Name
Eileen O'Brien
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1945-12-04 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
Known For
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A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in...
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In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth a...
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A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart....
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An estranged couple's vacation to save their troubled relationship goes awry when they fin...
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Set in a Yorkshire milltown in 1957, Ellen Hardy is unhappily married but is close to her ...
- 1992 Angels as Sidney's Wife
- 2011 Macbeth
- 2004 Between Two Women as Mrs. Walker
- 2013 Before Dawn as Eileen
- 2023 Betty and Jean as Betty
- 1983 Runners as Gillian Lindsay
- 1987 A Month in the Country as Mrs Ellerbeck
- 1999 Fanny & Elvis as Midwife
- 1984 A Private Function as Mrs. Sutcliff
- 2018 Sybil as Mrs. Fisher
- 1993 The Last Vampyre as Mrs Carter
- 2020 Majority as Miriam
- 2010 Lennon Naked as Lil
- 1984 Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Carter
- 2001 Merseybeat ( 38 episodes )
- 2021 Goldie's Oldies ( 20 episodes ) as Esther
- 1993 Peak Practice ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Haines
- 2009 Moving On ( 1 episode ) as Anne
- 1985 EastEnders ( 5 episodes ) as Mary's mother
- 2003 The Royal ( 1 episode ) as June Smith
- 1999 Holby City ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Sagar
- 2016 Houdini & Doyle ( 1 episode ) as Sister Fabian
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 4 episodes ) as Mrs. Maskell
- 1984 Scully ( 7 episodes ) as Mrs O'Gorman
- 1982 Boys from the Blackstuff ( 5 episodes ) as Freda Dean
- 1995 Hearts and Minds ( 4 episodes ) as Annie Kinsella
- 2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators ( 1 episode ) as Enid Kascar
- 1987 Watching ( 1 episode ) as Enid
- 1987 Rockliffe's Babies ( 1 episode ) as Eileen O'Dowd
- 1995 Chiller ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Ellis
- 1992 A Touch of Frost ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Hockey
- 1991 In Suspicious Circumstances ( 1 episode ) as Kate Noakes
- 1986 Casualty ( 3 episodes ) as Beryl Rice
- 2003 Eyes Down ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Wilkinson
- 2026 The Cage ( 5 episodes ) as Nanna
- 1999 The Vice ( 2 episodes ) as Sheila Fitzsimmons
- 2006 New Street Law ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Johnson
- 2006 Not Going Out ( 1 episode ) as Margaret
- 1978 Pickersgill People ( 1 episode ) as Beryl Bunn
