Eithne Dunne

Background

She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Career

She first started acting in Dublin and made her first appearances at the Abbey Theatre in 1939. She remained there for most of the 1940s. In the 1950s she performed at the Gate Theatre, after which she made her first appearance on Broadway.

In 1960 she took part in the highly successful Abbey touring production of The Playboy of the Western World.

Although primarily a stage actress, she appeared in a number of television series and motion pictures, including Shake Hands with the Devil, Dementia 13, and others

Connections

rivals:

Henry V, Othello