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Eileen Colgan

Film Actress | * 01/20/1934 († 80, 03/10/2014) | Enniskerry (Ireland)
Eileen Colgan Simpson (2 January 1934 – 10 March 2014) was an Irish theatre, television and film actress. She was best known for her recurring role as Esther Roche on the RTÉ One soap opera, Fair City. She also appeared in the RTÉ television drama, Glenroe, as Mynah, the housekeeper of the priest. Her other television credits included Ballykissangel, The Hanging Gale and Strumpet City. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in ...

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

R

1989 | 3.8/5 | 1h 43min
Drama
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10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn ...

The Secret of Roan Inish

PG

1994 | 3.4/5 | 1h 43min
Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy
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A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they ...

Far and Away

PG-13

1992 | 3.4/5 | 2h 20min
Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love, Western
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The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other so ...

The Wednesday Play

Certification unknown

1964 | 2.1/5 | 1h 15min per episode
Drama
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Movies with Eileen Colgan as Actress(14)

as Maisey O'Connell2008 I Sell the Dead
as Neighbor2008 A Film with Me in It
as Nora2005 Tara Road
as Fee Cullen2003 The Return
as Philomena1999 Angela's Ashes
as Mrs. Bedwin1997 Oliver Twist
as Tess1994 The Secret of Roan Inish
as Lady1992 Far and Away
as Mrs. Ryan1990 The Lilac Bus
as Mrs Woodcombe1990 Fools of Fortune
as Nan1989 My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
as Betsy Bourke1970 Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
as Sister1967 In Two Minds
as Mother1967 Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways

TV Shows/Series with Eileen Colgan as Actress(1)

as Mrs Fogerty1987 Foreign Bodies

Full Name: Eileen Colgan
Citizenship: Ireland
Born: Saturday, 01/20 1934 (January) in Enniskerry (Ireland)
Died: Monday, 03/10 2014 (March) in Republic of Ireland (aged: 80)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Eileen Colgan frequently works together with these people:
Frankie McCafferty (5x, Actor)
Alan Parker (4x, Crew)
Ron Howard (3x, Crew)
Shane Connaughton (3x, Actor)
Pauline McLynn (3x, Actress)
John Sayles (3x, Crew)
Glenn McQuaid (3x, Crew)
Nuala Moiselle (3x, Crew)
Graham Reid (2x, Crew)
Eanna MacLiam (2x, Actor)
Bob Dolman (2x, Crew)
Derry Power (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1129504, Added: 12/24/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024