Eileen O'Brien
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.
A Private Function
as Mrs. SutcliffIn the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and...
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A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a...
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The Last Vampyre
as Mrs CarterSherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a...
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Before Dawn
as EileenAn estranged couple's vacation to save their troubled relationship goes awry when they find...
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Runners
as Gillian LindsayWhen his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out...
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Between Two Women
as Mrs. WalkerSet in a Yorkshire milltown in 1957, Ellen Hardy is unhappily married but is close to her...
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Lennon Naked
as LilA profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart.
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Sybil
as Mrs. FisherSybil works at an undertakers. It’s a lonely job, with few perks, so she takes solace where she can…
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Fanny & Elvis
as MidwifeYorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her...
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Angels
as Sidney's WifeThree guardian angels help three souls evaluate their past lives.
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Macbeth
as uncreditedCounted among his greatest tragedies, Shakespeare’s unsettling combination of warring soldiers...
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Majority
as MiriamSingle mother and immigrant Sonia Diaconescu works at a sheltered accommodation scheme. A...
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Betty and Jean
as Betty80-year-old Betty waits for her true love, Jean. She remembers their painful break-up in 1960’s...
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EastEnders
as Mary's motherThe everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square...
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Holby City
as Elizabeth SagarDrama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the...
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Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
as Enid KascarFrank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form...
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Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs CarterSherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the...
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Peak Practice
as Mrs. HainesPeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...
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Moving On
as AnneMoving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone...
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Heartbeat
as Mrs. MaskellSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Merseybeat
as uncreditedMerseybeat follows the fortunes of Newton Park police force, as the officers struggle to balance...
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Houdini & Doyle
as Sister FabianSir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else...
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Boys from the Blackstuff
as Freda DeanAlan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian...
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Scully
as Mrs O'GormanScully was a British television drama with some comedy elements set in the city of Liverpool,...
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Hearts and Minds
as Annie KinsellaA young teacher begins work at a tough Liverpool comprehensive, where he has to deal with...
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Goldie's Oldies
as EstherGoldie's teenage life is turned upside down when her family flies from America to the UK to move...
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The Royal
as June SmithFollows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled...
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