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Mignon O'Doherty (1890 – 1961) was an Australian
actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
who worked in British theatre, film and television. O'Doherty was born in Brisbane, the daughter of Dr. Edward O’Doherty and Isabel Maud French. She was the granddaughter of Young Irelander Dr. Kevin Izod O’Doherty and his wife, the Irish revolutionary poet Mary Eva Kelly. She was also the granddaughter of General Sir George French, first commissioner of Canada’s Northwest Mounted Police. O'Doherty married actor Tom Nesbitt (1890-1927), the brother of actress Cathleen Nesbitt; they had two children. O'Doherty made her London stage debut in 1913. She was listed in '' Who’s Who in the Theatre'' (ed. J. Parker) from at least the 8th edition until her death, with numerous stage credits as a character actress. In 1951 she appeared in
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's '' And This Was Odd'' at the Criterion Theatre. O'Doherty was in the original cast of
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's ''
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'', in which she played Mrs. Boyle, at the Ambassadors Theatre, London from 1952 to 1955.


Selected filmography

* '' The Faithful Heart'' (1932) * '' There Goes the Bride'' (1932) * '' Channel Crossing'' (1933) * ''
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'' (1933) * '' Autumn Crocus'' (1934) * '' Dandy Dick'' (1935) * '' The Guv'nor'' (1935) * '' Neutral Port'' (1940) * '' He Found a Star'' (1941) * '' Banana Ridge'' (1942) * '' Hard Steel'' (1942) * '' Let the People Sing'' (1942) * '' The Lamp Still Burns'' (1943) * '' Maytime in Mayfair'' (1949) * '' White Corridors'' (1951) * ''
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'' (1952) * '' The Crowded Day'' (1954) * '' You Lucky People'' (1955) * '' Never Let Go'' (1960)


References


Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.


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* * 1890 births 1961 deaths British film actresses British stage actresses British television actresses Australian film actresses Australian stage actresses Australian television actresses Actresses from Brisbane Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art {{Australia-actor-stub