Eileen O'Brien

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.27

Gender

Female

Birthday

04-Dec-1945

Age

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Also Known As
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Eileen O'Brien

Biography

Eileen O'Brien is an English actress who has played a wide variety of roles in British television over many years. She appeared in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Beattie Dixon in 2013, having previously appeared in the show as teacher Bridget Burgess from 2006 to 2007. From 1987 to 1988, O'Brien had a recurring role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders; she played Edie Smith, the mother of Mary Smith (Linda Davidson). O'Brien has also appeared in The Crezz, Casualty, Doctors, The Royal, Where the Heart Is, Brookside, Heartbeat and Coronation Street. She later appeared in several films, including Between Two Women in 2000. In May 2009, she played Anne in the BBC miniseries Moving On. In 2013, she played Rita in the BBC comedy-drama Being Eileen. In January 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Jean Wadham.


Credits

Angels Angels (1992) Character: Sidney's Wife
Three guardian angels help three souls evaluate their past lives.
Macbeth Macbeth (2011) Character: N/A
Counted among his greatest tragedies, Shakespeare’s unsettling combination of warring soldiers and ‘weird sisters’ is brought to life in this post-apocalyptic reimagining of the Scottish play. This production, directed by Gemma Bodinetz and starring David Morrissey in the title role, was captured by Digital Theatre live at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.
Betty and Jean Betty and Jean (2023) Character: Betty
80-year-old Betty waits for her true love, Jean. She remembers their painful break-up in 1960’s Liverpool. She wasn’t brave enough to be with a woman. Will their love be rekindled?
Before Dawn Before Dawn (2013) Character: Eileen
An estranged couple's vacation to save their troubled relationship goes awry when they find themselves under attack from the walking dead
Sybil Sybil (2018) Character: Mrs. Fisher
Sybil works at an undertakers. It’s a lonely job, with few perks, so she takes solace where she can…
Between Two Women Between Two Women (2004) Character: Mrs. Walker
Set in a Yorkshire milltown in 1957, Ellen Hardy is unhappily married but is close to her ten-year-old son, Victor. The family has recently moved house and Victor has started at a new school where Ellen has become friendly with his teacher, Kathy Thompson, who is keen to encourage him at art. As the friendship between the two women grows, Ellen's millworker husband, Hardy, feels increasingly alienated at home.
Fanny & Elvis Fanny & Elvis (1999) Character: Midwife
Yorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her husband leaves her. To get over the financial crisis this creates she takes in car-dealer Dave. He's homeless as Kate's husband has moved in with his wife. This leaves the problem of how to get promptly pregnant. Surely not with increasingly interesting Dave. They can't even agree on a baby's name - he thinks Fanny is silly and she finds Elvis, well, inconceivable.
Runners Runners (1983) Character: Gillian Lindsay
When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out on a journey to find her.
A Month in the Country A Month in the Country (1987) Character: Mrs Ellerbeck
A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a close friendship with an archaeologist and begins to come to terms with his trauma.
Majority Majority (2020) Character: Miriam
Single mother and immigrant Sonia Diaconescu works at a sheltered accommodation scheme. A resident of the scheme has made an official complaint against her, rousing the elderly community into a mob of angry and fearful citizens whose intolerance is palpable.
The Last Vampyre The Last Vampyre (1993) Character: Mrs Carter
Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire.
Lennon Naked Lennon Naked (2010) Character: Lil
A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart.
A Private Function A Private Function (1984) Character: Mrs. Sutcliff
In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.



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