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Marie Conmee

Marie Conmee was born in Sligo, Ireland in 1933. Marie was described as "Ireland's Grande Gingold"[1]. 'Grande' means big or large in multiple foreign languages and 'Gingold' means Fine gold in jewish so Marie was called "Ireland's big fine gold". They say that this is largely justifiable, however she did not begin as "Ireland's Grande Gingold", she began at the 'Ursuline Convent' in sligo, in school plays such as Yeats and Shakespeare for the Sligo "Feis", Feis meaning festival in Gaelic. Larry Morrow would be the one to point her out and tell Marie to come to Dublin and create a stage career for herself.She worked with Brendan Smith's school of acting til she landed a part with Lord Longford's company[2], with this company she was soon casted in "The Living room" and played one of her favourite roles she ever did which was Aunt Helen. This role earned her recognition as a charitable actress of remarkable quality which helped her land another role as Lady Free love in "The jealous Wife." Which further propelled her career and helped her get the part as Louisa Cummins, the ginsodden hag in "The informer", which put her firmly on the map.Her acting career went on to continue for 40 years appearing in numerous amount of film and stage performances.

References

1.	The Irish Times (1921-); Dublin, Ireland. 24 Sep 1960: 8. https://www.proquest.com/docview/523610975?accountid=14507&parentSessionId=VFI5bfFifbeC7xHicVk78rIhCZjpwdbyNhGraN%2F83yA%3D

2.	"Marie Conmee". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018. 3.	Marie Conmee#cite note-staunton-1