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Place of Birth: Dalkey, Leinster, Ireland
About Aideen O'Kelly
- Aideen O'Kelly (5 September 1940 – 22 April 2015) was an Irish actress of stage and television, who worked in both Ireland and the United States.
- She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance in Othello in 1982. She appeared on Broadway in New York City in Othello (as Emilia) and in Philadelphia Here I Come! (as Lizzy Sweeney).
- She also appeared in numerous Irish Repertory Theatre productions in NYC.
- She appeared off-Broadway on several occasions, most notably in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days as "Winnie".
- She earned the following 1987 review from Mel Gussow, The New York Times critic for this role:"Aideen O'Kelly conforms more than many of her predecessors to the physical outline suggested by the author: blond, plump and bosomy.
- At the outset, the actress has an amiable, almost chipper quality as she goes through Winnie's ritual ablutions and her marital memories.
- But when she is called upon to laugh, the laughter is forced...[A]s in all of Beckett, the power is in the ambiguities, and Ms.
- O'Kelly is less ambiguous than she should be.
- She only begins to capture the eloquence of the play...[S]he is, however, engaging, and she is indisputably Irish.
- Before coming to America, Ms.
- O'Kelly was a member of the Abbey Theatre.
- Her director, Siobhan O'Casey, herself an actress and a designer, is the daughter of Sean O'Casey.
- In her production, which represents her directorial debut, one is aware of the Irish lilt of Beckett's language." She appeared on American television in episodes of Third Watch and Law & Order, both filmed in New York City.
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