Sylvia O'Brien (actress)

"Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 April 17Sylvia O'Brien (1924 - 2006) in Dublin, Irish Free State was an Irish-born actress and singer.

Little is known of her personal life, but she may have hailed from the Ascendancy that largely ceased to exist following the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, following the Irish War of Independence.

She made her way to New York and appeared in numerous stage productions on Broadway, the last one being the musical "Me and My Girl".

Notice of her death was not publicly released and the only mention was a tiny paid personal obituary in the Sunday New York Times (May 14, 2006) which was very poorly composed and went as follows: "Singer starred on Broadway in "DA" appeared in numerous other productions, Television and Films. She leaves her daughter, Charmian and husband, Producer Richard Seader."

According to the Internet Broadway Database ( [http://www.ibdb.com] ), she appeared in the following Broadway productions:

* "Me and My Girl" (Musical) as "Maria"(August 10, 1986 - December 31, 1989)
* "Da" (Play) as "Mother" (May 1, 1978 - January 1, 1980)

* "My Fair Lady" (Musical) as "Mrs. Pearce" (March 25, 1976 - February 20, 1977)

* "Dear Oscar" (Musical) as "Comtesse" (November 16, 1972 - November 19, 1972)

* "Conduct Unbecoming" (Drama) as "Mrs. Mem Strang" (October 12, 1970 - February 14, 1971)

* "Hadrian VII" (Drama) as "Agnes" and "Mrs. Crowe" (standby)(January 8, 1969 - November 15, 1969)

* "The Loves of Cass McGuire" (Comedy) as "Alice" (October 6, 1966 - October 22, 1966)

* "The Passion of Josef D." (Drama) (Ensemble) (February 11, 1964 - February 22, 1964)