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Una McLean is a Actor British born on 1 may 1930
Una McLean MBE (born 1 May 1930 in Strathaven, Scotland) is a British actress and comedienne. She is best known for appearing in pantomimes. She was married to Scottish stage and film actor Russell Hunter from 1991 until his death in 2004.
She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and began her career at the Byre Theatre in St Andrews in 1955. She joined the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow in 1959. From 1965 she starred in her own show for Scottish Television, Over to Una, with Glen Michael. In 1967 she starred in Scotland's first one-woman television show, Did you see Una? She has appeared in several films, including Peter Capaldi's Strictly Sinatra in 2001.
She has appeared in many pantomimes in Scotland, often starring opposite Jimmy Logan and with Stanley Baxter. She starred in Jack and the Beanstalk alongside Jimmy Logan in his last pantomime appearance at King's Theatre, Glasgow as Wondergran, a show that also featured Alyson McInnes, John Ramage, and Euan McIver.
She appeared in 2007 on television in the sitcom, Still Game. She continues to play the role of Molly O'Hara in the BBC One Scotland soap opera River City.
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Una McLean
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 may 1930 (94 years)
Awards Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Birth 1 may 1930 (94 years)
Awards Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and began her career at the Byre Theatre in St Andrews in 1955. She joined the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow in 1959. From 1965 she starred in her own show for Scottish Television, Over to Una, with Glen Michael. In 1967 she starred in Scotland's first one-woman television show, Did you see Una? She has appeared in several films, including Peter Capaldi's Strictly Sinatra in 2001.
She has appeared in many pantomimes in Scotland, often starring opposite Jimmy Logan and with Stanley Baxter. She starred in Jack and the Beanstalk alongside Jimmy Logan in his last pantomime appearance at King's Theatre, Glasgow as Wondergran, a show that also featured Alyson McInnes, John Ramage, and Euan McIver.
She appeared in 2007 on television in the sitcom, Still Game. She continues to play the role of Molly O'Hara in the BBC One Scotland soap opera River City.
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Filmography of Una McLean (1 films)
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Strictly Sinatra (2001)
, 1h37Directed by Peter Capaldi
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, Brian Cox, Alun Armstrong, Tommy Flanagan, Iain Cuthbertson
Roles Dainty
Rating57%
The film is about a young Glaswegian-Italian lounge singer, Toni Cocozza (Ian Hart), with a passion for Frank Sinatra and the dream of becoming a famous musician. He grows weary of playing to elderly crowds in third-rate bars and decides to accept career help from mob enforcer Chisolm (Brian Cox) and his boss Connolly (Iain Cuthbertson) whose wife (Una McLean) has taken a liking to Toni. In exchange for assisting the organization with their illegal activities, Chisholm pays for new clothes for Toni and pressures the producer of a talent show to allow Toni to compete in the contest. Meanwhile, he tries to keep his ties with the mob secret from his friend and accompanist Bill (Alun Armstrong) and pretty cigarette girl Irene (Kelly Macdonald) who he has fallen for. The trio form a modern day Rat Pack with Irene as Shirley MacLaine. Eventually his luck runs out. While he is helping to rob a store, Toni misses a date with Irene and she and Bill discover that he is leading a double life. They beg him not to compete in the talent show as he will be forever indebted to Chisholm, but he goes anyway. He only places fifth and continues his career singing in lounges, but is deeply unhappy. One day while making a drug drop the drugs he is carrying are stolen by a street kid. Toni refuses to harm the street kid, thus making him a target for the mob hitmen. He performs one last time at a birthday bash for Connolly's wife, fully expecting to be killed after he finishes his number. Bill rescues him by creating a distraction, which gives him a chance to get away with Irene. Using assumed names, the two manage to evade the mobsters and escape to New York City.