Maureen Cusack

Irish actress

Maureen Cusack

Maureen Cusack (1966)

Born|

Mary Margaret Kiely

(1920-11-24)24 November 1920

Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland

Died| 18 December 1977(1977-12-18) (aged 57)

Dublin, Ireland

Resting place| St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton
Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1945–1975
Spouse|

Cyril Cusack

(m. 1945)​

Children| 5, including Sinéad, Sorcha, Niamh, and Pádraig Cusack
Relatives| Richard Boyd Barrett (grandson)
Max Irons (grandson)
Calam Lynch (grandson)
Megan Cusack (granddaughter)

Maureen Cusack (24 November 1920 – 18 December 1977) was an Irish actress. She was born in 1920 in Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland as Mary Margaret Kiely. She was married to Irish actor Cyril Cusack and they had five children Sinéad, Sorcha, Niamh, Paul and Pádraig. Sinéad, Sorcha and Niamh are all actresses and Pádraig is a theatre producer. Her grandsons are actors Max Irons and Calam Lynch, and the politician Richard Boyd Barrett. Her granddaughters are actresses Beth Cooke[1] and Megan Cusack.[2]

She was a leading actress at Dublin's Gate Theatre with transfers to London's West End in the late 1940s, she also was part of the Abbey Theatre Dublin in 1948 as a visiting company member with The Lyric Theatre Company where she appeared in The Viscount of Blarney in1948.[3] In 1946 she appeared in a Radio Eireann production of a play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy called Katie Roche[4] and again in 1947 in Wife to James Whelan,[5] these were both produced by Gabriel Fallon.

She is best known for her roles in Odd Man Out (1947), The Rising of the Moon (1957), Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), also The Loves of Cass Maguire (1975), and Playboy of the Western World (1946).

She died on 18 December 1977, in Dublin and is buried in Saint Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton, County Dublin, Ireland.

## Filmography

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1946 | Playboy of the Western World | Susan Brady | TV Movie
1947 | Odd Man Out | Molly |
1957 | The Rising of the Moon | Sister Therese - 3rd Episode |
1971 | Von Richthofen and Brown (The Red Baron) | Richthofen's mother |
1975 | The Loves of Cass Maguire | Alice Maguire | TV Movie, (final film role)[6]

## Theatrical work

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* The Barrel Organ (1942) – Robert Collis
* Assembly at Druim Ceat (1943) – Roibeárd Ó Faracháin
* The Kiss (1944) – Austin Clarke
* The Viscount of Blarney (1944) – Austin Clarke
* Katie Roche (1946) – Teresa Deevy
* The Second Kiss (1946) - Austin Clarke
* Ill Met by Moonlight (1946) - Micheál MacLiammóir, followed by transfer to London's West End (1947)
* Wife to James Whelan (1947) – Teresa Deevy
* Home for Christmas (1950) - Micheál MacLiammóir
* Arms and the Man (1951) - George Bernard Shaw
* A Slipper for the Moon (1954) - Micheál MacLiammóir
* The Playboy of the Western World (1955) - John Millington Synge
* The Bishop's Bonfire (1955) - Seán O'Casey
* Androcles and the Lion (1956) - George Bernard Shaw
* The Rising of the Moon (1956) - Lady Gregory
* Roger Casement (1958) - Roger McHugh
* The Temptation of Mr O (1961) - Franz Kafka adapted for the stage by Cyril Cusack

## References

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1. ^ Shortall, Eithne (31 March 2013). "Sorcha and her sisters". The Times. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
2. ^ Horspool, Arabella (4 January 2024). "Megan Cusack: Call The Midwife and her famous family". Yours. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
3. ^ "Abbey Theatre Archives".
4. ^ "Teresa Deevy Archive".
5. ^ "Teresa Deevy Archive".
6. ^ The Loves of Cass Maguire (1975) at IMDb

## External links

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* Maureen Cusack at IMDb
* Maureen Cusack at The Abbey Theatre
* Maureen Cusack at the Teresa Deevy Archive
* Maureen Cusack at Radio Eireann

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

*[m.]: married