (1924-)
Born October 18, 1924, in Waterford, Ireland; married Colm O'Kelly (a stage manager; died).
- Nationality
- Irish
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- October 18, 1924
- Waterford, Ireland
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Maggie Murphy, She Didn't Say No!, 1958
- Waitress, Of Human Bondage, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
- Bella Cohen, Ulysses, Continental Distributing, 1967
- Shopkeeper's wife, The Viking Queen, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
- Adult, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1977
- Stygian witch, Clash of the Titans, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1981
- Voice of Stella Dallas, All Dogs Go to Heaven (animated), United Artists, 1989
- Mrs. McGlincy, Hear My Song, Miramax, 1991
- Mrs. Griffith, Fatal Inheritance, 1993
- Bianca, A Business Affair (also known as Astucias de mujer,
D'une femme a l'autre, and Liebe und andere Geschafte), CastleHill, 1994
- Mrs. Grace, A Man of No Importance, Sony Pictures Classics, 1994
- Answering service, Woman Found Dead in Elevator, Big Telescope, 2000
- Cat woman, On the Edge, Universal, 2000
- Also appeared in Blind Justice and The Treaty.
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Bunjy Kennefick's mother, Me Mammy, BBC, 1969-1971
- Mrs. Cadogan, The Irish RM, Channel 4, 1983-1985
- Mrs. O'Brien, Leave It to Mrs. O'Brien, RTE (Ireland), 1984
- Also appeared in The Riordans.
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Episodic
- Irish Lil, "Swings and Roundabouts," Lovejoy, BBC, 1993
- Woman at GPO, "Ireland, April 1916," Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993
- Also appeared in The Bill, Thames Television and Yorkshire Television.
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Movies
- Vengeance, A Tale of Two Cities, 1980
- Mrs. Burns, The Country Girls, 1983
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Other
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Heaven Only Knows, 1992
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Black Day at Black Rock, 2001
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Stage Appearances
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Lovers, London production, then Broadway production, 1969
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The Leenane Trilogy (includes The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Skull of Connemara), Druid Theatre, Galway, Ireland, c. 1996
- Mary Rafferty, A Skull in Connemara (double-bill with The Lonesome West), Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1997
- Mag Folan, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Royal Court Theatre, thenWalter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1998-1999
- Fionnuala Crust, The Matchmaker, Irish Repertory Theatre, New YorkCity, 2002
- Appeared as Bessie Burgess, The Plough and the Stars, National Theatre, London; and as Molly Bloom, Bloomsday. Appeared in Ansty,
The Matchmaker, and The Taylor, all Gemini Theatre Company; The Crucible,
The Guernica Hotel,
Happy Birthday Dear Alice, and An Old Lady's Guide to Survival, all Red Kettle Company; Live Like Pigs, Royal Court Theatre; and The Shaughraun, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Also appeared in Big Maggie (written specificallyfor her by John B. Keane), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
Entertaining Mr.Sloane,
The Gingerbread Lady,
I Do Not Like Thee Dr. Fell,
The Killing of Sister George,
The Loves of Cass Maguire,
Moon for the Misbegotten, and The Rose Tattoo.
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