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Siobhán McKenna is a Actor Irlandaise born on 24 may 1923 at Belfast (United-kingdom)
Siobhán McKenna ([ˈʃɪwaːn̪ˠ]) (24 May 1923 – 16 November 1986) was an Irish stage and screen actress.
(1961)
(Actress)
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Birth name Siobhán Giollamhuire Nic Cionnaith
Nationality Irlande
Birth 24 may 1923 at Belfast (United-kingdom)
Death 16 november 1986 (at 63 years) at Dublin (Irlande)
Nationality Irlande
Birth 24 may 1923 at Belfast (United-kingdom)
Death 16 november 1986 (at 63 years) at Dublin (Irlande)
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Memed My Hawk (1984)
Directed by Peter Ustinov
Genres Drama
Actors Peter Ustinov, Herbert Lom, Michael Elphick, Rosalie Crutchley, Relja Bašić, Simon Dutton
Roles Iroz
Rating65%
In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor.
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
, 3h17Directed by David Lean
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay
Roles Anna
Rating78%
The film takes place mostly against a backdrop of the pre-World War I years, World War I itself, the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War. A narrative framing device, set in the late 1940s to early 1950s, involves KGB Lieutenant General Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago (Alec Guinness) searching for the daughter of his half brother, Doctor Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago (Omar Sharif), and Larissa ("Lara") Antipova (Julie Christie). Yevgraf believes a young woman, Tanya Komarova (Rita Tushingham), may be his niece and tells her the story of her father's life.
Of Human Bondage (1964)
, 1h40Directed by Henry Hathaway, Ken Hughes, Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey, Tony Randall, Robert Morley, Siobhán McKenna, Roger Livesey
Roles Nora Nesbitt
Rating64%
After two unsuccessful years pursuing an art career in Paris, clubfooted Philip Carey decides to study medicine. He meets and falls in love with Mildred Rogers, a low-class waitress who takes advantage of his feelings for her.
, 1h40Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Gary Raymond, Siobhán McKenna, Niall MacGinnis, Liam Redmond
Roles Pegeen Mike
Rating62%
A young man from a far away village appears in County Mayo announcing to all and sundry that he has murdered his father with a blow to the head. With the tale growing in the telling, the young man becomes a local hero…until his angry father comes to fetch him home.
King of Kings (1961)
, 2h48Directed by Nicholas Ray, Noël Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhán McKenna, Robert Ryan, Hurd Hatfield, Ron Randell, Viveca Lindfors
Roles Mary
Rating69%
In 63 BC, Pompey conquers Jerusalem and the city is sacked. He enters the Temple to seize the treasure of Solomon and massacres the priests there. He discovers that the treasure is only a collection of scrolls of the Torah. These he holds over a fire until an old priest reaches for them imploringly. Pompey relents and hands them to the old man.
Cradle of Genius (1960)
, 25minutesGenres Documentary
Actors Maureen Delany, Barry Fitzgerald, Siobhán McKenna, Cyril Cusack, Denis O'Dea, Ria Mooney
Roles Self
Rating61%
Fortune in Diamonds (1951)
, 1h26Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Jack Hawkins, Dennis Price, Peter Hammond, Grégoire Aslan, Charles Paton, Siobhán McKenna
Roles Anne Hunter
Rating55%
As the Boer War finalizes a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists the help of a fellow soldier as well as the Englishman and a local hotel keeper.
The Lost People (1949)
, 1h29Directed by Muriel Box, Bernard Knowles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough, Siobhán McKenna, Maxwell Reed, William Hartnell
Roles Marie
Rating63%
After the Second World War, some British soldiers are guarding a theatre in Germany containing various refugees and prisoners trying to work out what to do with them. However, the displaced people, after uniting against fascism for five years, begin to disintegrate into their own petty feuds: Serb against Croat, Pole against Russian, resistance fighter against collaborator and everyone against the Jews. Two people, Jan and Lily, begin a romance and decide to wed. However, one of the refugees is diagnosed with bubonic plague.
Daughter of Darkness (1948)
, 1h31Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Anne Crawford, Maxwell Reed, Barry Morse, Siobhán McKenna, Liam Redmond, David Greene
Roles Emily Beaudine
Rating66%
In the small Irish town of Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine (Siobhan McKenna) is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters Dan (Maxwell Reed), a handsome young boxer – and lays his face open with her fingernails when he attempts to seduce her. Hurriedly packed off to Yorkshire by Father Corcoran (Liam Redmond), Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and revulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and she finds herself face to face with the vengeful Dan.
Hungry Hill (1947)
, 1h49Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, Cecil Parker, Dermot Walsh, Michael Denison, Jean Simmons
Roles Kate Donovan
Rating61%