Maureen Toal

Maureen Toal
Born (1930-09-07)7 September 1930
Fairview, Dublin, Ireland
Died 24 August 2012(2012-08-24) (aged 81)
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Actress

Maureen Toal (7 September 1930 – 24 August 2012) was an Irish stage and television actress whose professional career lasted for more than sixty years.[1][2]

She was born in 1930 and was originally from Fairview, Dublin.[2] Toal began performing at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1946, when she was just sixteen years old.[1] She became a fixture at the theater, portraying Bessie Burgess in The Plough and the Stars and the Widow Quinn in The Playboy of the Western World.[1] She also appeared in several one woman shows, including Baglady, which was written by Irish playwright Frank McGuinness.[1]

Another playwright, John B. Keane, wrote the role of Mame Fadden in his play, The Change in Mame Fadden, specifically for Toal. Hugh Leonard also penned characters in his plays A life and Great Big Blonde with the intention of casting Toal in the parts.[1] Toal was best known to Irish television audiences for her role as Teasy McDaid on RTÉ One's Glenroe during the 1990s.[1]

Honours

The University College Dublin awarded Toal an honorary doctorate in literature in 2010.

Personal life

In 1952, she married fellow Irish actor Milo O'Shea; they divorced in 1974 [3]

Death

Maureen Toal died in her sleep at her home in Sandycove, Dublin, on 24 August 2012, two weeks before her 82nd birthday.[1] She was survived by her son, Colm O'Shea; two sisters, one brother, and three grandchildren.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "'Greatest' actor Maureen Toal dies". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Noted actress Maureen Toal dies". RTÉ News. RTÉ. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Maureen Toal: obituary". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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