Maureen Cusack
| Maureen Cusack | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mary Margaret Kiely 24 November 1920 Glenties, Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Died |
18 December 1977 (aged 57) Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1945–1975 |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Spouse(s) |
Cyril Cusack (1945–1977; her death) |
| Children |
5; including Sinéad Cusack Sorcha Cusack Niamh Cusack Pádraig Cusack |
Maureen Cusack was an Irish actress, she was born in 1920 in the Glenties, Co.Donegal, Ireland as Maureen Kiely. She was married to Irish actor Cyril Cusack and they had five children Sinéad, Sorcha, Niamh, Paul and Pádraig. Sinead, Sorcha and Niamh are all actresses and Pádraig is a theatre producer. Her grandson is actor Max Irons.
She was a leading actress at Dublin's Gate Theatre with transfers to London's West End in the late 1940s, she also was part of the Abbey Theatre Dublin in 1948 as a visiting company member with The Lyric Theatre Company where she appeared in The Viscount of Blarney 1948.[1] In 1946 she appeared in a Radio Eireann production of a play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy called Katie Roche[2] and again in 1947 in Wife to James Whelan,[3] these were both produced by Gabriel Fallon
She is best known for her roles in Odd Man Out (1947), The Rising of the Moon(1957), Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), also The Loves of Cass Maguire (1975) and Playboy of the Western World (1946).
She died on December 18, 1977 in Dublin and is buried in Saint Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton, County Dublin,Ireland.
Filmography
Playboy of the Western World (1946)
Odd Man Out (1947)
The Rising of the Moon (1957)
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
The Red Baron (1971)
The Loves of Cass Maguire (1975)
Playography
The Viscount of Blarney 1948
Katie Roche (1946 )
Wife to James Whelan (1947)
External links
Maureen Cusack at The Abbey Theatre
Maureen Cusack at the Teresa Deevy Archive
Maureen Cusack at Radio Eireann