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Brendan O'Carroll (born 17 September 1955) is an Irish actor, comedian, director, producer and writer. He is best known for portraying foul-mouthed matriarch

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on stage and in the

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Mrs. Brown's Boys ''Mrs. Brown's Boys'' is an Irish television sitcom created by and starring Brendan O'Carroll and produced in the United Kingdom by BBC Scotland in partnership with BOC-PIX and Irish broadcaster RTÉ. The series stars O'Carroll as Agnes ...

''. In 2015, O'Carroll was awarded the

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Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the Irish television.

Early life

The youngest of 11 children,Profile
, BBC. Retrieved 14 September 2015. O'Carroll was born in

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. His mother,

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, was a Labour Party TD and his father, Gerard O'Carroll, was a carpenter. His father died in 1962 when O'Carroll was six, and Brendan's mother raised their eleven children with little money. He attended Saint Gabriel's National School and left at the age of 12. He had a string of occupations; these included being a waiter and a milkman.

Career

Early career

Having become well known as a comedy guest on '' The Late Late Show'', O'Carroll released four stand-up videos, titled ''How's your Raspberry Ripple'', ''How's your Jolly Roger'', ''How's your Snowballs'' and ''How's your Wibbly Wobbly Wonder''. O'Carroll wrote the screenplay to ''Sparrow's Trap'', a boxing movie. The film, which had

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cast in the lead role, ran into financing difficulties midway through the shoot when the distributor withdrew and it was abandoned. Incurring debts of over €1 million, O'Carroll became

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and the film has never been produced. O'Carroll presented a quiz show, called ''Hot Milk and Pepper'', on

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, with long-term collaborator Gerry Browne.

''Mrs. Brown's Boys''

In 1992, O'Carroll performed a short radio play titled ''

'' and shortly afterwards he wrote four books titled ''The Mammy'', ''The Granny'', ''The Chisellers'' and ''The Scrapper''. In 1999, a movie named ''

Agnes Browne ''Agnes Browne'' is a 1999 Irish romantic comedy-drama film directed, produced by, and starring Anjelica Huston, based on the book ''The Mammy'' by Brendan O'Carroll. Plot In 1967 in Dublin, the unexpected death of Agnes Browne's husband sends ...

'', starring

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, was released, based on his book "The Mammy". O'Carroll also co-wrote the screenplay. He then decided to put together his own family theatre company, '' Mrs. Browne's Boys'', and dressed up as a woman to play his part, as the actress he had originally hired didn't show up. From 1999 to 2009, he wrote and performed in five plays. Since 2011, the stage shows have been re-toured across the UK. In 2011, his plays were adapted into a television sitcom (with the name "Browne" shortened to "Brown"). So far, from 2011, 28 episodes have aired, across three series, several Christmas-special episodes and a one-off live episode that aired in 2016 on

and

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'' was released on 27 June 2014, and was a significant success in the UK, staying at number one in the box office for two consecutive weeks. However,

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had negative reviews; one saying it was not just unfunny but "close to anti-funny". O'Carroll's wife, his sister Eilish, his son Danny, and his daughter Fiona all appear or have appeared on episodes of ''

''.

''The Course''

It was announced in January 2015 that the

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wanted O'Carroll to do "other stuff", due to the fact that ''

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'' had become so successful. He revealed plans to adapt his first ever written play, ''patser grey'' into a television sitcom.

Family and personal life

O'Carroll was married to his first wife from 1977 to 1999. He married Jennifer Gibney in 2005. They live in

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. O'Carroll has three surviving children, including

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. O'Carroll's paternal grandfather Peter O'Carroll, a father of seven and a prominent

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, was shot dead on 16 October 1920 at his home in Manor Street, Dublin. Two of his sons were

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volunteers. The incident was investigated in the television series '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' In March 2016 O'Carroll appeared in the

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documentary ''Brendan O'Carroll – My Family at War'', which explored the involvement of three of his uncles—Liam, James and Peadar O'Carroll—in the

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. O'Carroll published his autobiography, ''Call Me Mrs Brown'', in 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

External links

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