Maire O'Neill

Maire O'Neill
Born	Mary Allgood January 12, 1885(1885-01-12) Dublin, Ireland
Died	November 2, 1952(1952-11-02) (aged 67) Basingstoke
Years active	1905–1952[1]
Spouse	G. H. Mair (m. 1911–1926) «start: (1911)–end+1: (1927)»"Marriage: G. H. Mair to Maire O'Neill" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maire_O%27Neill) Arthur Sinclair (m. 1938–1951) «start: (1938)–end+1: (1952)»"Marriage: Arthur Sinclair to Maire O'Neill" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maire_O%27Neill)

Maire O'Neill (12 January 1885 – 2 November 1952) was an Irish actress of stage and film.

Born as Mary Allgood and known as "Molly", she had been engaged to Irish playwright John Millington Synge before his death. Synge wrote the plays The Playboy of the Western World and Deirdre of the Sorrows for her.^[1] Her elder sister was actress Sara Allgood.

Maire O'Neill appeared in films from 1930 to 1953, including the Alfred Hitchcock film Juno and the Paycock (1930).

She died in Park Prewett Hospital at Basingstoke, England, on 2 November 1952, aged 67, where she was receiving treatment after being badly burned in a fire at her London home, although IMDb reports her place of death as Belfast.^[2]

Joseph O'Connor's 2010 novel, Ghost Light, is loosely based on Allgood's relationship with Synge.^[3][4]

Marriages

She was twice married and widowed:

• G. H. Mair (1911–1926)
• Arthur Sinclair (1938 - 14 December 1951)^{[verification needed]}

Selected filmography

• Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
• Farewell Again (1937)
• Glamorous Night (1937)
• Penny Paradise (1938)
• Sword of Honour (1939)
• On the Night of the Fire (1939)
• Dr. O'Dowd (1940)
• Penn of Pennsylvania (1941)
• Love on the Dole (1941)
• Those Kids from Town (1942)
• Great Day (1945)
• Send for Paul Temple (1946)
• Treasure Hunt (1952)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} E H Mikhail, ed (1988). The Abbey Theater: interviews and recollections. Barnes & Noble. p. 82. ISBN 0389206164. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OW99phQaJyoC&printsec=copyright&source=gbs_pub_info_s&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
2. ^ IMDb
3. ^ "Ghost Light". Josephoconnorauthor.com. http://www.josephoconnorauthor.com/novel-ghost-light.html. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
4. ^ "Brimming with sympathy and skill". The Irish Times. 2010-05-05. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0529/1224271349221.html. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 

External links

• Maire O'Neill at the Internet Movie Database
• Maire O'Neill at the Internet Broadway Database
• Excerpt re Sara Allgood
• [1]

Persondata
Name	O'Neill, Maire
Alternative names	Molly Allgood, Mary Allgood
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	12 January 1885
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	2 November 1952
Place of death	Basingstoke, England