Pauline Flanagan Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Pauline Flanagan (June 29, 1925 – June 28, 2003) was a County Sligo, Irish-born actress who had a long career on stage. American television audiences best knew her as Maeve Ryan's sister, Annie Colleary on the soap opera Ryan's Hope in 1979 and again in 1981. She later returned to the show as Sister Mary Joel.Her family was deeply political and supported the Republican (anti-Treaty) side during the Irish Civil War. Both of her parents served as Lords Mayor of Sligo. She was good friends with fellow actresses Joan O'Hara (with whom she attended an Ursuline Convent school in Sligo) and the English-born Irish actress Paddy Croft, as well as British playwright Harold Pinter, whom she met while he was a young actor touring with the company of noted Shakespearean actor/manager Andrew McMaster.
County Sligo, Irish Free State (now County Sligo, Republic of Ireland)
Profession
Actress
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dolly West's Kitchen at The Old Vic.
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Battling lung cancer at the time of her death.
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Both of her parents were Lord Mayors of the townland (City) of Sligo.