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Nora Connolly is an Irish actress who has been active on screen since the late 1970s.
She has appeared in productions including Grange Hill , BBC2 Playhouse , Only Fools and Horses , Juliet Bravo , The Bill , The Witches and Bramwell .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | The Razor's Edge | Governess | |
1990 | The Witches | Beatrice | |
1990 | The Fool | Stage Actress | Uncredited |
1997 | Incognito | Barmaid | |
1998 | Parting Shots | Mother of the Bride | |
2000 | Best | Man with Tattoos' Wife | |
2013 | Moments | Dancing Lady 2 | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | Bless Me Father | Maureen | Episode: "The Parish Bazaar" |
1979 | Play for Today | Chris | Episode: "Waterloo Sunset" |
1980 | Grange Hill | Sister | Episode: #3.6 |
1980 | Agony | Brenda | Episode: "Television Can Damage Your Health" |
1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Mary Tracy | Episode: "Elizabeth Alone: Part 1" |
1981 | Only Fools and Horses | Anita | Episode: "Christmas Crackers" |
1984 | Don't Wait Up | Waitress | Episode: "Falling Out" |
1985 | Juliet Bravo | Mary Marshall | Episode: "Turbulence" |
1994 | Scarlett | Mrs. Scanton | Episode: #1.2 |
1995 | Bramwell | Martha | Episode: #1.3 |
1987–1996 | The Bill | Glenda Jane Jackson Mrs. Leary Woman at Merchant's House | 4 episodes |
1999 | Always and Everyone | Leanne | Episode: "Strike Me Down" |
2000 | The Sins | Nun | |
2006 | Perfect Day: The Funeral | Mourner 2 | Episode: "The Funeral" |
2016 | Fresh Meat | Rita | Episode: #4.3 |
2019 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Mrs. Brule | Episode: "Four Friends and a Secret" |
James Connolly was an Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader. Born to Irish parents in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, Connolly left school for working life at the age of 11, and became involved in socialist politics in the 1880s.
Sir William Connolly is a Scottish actor, retired comedian, artist, writer, musician, and television presenter. He is sometimes known by the Scots nickname the Big Yin. Known for his idiosyncratic and often improvised observational comedy, frequently including strong language, Connolly has topped many UK polls as the greatest stand-up comedian of all time. In 2022 he received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
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Robert Wilson Lynd was an Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist, socialist and Irish nationalist.
The Republican Congress was an Irish republican and Marxist-Leninist political organisation founded in 1934, when pro-communist republicans left the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army. The Congress was led by such anti-Treaty veterans as Peadar O'Donnell, Frank Ryan and George Gilmore. In their later phase they were involved with the Communist International and International Brigades paramilitary; the Connolly Column.
The Plough and the Stars is a four-act play by the Irish writer Seán O'Casey that was first performed on 8 February 1926 at the Abbey Theatre. It is set in Dublin and addresses the 1916 Easter Rising. The play's title references the Starry Plough flag which was used by the Irish Citizen Army.
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Lillie Connolly was an Irish socialist and trade union organiser. She is best-known as the wife of James Connolly, the Irish revolutionary who was involved in the 1916 Easter Rising.
30 Years A-Greying is a double album by The Dubliners, again produced by Eamonn Campbell. 30 Years A-Greying is similar to 25 Years Celebration in that it also features a number of special guests. The Pogues featured again, this time on a version of "Whiskey In The Jar". Other special guests are Billy Connolly, De Dannan, Rory Gallagher and the Hothouse Flowers.
Once to Every Woman is a 1934 American pre-Code film adaptation of A. J. Cronin's 1933 short story Kaleidoscope in "K". The film was made by Columbia Pictures and stars Ralph Bellamy and Fay Wray.
Nora Connolly O'Brien was an Irish politician, activist and writer. She was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1957 to 1969.
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Events from the year 1892 in Scotland.
Zoo is a science fiction thriller novel by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge published in September 2012. The book made it to the New York Times bestseller list. A sequel, Zoo 2, by Patterson and Max DiLallo, was released on June 7, 2016, as a short story.
Zoo is an American drama television series based on the 2012 novel of the same name by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, the former also serving as an executive producer for the series, which stars James Wolk, Kristen Connolly, Nonso Anozie, Nora Arnezeder and Billy Burke as a group of varied professionals who investigate the mysterious outbreak of violent animal attacks upon humans all over the world. Zoo premiered on June 30, 2015, on CBS. CBS renewed the series for a third season in August 2016, which aired between June 29 and September 21, 2017. On October 23, 2017, CBS announced the series had been cancelled after three seasons.
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