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Eileen O'Brien
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
The Cage
TV show Nanna
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2023
Betty and Jean
Movie Betty
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2021
Goldie's Oldies
TV show Esther
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2020
Majority
Movie Miriam
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2018
Sybil
Movie Mrs. Fisher
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2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
TV show Enid Kascar
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2016
Houdini & Doyle
TV show Sister Fabian
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2013
Before Dawn
Movie Eileen
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2011
Macbeth
Movie
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2010
Lennon Naked
Movie Lil
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2009
Moving On
TV show Anne
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2006
Not Going Out
TV show Margaret
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2006
New Street Law
TV show Mrs Johnson
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2004
Between Two Women
Movie Mrs. Walker
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2003
Eyes Down
TV show Mrs Wilkinson
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2003
The Royal
TV show June Smith
More credits
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2001
Merseybeat
TV show
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1999
Fanny & Elvis
Movie Midwife
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1999
Holby City
TV show Elizabeth Sagar
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1999
The Vice
TV show Sheila Fitzsimmons
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1995
Chiller
TV show Mrs Ellis
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1995
Hearts and Minds
TV show Annie Kinsella
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1993
Peak Practice
TV show Mrs. Haines
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1993
The Last Vampyre
Movie Mrs Carter
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1992
A Touch of Frost
TV show Mrs Hockey
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1992
Angels
Movie Sidney's Wife
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Mrs. Maskell
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1991
In Suspicious Circumstances
TV show Kate Noakes
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1987
A Month in the Country
Movie Mrs Ellerbeck
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1987
Watching
TV show Enid
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1987
Rockliffe's Babies
TV show Eileen O'Dowd
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1986
Casualty
TV show Beryl Rice
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1985
EastEnders
TV show Mary's mother
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1984
A Private Function
Movie Mrs. Sutcliff
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1984
Scully
TV show Mrs O'Gorman
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1984
Sherlock Holmes
TV show Mrs Carter
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1983
Runners
Movie Gillian Lindsay
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1982
Boys from the Blackstuff
TV show Freda Dean
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1978
Pickersgill People
TV show Beryl Bunn
