Siobhán McKenna
Birthday: 1922-05-24
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography: Siobhán McKenna (May 24, 1922 – November 16, 1986) was an Irish actress acclaimed for her captivating stage and screen performances. Her accolades include three Irish Film and Television Awards and a BAFTA. She was also honored with a prestigious CBE in 1977 for her contributions to the arts. Beyond her acting work, McKenna was deeply committed to preserving and promoting Irish culture and was an outspoken advocate for human rights and social justice causes.
Movies
Cradle of Genius
Longtime playwrights and performers of the Abbey Theatre share colourful reminiscences of the nation...
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Doctor Zhivago
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a poli...
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King of Kings
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused...
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Of Human Bondage
Medical student Philip falls in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a ...
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Philadelphia, Here I Come
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him...
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The Lost People
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and...
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Angels in the Annexe
Mr Brittain is determined that this year the school will do a really different Christmas show. Unfo...
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Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady
The unnamed Landlady (Siobhan McKenna) is the titular main villainess from "The Landlady", episode 1...
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Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
In this promotional short for the feature film Doctor Zhivago (1965), director David Lean explains w...
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The Journal of Bridget Hitler
An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-First World War Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-l...
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W. B. Yeats: A Tribute
Yeats poems set to visuals of Sligo, Dublin and London. One of the series of non-fction films produc...
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Fortune in Diamonds
As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He return...
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Daughter of Darkness
In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest...
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The Playboy of the Western World
A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, falls under the spell of a charming, so...
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Memed My Hawk
In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in ma...
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Hungry Hill
Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune....
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The Winslow Boy
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents...
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Dinocroc
After an African dinosaur ancestor of the crocodile is found, Dr. Campbell uses its DNA to create pr...
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Juno and the Paycock
During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life...
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