Una O'Connor (October 23, 1880 – February 4, 1959) was an Irish actress who worked extensively in theatre before becoming a notable character actress in film.
Born Agnes Teresa McGlade to a Catholic nationalist family in Belfast, Ireland, and educated at St. Vincent's National School, she changed her name when she began her acting career with Dublin's Abbey Theatre.
For many years, she worked in Ireland and England as a stage actress, for example...
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Una O'Connor (October 23, 1880 – February 4, 1959) was an Irish actress who worked extensively in theatre before becoming a notable character actress in film.
Born Agnes Teresa McGlade to a Catholic nationalist family in Belfast, Ireland, and educated at St. Vincent's National School, she changed her name when she began her acting career with Dublin's Abbey Theatre.
For many years, she worked in Ireland and England as a stage actress, for example in The Starlight Express at the Kingsway Theatre in London (1915–1916). She appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Murder! (1930). Despite her lengthy apprenticeship she had not attracted much attention until she was chosen by Noel Coward to appear in Cavalcade (1933). Her success led her to Hollywood to reprise her role, and with its success, O'Connor decided to remain there.
A favourite of the director James Whale, among O'Connor's most successful and best remembered roles are her comic performances in Whale's The Invisible Man (1933) as the...
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