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Siobhán McKenna [1] ( Irish: [ˈʃʊwaːn̪ˠ]; 24 May 1922 – 16 November 1986) was an Irish stage and screen actress. Walter Slezak and Siobhán McKenna from the 1960 presentation "Woman in White" on the anthology programme Dow Hour of Great Mysteries.
Nov 17, 1986 · Siobhan McKenna, a pride of the Irish theater whose vivid Joan of Arc captivated Broadway audiences in 1956, died of a heart attack yesterday after surgery at the Black Rock Clinic in Dublin....
May 20, 2024 · Siobhan McKenna was a versatile Irish actress best known for her portrayals of such impassioned characters as Shaw’s Saint Joan and Pegeen Mike, the lusty innkeeper in John Millington Synge’s most famous play, The Playboy of the Western World. A member of an amateur Gaelic theatre group, McKenna.
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Siobhan McKenna was born on 24 May 1923 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. She was an actress, known for Doctor Zhivago (1965), King of Kings (1961) and Of Human Bondage (1964).
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Nov 18, 1986 · Siobhan McKenna, whose broad brogue and booming voice made her the definitive and probably the best-known member of the Irish theater of her time, has died in a Dublin clinic. She was either 63...
Learn about the life and career of Siobhan McKenna, who starred in Shaw's St. Joan and Synge's Playboy of the Western World. She was also a fluent Irish speaker, a translator of drama, and a member of the Abbey Theater.
Nov 17, 1986 · Irish actress Siobhan McKenna, acclaimed for the roles of tragic heroines she performed during a stage and screen career spanning more than 40 years, has died of a heart attack at the age of 63.
